Joan Durbin
Bowling Green
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacy Technician
Greenview Regional Hospital
Bowling Green
08.2021 - 08.2025
- Maintained pharmacological practices by checking drug inventory, stocking medications and monitoring supplies.
- Received and verified daily incoming drug inventories, reported discrepancies and logged items into inventory system.
- Inspected medication storage locations to monitor drug expiration dates and supply adequate inventory.
- Liaised with pharmacist to measure and prepare medication doses and packaging and label prescriptions.
- Improved inventory management procedures to reduce overhead, backorders and overstock.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment or work areas according to prescribed methods.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Prepacked bulk medicines, filled bottles with prescribed medications and typed and affixed labels.
- Transferred medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes using aseptic techniques.
Pharmacy Technician
Riverside Pharmacy
Bowling Green
04.2015 - 07.2021
- Teamed with peers, technicians and pharmacists to prioritize and complete orders.
- Created new customer profiles and updated demographics, allergies and new medications in pharmacy computer systems.
- Assisted pharmacist with clearing high volume of prescriptions and responded to customer questions.
- Refilled medications, offered insight into over-the-counter products and verified insurance benefits.
- Verified prescriptions and drug labels, documents and packages.
- Maintained pharmacological practices by checking drug inventory, stocking medications and monitoring supplies.
- Interpreted and processed medication orders under supervision of pharmacist.
- Received and verified daily incoming drug inventories, reported discrepancies and logged items into inventory system.
- Inspected medication storage locations to monitor drug expiration dates and supply adequate inventory.
- Liaised with pharmacist to measure and prepare medication doses and packaging and label prescriptions.
- Improved inventory management procedures to reduce overhead, backorders and overstock.
- Answered telephones to respond to questions or requests.
- Entered prescription information into computer databases.
- Operated cash registers to accept payments from customers.
- Assisted customers by answering questions, locating items or referring to pharmacist for medication information.
- Received written prescriptions and refill requests from patients, evaluating information for completeness and accuracy before filling.
- Received written prescription or refill requests, verifying information for completeness and accuracy.
- Greeted customers and answered questions regarding personal medications or over-the-counter pharmacy products.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment or work areas according to prescribed methods.
- Ordered, labeled and counted stock of medications and entered inventory data into computer.
- Checked medications for content, accuracy and completeness of drug packaging and labeling.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Received and stored incoming supplies and informed supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Established or maintained medications and other patient profiles.
- Computed charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and entered data into computer.
Pharmacy Technician
Medical Center Bowling Green
Bowling Green
02.1997 - 07.2021
- Verified prescriptions and drug labels, documents and packages.
- Maintained pharmacological practices by checking drug inventory, stocking medications and monitoring supplies.
- Interpreted and processed medication orders under supervision of pharmacist.
- Received and verified daily incoming drug inventories, reported discrepancies and logged items into inventory system.
- Answered telephones to respond to questions or requests.
- Entered prescription information into computer databases.
- Transferred medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes using aseptic techniques.
- Monitored supply inventory and promptly submitted replenishment orders to prevent shortages.
- Mixed pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
- Established or maintained medications and other patient profiles.
- Prepacked bulk medicines, filled bottles with prescribed medications and typed and affixed labels.
Education
High School Diploma -
Bowling Green High School
Bowling Green, KY08.1979
Skills
- Pharmacy Operations
- Data Entry
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Verbal and Written Communications
- Customer Service
- Answering and Routing Calls
- Detail-Oriented
- Insurance Verification
Certification
- Certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician
Greenview Regional Hospital
08.2021 - 08.2025
Pharmacy Technician
Riverside Pharmacy
04.2015 - 07.2021
Pharmacy Technician
Medical Center Bowling Green
02.1997 - 07.2021
High School Diploma -
Bowling Green High School
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