Katishia Lewis-Hunter
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland Heights,OH
1
Certification
13
years of professional experience
Seasoned Pharmacy Technician with 17 years of experience and strong leadership skills as well as promoting teamwork within the pharmacy settings. Well-versed in all aspects of pharmacy operations including: the Pharmacy Carousel, extensive experience filling and preparing prescriptions within a fast-paced, high-volume settings, IV preparations and I am highly skilled at processing prescriptions and managing pharmacy inventory. Well-versed in interacting with patients to answer questions and provide status updates on prescription fills. I am also knowledgeable about regulatory guidelines governing our policies in pharmacy.
Work History
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
6 Years 6 Months- Prepared medications and conducted quality checks.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Received and stored incoming supplies and informed supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Monitored supply inventory and promptly submitted replenishment orders to prevent shortages.
- Mixed pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
- Transferred medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes using aseptic techniques.
- Assisted nurses by answering questions, locating items or referring to pharmacist for medication information.
- Prepacked bulk medicines.
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
11 Months- Prepared medications and conducted quality checks.
- Checked for completeness of all new labels and refill labels.
- Answered telephones to respond to questions or requests.
- Assisted nurses by answering questions, locating items or referring to pharmacist for medication information.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment or work areas according to prescribed methods.
- Counted stock of medications and entered inventory data into computer.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Received and stored incoming supplies and informed supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Prepacked bulk medicines.
- Monitored supply inventory and promptly submitted replenishment orders to prevent shortages.
- Mixed pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
- Transferred medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes using aseptic techniques.
Pharmacy Technician
5 Months- I was place at Cleveland Clinic Retail pharmacies to do the following:
- Assisted pharmacist with clearing high volume of prescriptions and responded to customer questions.
- 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.
- Interpreted and processed medication orders under supervision of pharmacist.
- Received and verified daily incoming drug inventories, reported discrepancies and logged items into inventory system.
- Maintained pharmacological practices by checking drug inventory, stocking medications and monitoring supplies.
- Verified prescriptions and drug labels, documents and packages.
- 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.
- Prepared prescription transfers to other pharmacies.
- Transmitted claims to insurance companies for payment and reconciled EOBs.
- Improved inventory management procedures to reduce overhead, backorders and overstock.
- Answered telephones to respond to questions or requests.
- Entered prescription information into computer databases.
- Assisted customers by answering questions, locating items or referring to pharmacist for medication information.
- Operated cash registers to accept payments from customers.
- 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.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Received and stored incoming supplies and informed supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Monitored supply inventory and promptly submitted replenishment orders to prevent shortages.
- Mixed pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
Pharmacy Technician
4 Years 6 Months- Assisted pharmacist with clearing high volume of prescriptions and responded to customer questions.
- 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.
- Refilled medications, offered insight into over-the-counter products and verified insurance benefits.
- Interpreted and processed medication orders under supervision of pharmacist.
- Received and verified daily incoming drug inventories, reported discrepancies and logged items into inventory system.
- Maintained pharmacological practices by checking drug inventory, stocking medications and monitoring supplies.
- Verified prescriptions and drug labels, documents and packages.
- 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.
- Prepared prescription transfers to other pharmacies.
- Transmitted claims to insurance companies for payment and reconciled EOBs.
- Improved inventory management procedures to reduce overhead, backorders and overstock.
- Answered telephones to respond to questions or requests.
- Entered prescription information into computer databases.
- 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.
- Operated cash registers to accept payments from customers.
- Received written prescription or refill requests, verifying information for completeness and accuracy.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment or work areas according to prescribed methods.
- Ordered, labeled and counted stock of medications and entered inventory data into computer.
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Received and stored incoming supplies and informed supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Monitored supply inventory and promptly submitted replenishment orders to prevent shortages.
Education
GED
Skills
Supervising technicians
Medication safety
Verifying inventory
Pharmaceutical operations knowledge
Calculating doses
Interpreting orders
Employee training
Pharmacy operations
Aseptic techniques
Stocking shelves
Preparing bulk medications
Drug inventory control
Insurance billing
Insurance Verification
Ordering and stocking medications
Proper labeling procedures
Point of sale systems proficiency
Precision
Personal Information
Title: Experienced Pharmacy Technician
Certification
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
Timeline
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
MetroHealth Medical Center
04.2020 - CurrentRead More
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Cleveland Clinic
02.2019 - 01.2020Read More
Pharmacy Technician
Anchor Medical Staffing
09.2018 - 02.2019Read More
Pharmacy Technician
AHF Pharmacy
02.2014 - 08.2018Read More
Remington College
GED
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