Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Projects
Websites
Languages
Affiliations
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COURSEWORK
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JOEL MASARA

ALLENDALE,Michigan

Summary

Pharmacist intern with significant experience at Thika Level 5, specializing in patient consultations and medication adherence tracking. Demonstrated success in improving patient satisfaction through strong communication skills and clinical research initiatives. Proficient in network administration and IT troubleshooting, leading to enhanced operational efficiency and better patient care outcomes.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacist intern Clinical rotation

Thika level 5
Nairobi
06.2023 - 12.2025
  • Handling of patients as the last care giver in the hospital
  • Making of extemporaneous preparations for pediatric doses
  • Managing of the comprehensive care clinic in regular refills and newly admitted patients
  • Allocation of medical and non-pharmaceuticals to the wards for patients use
  • Discharging of inpatients from wards
  • Offering alternatives of medications to patients depending on stock and the market
  • Monitoring and addressing of adverse effects for the in patients
  • Participating in ward rounds for most clinical visits for in patients to provides insight on drugs used in the treatment and management.
  • Provide end-user support, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, and ensuring timely resolution of technical problems.
  • Participating in clinical research for pediatric medication
  • Designing schedules and routines for the laborers.
  • Install, configure, and maintain desktops, laptops, printers, and other IT equipment.
  • Assisted in the preparation and dispensation of medications to 100+ patients daily, ensuring compliance with clinical guidelines and contributing to a 15% improvement in patient medication adherence through detailed consultations and patient education.
  • Maintained inventory levels of pharmaceutical supplies and medications.
  • Counseled customers on the proper use of over-the-counter medications.

Attachment

Nila Pharmacy
Nairobi
01.2022 - 08.2025
  • Warehouse arrangement and ordering of drugs
  • Monitoring of the warehouse room temperatures and humidity to prevent spoilage of drugs.
  • Managing of cold storage for drugs in the refrigeration
  • Managing of DDA drugs for the scheduled drugs.
  • Receiving and confirming of shipments of bulk orders before storage after transit
  • Handling of invoices from orders made by customers posted for deliveries
  • Packaging of drugs to be shipped off to customers
  • Confirming of inventory to check for expired and compromised drugs for quarantine
  • Disposing off of quarantined drugs
  • Recalling of defected batches of drugs
  • Managed a complex network infrastructure, including servers, routers, and firewalls, ensuring optimal performance and security.
  • Conducted regular system audits and implemented proactive measures to prevent potential issues, resulting in a 15% reduction in downtime.
  • Implemented virtualization technologies, reducing hardware costs by 25% and improving scalability.
  • Provided technical support to end-users, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.

Intern, pharmacist community rotation

Raj Pharmacy
nairobi
01.2023 - 04.2023
  • Refilling of patient prescriptions
  • Interpretation of prescriptions to patients
  • Handling of the adverse effects most patients complained about
  • Received orders for most inventory that was ordered.
  • Assisted in dispensing medications, conducted patient consultations, and provided education on medication usage and side effects, contributing to a 95% patient satisfaction rate during the 3-month rotation.
  • Assisted in managing patient medication therapy by conducting detailed medication reviews, leading to a 15% improvement in patient adherence rates over a 3-month period.

Intern, pharmacist industrial rotation

lab and allied
nairobi
01.2023 - 01.2023
  • Monitored the manufacture and packaging of drugs
  • Performed quality analysis on drugs processed
  • Performed quality assurance tasks for drugs
  • Involved in the research and development of new product line drugs in the industry
  • Assisted in the installation and configuration of computer systems and peripherals.
  • Conducted hardware and software troubleshooting for employees.
  • Participated in IT projects, contributing to the successful completion of tasks.
  • Assisted in the formulation and quality control processes of pharmaceutical products, ensuring compliance with industry standards and reducing production errors by 15%.

Education

BACHELOR OF PHARMACY - Pharmacy

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
Kenya
12-2022

Skills

  • Pharmaceutical Skills: Prescription management, patient consultation, adverse reaction monitoring, clinical research, medication adherence tracking
  • Network Administration, Cybersecurity
  • Programming (Java, PhP, JavaScript, Python), Web Programming (Html, CSS, JavaScript, Nodejs, SQL, Python, PhP)
  • Project Management, Software Development (Java, PhP, JavaScript, Python), Database Management, System Architecture, IT Strategy, Troubleshooting and Technical Support, Managing and organizing staff
  • Technical Skills: Network Administration, Cybersecurity (CISSP), IT Troubleshooting, Project Management
  • Programming & Web Development: Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Nodejs, SQL
  • Clinical research
  • Pharmaceutical compounding

Certification

Pharmacist Kenyatta university 2022

Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Pharmacovigilance Certification

Regulatory Affairs Certification

Projects

Adverse reactions from topical cortical steroids kenyatta university January 2021 – September 2021, Conducted a detailed study on adverse reactions from topical corticosteroids, collecting data from 200+ patients over a 12-month period and identifying key risk factors that informed new treatment guidelines.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Swahili
Full Professional

Affiliations

  • Volunteer Health Educator, Red Cross Kenya
  • Certified Peer Mentor, University Learning Support Program

References

References available upon request.

COURSEWORK

bachelor of pharmacy 2022

Timeline

Pharmacist intern Clinical rotation

Thika level 5
06.2023 - 12.2025

Intern, pharmacist community rotation

Raj Pharmacy
01.2023 - 04.2023

Intern, pharmacist industrial rotation

lab and allied
01.2023 - 01.2023

Attachment

Nila Pharmacy
01.2022 - 08.2025

BACHELOR OF PHARMACY - Pharmacy

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

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