Joseph Autery
Bessemer
Summary
To put in practice my abilities and knowledge in healthcare with a great level of responsibility. 20 years of experience as a clinical and staff pharmacist in hospital and retail and outpatient pharmacy practice . Willing to relocate: Anywhere Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospital Pharmacist / Staff and Clinical
Grandview Medical Center
04.2025 - Current
- Managed medication distribution processes to ensure timely patient care.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to optimize pharmacotherapy outcomes.
- Conducted medication therapy management to enhance patient safety and efficacy.
- Supervised pharmacy staff in daily operations and workflow efficiency.
- Developed effective relationships with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal communication and collaboration in patient care.
- Evaluated drug utilization patterns to support formulary decisions and cost-effectiveness for all patients in neonatal , pediatrics , icu , sicu , adult , open heart and all level one and three trauma patients .
Staff Pharmacist
Janus RX
11.2024 - Current
- Only Pharmacist to run entire Pharmacy operations when Manager Pharmacist is out.
- Supervise all personnel in the Pharmacy ; Techs. , and other .
- Resolve all Medical Insurance rejections .
- Work at all locations PRN Staff Pharmacist , Montgomery , Birmingham , and Clanton , Alabama when needed .
- Pharmacy open Monday - Friday .
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist
Pharma Source Dme, Inc. inside Saint Frances Clinic
12.2010 - Current
- Manage personnel in outpatient community clinic.
- Supervise Pharmacy Tech.s , pharmacy supportive personnel , resolve all insurance claims .
- Educate and assist Doctors and Nurses .
- Staff and Clinical Pharmacist Responsible to run entire clinic when owner / director of pharmacy is out : sick , vacation , ect ...
- Multitask Inpatient and emergency outpatient service.
- All sterile compounding, including: IV, topical, oral, inhalation.
- Fill Rx's for North Miami , FL community.
- Remote order entry Alabama mail order service, Rx only, no control Rx's.
Clinical and Staff Pharmacist
Norton Sound Health Corporation - RPh on the Go Travel Job
01.2023 - 04.2023
- Three month contract assignment extended Rph on The Go
- Oversaw medication dispensing processes ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented workflow improvements resulting in enhanced operational efficiency within the pharmacy.
- Conducted medication therapy management sessions to optimize patient outcomes.
- Mentored pharmacy technicians on best practices in patient care.
- Evaluated and resolved medication-related issues impacting patient safety and health outcomes.
- Analyzed inventory management processes to reduce waste and improve resource allocation.
- Effectively resolved insurance rejections and other billing issues.
- Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.
- Supported clinical services such as immunizations administration, leading to increased accessibility for patients in need.
- Contributed to a positive workplace culture by fostering open communication channels among team members and promoting professional development opportunities.
Retail Staff Pharmacist
White Drug Pharmacy Travel Job Rph on the GO
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Responsible for dispensing all medications and supervising supportive personnel in the Only Community Pharmacy in small town.
- Compounded all medications dispensed for the townspeople .
- Counseled all patients about their medications, correct use , drug / food interactions , ect ... .
- The only pharmacist to run the Pharmacy and help out front end personnel when available.
- Resolved all Medical Insurance rejections .
- Pharmacy open Monday - Friday .
Clinical Coordinator Pharmacist
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Travel Job Rph on the Go
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Clinical Coordinator Pharmacist : Meet with all Physicians and Administration at Kanakanak Hospital concerning everything clinical pharmacy and pharmacy operations Monday - Friday 8 A.M. - 9 A.M. .
- Cover the MD's needs to practice there and in the villages.
- Staffed in main pharmacy, took clinical coordinator position, filled in as the director of pharmacy until a director was hired.
- Went on clinical rounds.
- Prepared medications based on physician orders.
- Lead I.V. pharmacist for training and certification for all pharmacists and tech.s in main pharmacy at Kanakanak Hospital.
- Collaborated in development of operational procedures in pharmacy distribution of all work flow.
- Improved profit margins by streamlining operations and workflow and created a formulary and inventory control competitive vendor contracts.
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, created a satellite pharmacy for inpatient and E.R.
- Develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Handled departmental meetings, providing feedback to enhance future performance.
- (Voluntarily chose to resign from this role due to a major earthquake that impacted the area.)
Clinical and Staff Pharmacist
Capital Regional Medical Center - Soliant Health Travel Job
08.2018 - 10.2018
- Three month contract assignment Soliant Health
- Order entry, dispensing, clinical monitoring IV antibiotics, vancomycin, gentamicin, etc.
- Clinical and Staff Pharmacist : TPN 's, chemotherapeutic drugs, patients : neonatal, pediatric, adult.
- Counseled patients on appropriate use of all medications.
- Analyzed prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent excessive usage.
- Verified prescription information against safety guidelines and insurance limitations to protect patient health and financial interests.
Staff Pharmacist
Owyhee Community Health Facility
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Responsible for dispensing medications and supervising supportive staff personnel in high volume pharmacy.
- Staff Pharmacist Provide drug information especially dosing of medications and appropriate therapy suggestions for treatment of various conditions.
- Proficient at compounding prescriptions.
- Communicate effectively with nurses, other pharmacists, and physicians.
- Order entry I.H.S. Government computer program Federal USA System. Indian Health Service.
- Analyzed prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent excessive usage.
- Collaborated with physicians to provide patients with high quality and cost-effective medications.
- Improved drug inventory management procedures to reduce waste and eliminate backorders or overstock.
Staff Pharmacist
RPh on the Go
06.2016 - 11.2016
- Owyhee Community Health Facility Hired on permanent on 11/2016.
- Community outpatient and inpatient Pharmacy practice on Indian Reservation , IHS account.
- Three month contract RPH practice assignment extended for Rph on The Go .
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist , Preceptor Pharmacy Residence Program
Palmetto General Hospital
12.2001 - 04.2016
- Personal supervision to pharmacy and clinical staff about C.A.P.S. computer program , Cerner , CPSI , other computer program systems
- Responsible for dispensing medicine, supervising all supportive personnel in high volume hospital pharmacy.
- Knowledgeable with many different patient populations, including:
- NICU, Nursery, Open Heart, ER, Pediatric, Oncology (inpatient and outpatient), Surgery, Maternity, and Labor & Delivery.
- Provided drug information especially dosing of medicine and appropriate therapy suggestions for treatment of various conditions.
- Recommend appropriate drug treatment to physicians, monitor therapies per protocol, and initiate appropriate formulary procedures , meet with P and T committee , made clinical rounds.
- Proficient at compounding prescriptions, preparing sterile intravenous medications and order entry.
- I.V. room supervising Pharmacist everything from inventory control to training all clinical and staff personnel .
- Has highest and most accurate order entry in Pharmacy consistently .
- Helped with the development of Pharmacy Residency Program
- Mentored / Precentored Residency Pharmacy staff in clinical practices and regulatory compliance standards.
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist - PRN
Larkin Health System Hospital Part Time PRN
09.2013 - 02.2016
- Responsible for dispensing medicine and supervision of technicians.
- Hospital specialized in geriatric care.
- Staff and Clinical Pharmacist - PRN Dispense prescriptions to patients quickly and accurately.
- Collaborated with physicians to provide patients with high quality and cost-effective medications.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care : compounding I.V. s
- Counseled caregivers and families on end-of-life planning and educated on patient care options.
- Ran I.V. room for all I.V. medications
- Helped with construction and certification of new clean room for all I.V. medications.
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist - PRN
VITAS Inpatient Metropolitan General Hospital
11.2008 - 12.2012
- Pharmacist in Charge - Fill In role as needed.
- Responsible for supervising workflow and daily operations.
- Trained and mentored new Pharmacists on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Ran the I.V. room for all I.V. medications and chemotherapy
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist Level Three Care
Plantation General Hospital
12.2007 - 12.2012
- Specialized in level Three NICU, PICU, Pediatric, and Adult.
- Entered new patient profiles and prescriptions into medication input computer system
- Communications directly with doctors' office.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive level three services.
- Coordinated care for up to 250 patients per shift in busy level three setting .
- Went on clinical rounds for all patient populations of hospital.
- Pharmacokinetic dosing for pediatric and nicu patients
- Double blind clinical trails for nicu patients drug information documentation .
- Very Demanding level Three Care for : neonatal , pediatrics , and adult care .
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist Level One and Level Three Trauma
Broward General Medical Center
12.2008 - 12.2009
- Hospital specialized in level one and three trauma, level three NICU, pediatric, & adults.
- Prepared and dispensed prescriptions in busy pharmacy.
- Communicated with nurses and staff in a pleasant and professional manner.
- Actively provided drug information to medical team in a timely manner consisting of pediatric antibiotics dosing, interactions, side effects, and contraindications.
- Analyzed prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and prevent excessive usage.
- Improved drug inventory management procedures to reduce waste and eliminate backorders or overstock.
- Calculated, weighed, measured and mixed ingredients with expert precision.
- Conducted drug utilization reviews, drug interventions and therapy management.
- Efficiently answered multi-line phone and processed high volume of order requests from nurses, doctors and pharmacists.
- Ran I.V. room
- Worked extensively with large open heart program
- Worked closely with Chris Evert Children's Clinic
- Met with physicians from all departments and went on clinical rounds .
Staff Pharmacist
Central Admixtures Pharmaceutical Services
12.1997 - 12.2001
- Traveled and trained new directors at various C.A.P.S. facilities in the U.S.A.
- Responsible for implementation of new C.A.P.S. facilities
- Staff Pharmacist Responsible for supervising all workflow and daily operations.
- Managed Pharmacists and technicians.
Staff Pharmacist
Express Pharmacy Mail Order
05.1992 - 12.1997
- Order entry , compounding prescriptions , supervised pharmacy staff at the robot for maximum results and minimum down time .
- Created a mail order formulary for some clients example ; IBM ect ...
- Trained pharmacists and tech.s on proper procedures associated with : operating robot fill , correct RX filling for all mail order prescriptions according to federal and state laws.
- Handled large volume calls to MD offices , handled large volume filling of all prescriptions ie; controls ect ...
Nuclear Pharmacist
Syncor International
03.1992 - 02.1994
- Supervised nuclear pharmacy staff
- Compounded and dispensed radiopharmaceuticals for customers of Syncor ; hospitals in the city of Birmingham .
- Entered orders for isotopes used in diagnostic and therapeutic use for patients scans , organs , tissue , blood flow , ect ...
- Calculated all doses for correct millicuries to microcuries and correct half life decay factors for best imaging results in use
- Made sure everyone was compliant with all sterile and compounding practices for nuclear pharmacy .
- Helped train new pharmacist and technicians for Syncor .
- Trained to be a director at Syncor for future sites available .
Education
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Samford University Mc Whorter School of Pharmacy
800 Lakeshore Drive Homewood, AL 3522905.1992
Skills
- ICU experience
- Aseptic Technique
- Leadership
- Director
- Order entry
- Microsoft Word (10 years)
- SENTRI 7
- Medical Terminology
- Compounding Medications
- Supervising
- Inventory
- PYXIS C II SAFE
- Community Health
- Mentoring
- MAC, WINDOWS, TCG RX HS PACKAGER, IHS
- Hospital Experience
- Critical care experience
- TECH
- Billing
- ICU Experience
- CPOE
- Workflow
- PARAGON
- Therapy
- CERNER
- Supervising experience
- Pharmacy Technician Experience
- MEDI
- Oncology
- Excel at multitasking
- Pharmacy Software
- Critical Care Experience
- Knowledgeable in various computer programs; CPSI
- Trauma
- Insurance Verification
- CAPS computer system
- Hospital experience
- PYXIS CONNECT
- Instruction
- Order entry I
- Laboratory Experience
- Pediatrics
- SIMPLIFI 797
- Clinical Pharmacy Experience
- ExceL
Certification
- 12239 alabama pharmacist license
- ps 32963 florida pharmacist license
Timeline
Hospital Pharmacist / Staff and Clinical
Grandview Medical Center
04.2025 - Current
Staff Pharmacist
Janus RX
11.2024 - Current
Clinical and Staff Pharmacist
Norton Sound Health Corporation - RPh on the Go Travel Job
01.2023 - 04.2023
Retail Staff Pharmacist
White Drug Pharmacy Travel Job Rph on the GO
06.2022 - 11.2022
Clinical Coordinator Pharmacist
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Travel Job Rph on the Go
10.2018 - 12.2018
Clinical and Staff Pharmacist
Capital Regional Medical Center - Soliant Health Travel Job
08.2018 - 10.2018
Staff Pharmacist
Owyhee Community Health Facility
11.2016 - 12.2017
Staff Pharmacist
RPh on the Go
06.2016 - 11.2016
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist - PRN
Larkin Health System Hospital Part Time PRN
09.2013 - 02.2016
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist
Pharma Source Dme, Inc. inside Saint Frances Clinic
12.2010 - Current
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist Level One and Level Three Trauma
Broward General Medical Center
12.2008 - 12.2009
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist - PRN
VITAS Inpatient Metropolitan General Hospital
11.2008 - 12.2012
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist Level Three Care
Plantation General Hospital
12.2007 - 12.2012
Staff and Clinical Pharmacist , Preceptor Pharmacy Residence Program
Palmetto General Hospital
12.2001 - 04.2016
Staff Pharmacist
Central Admixtures Pharmaceutical Services
12.1997 - 12.2001
Staff Pharmacist
Express Pharmacy Mail Order
05.1992 - 12.1997
Nuclear Pharmacist
Syncor International
03.1992 - 02.1994
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Samford University Mc Whorter School of Pharmacy