Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
CERTIFICATIONS
Accomplishments
REFERENCES
Timeline
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Ji H. Park

Summary

Accurate Hospital Pharmacist with outstanding interpersonal skills maintains positive relationships with pharmacy colleagues and other health care professionals. In-depth knowledge of current pharmacotherapy and treatment guidelines. Expertise in working with hospitalists on drug use guidelines, evaluating new medications and monitoring drug therapy.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Inpatient Staff Pharmacist

Harbor Regional Health
01.2020 - Current


  • Use Meditec system to review hospitalists' medication orders for appropriateness and accuracy, including contraindications, allergies, dose, route, frequency, duplicate therapy, and laboratory results for patients.
  • Manage Chemical Dependency Unit (CDU) twice a week (Tuesday and Friday); perform medication reconciliation for hospitalized patients and buprenorphine dose titration, provide drug information to the providers, and participate in clinical rounds every Tuesday.
  • Serve as a liaison between the quality control department and a pharmacy director to detect, monitor, and report the nature of medication-related incidents (near misses, medication errors, adverse drug reactions, etc.) using the Quantros reporting program.
  • Provide consultations and answer inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, IV drug compatibility, extravasation, infusion rates, and IV to PO drug conversion, etc.
  • Keep abreast of new developments in pharmacotherapy by regularly attending professional conferences and workshops and by keeping up with a board certification.
  • Improve medication safety by conducting thorough reviews of patient profiles and making appropriate recommendations.
  • Review and monitor patient past and present medication records, checking for errors, incompatibilities and adverse reactions to avoid future complications.
  • Provide pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic dosing protocol for vancomycin, Anti-Xa monitoring, renal dosing adjustment, and warfarin dosing & INR monitoring.
  • Assist with the development of clinical practice guidelines and protocols to ensure evidence-based medication use across the institution.

Inpatient Staff Pharmacist

Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
06.2015 - 07.2017


  • Properly instructed pharmacy students on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice rotations.
  • Performed clinical activities including anticoagulation monitoring, pharmacokinetic services, renal dosing adjustments, daily laboratory values, culture & sensitivity reviews, and IV to PO conversions.
  • Provided COPD consults to patients with COPD exacerbations and pneumonia and conducted discharge counseling regarding the appropriate use of medications.
  • Managed a chemotherapy infusion center every Thursday; calculated chemotherapy doses and reviewed patients' medications for drug interactions and adverse effects.
  • Served as a drug information resource for nursing staff by addressing questions or concerns related to medication administration or patient care issues.


Community Pharmacy Manager

Safeway Inc.
08.2017 - 12.2019
  • Improved workflow efficiency via regular review of policies/procedures and implementation of process improvements.
  • Achieved and maintained top customer satisfaction and retention by cultivating productive relationships with patients.
  • Advised patients on medication side effects and contraindications and explained proper administration.
  • Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
  • Administered immunizations and met with patients for medication consultations, effectively improving awareness of pharmacy's health services.

Community Pharmacy Manager

Safeway Inc.
10.2012 - 06.2016
  • Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, and specified use.
  • Achieved and maintained top customer satisfaction and retention by cultivating productive relationships with patients.
  • Advised patients on medication side effects and contraindications and explained proper administration.
  • Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing personalized pharmaceutical care and counseling.
  • Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy -

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
2012

Skills

  • IV Certification
  • Medication Therapy Management
  • Pyxis MedStation Software
  • Epic
  • Meditec

Certification

  • Washington Pharmacist License 12/2016 - 5/15/2026
  • Colorado Pharmacist License 10/2022 - 10/31/2025
  • California Pharmacist License 1/2017 - 5/15/2026


CERTIFICATIONS

BCPS (Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist)

Credential No. 3154095

12/1/2016– 12/31/2030


BLS (Basic Life Support)

● American Heart Association

1/12/2023– 1/2025


Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services

● American Pharmacists Association

2013–Present

Accomplishments

Serving as a Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) examination item writer 4/2024–

  • Accessing to virtual training materials and a web- based item authoring platform to draft and submit exam items according to assigned areas of the examination content outline.


Revised and renewed Heparin Protocol in coincide with introducing a new analyzer (CS 2500) from the Siemens 2/2024– 4/2024

  • Pilot studied appropriate therapeutic range of aPTT values based on heparin response curve establishment and 20 samples.
  • Monitored PTT values using samples from patients on UFH therapy.
  • Established adjusted heparin infusion protocol based on the new aPTT scale.


ACCP Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program (PSAP) pilot testing 11/24/2023– 12/08/2023

  • Participated in pilot testing of PSAP 2024 Book 1 Module (Infectious Disease)


Updated and published SOUND-ALIKE LOOK-ALIKE drug lists 9/2023

  • Reviewed and revised our facility SOUND-ALIKE LOOK-ALIKE drug lists per formulary changes based on FDA and ISMP recommendations.


Updating Drug Libraries of IV Smart Pump 5/2022– Current

  • In alignment with additions and deletions of intravenous medications from our formulary lists, updating IV smart pumps.
  • As a multidisciplinary project, working closely with physicians, nurses, and the IT department to update drug libraries and reset soft and hard limits on the smart pump.


Creating drug library for Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pump 12/2020– 5/2021, ongoing project

  • Adding and updating drug libraries per clinical care area, including drug profiles based on formulary changes.
  • Programmed and customized drug library per pharmacy and hospital policy and drug recommendations when introducing new PCA pump system.


Updated “Blue Book” 3/2021– 6/2021

  • Updated Blue Book to coincide with the updated hospital formulary (Blue Book is our quick reference guide for nurses or other healthcare professionals who handle IV medications and predominantly used in the Emergency Department and Critical Care Units for dosing, reconstitution, and compatibility.)


Review of Prevnar 13: Focusing on comparisons with Pneumovax23 10/2016

  • Formal presentation to Med/Surg nurses and ambulatory care providers, AVRMC and Valley Wide Clinic, La Junta, CO


Drug monograph for Prevnar 13 for P&T Committee formulary inclusion 10/2016


Updated Recommendation of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Orthopedic Surgery 7/2016

Formal presentation to orthopedic surgeons, AVRMC, La Junta, CO


Formulary review of Xarelto vs. Eliquis 6/2016

Newsletter writing upon inclusion of Eliquis in the formulary

REFERENCES

Jae Young Kim

Pharmacy District Manager

Contact Number: 818-428-8313

Email: jkim060@safeway.com

Pavel Mitin

Staff Pharmacist in Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital

Contact Number: 206-707-3170

Email: pmitin@ghcares.org

Robert May

Former Pharmacy Director in Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center

Contact Number: 719-482-4220

Email: rmay1222@gmail.com

Timeline

Inpatient Staff Pharmacist

Harbor Regional Health
01.2020 - Current

Community Pharmacy Manager

Safeway Inc.
08.2017 - 12.2019

Inpatient Staff Pharmacist

Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
06.2015 - 07.2017

Community Pharmacy Manager

Safeway Inc.
10.2012 - 06.2016

Doctor of Pharmacy -

West Virginia University
  • Washington Pharmacist License 12/2016 - 5/15/2026
  • Colorado Pharmacist License 10/2022 - 10/31/2025
  • California Pharmacist License 1/2017 - 5/15/2026


Ji H. Park