Luis Arias

• Answered questions from visitors regarding directions or locations within the hospital.
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability, responding to unexpected changes in transport schedules or routes.
• Couriered items within hospital, delivering to appropriate individuals.
• Safely transported patients to and from various departments within the hospital, ensuring comfort and safety.
• Followed safety procedures while handling biologic, chemical and hazardous items.
• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Transported specimens, laboratory items and pharmacy items, verifying proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
• Ensured safe handling of medications during transport by adhering to all safety protocols.

• Unit-dosing medications from bulk bottles (Ex, capsules, tablets and oral solutions and suspensions), both control and non-control, using the Pre-Pak machine and accommodating software
• Kit Check
• Tagging and coding medication for the Emergency Code Cart Trays and Radiology Stat boxes
• Assigning trays to their areas and preparing returned trays for redistribution
• CSM: Control Substance Management System
• Running restock runs for narcotics throughout the hospital
• Narcotic expiration reconciliation and waste management
• Daily Cycle Counts
• Daily Discrepancy Resolution and/or Investigation
• Omnicell Maintenance and Restock
• Running Restock Reports, Item-Expiration and Omni-Inventory reports using the OCRA server
• Minor upkeep of Omnicell cabinets
• Assigning bins/drawers

· Prepared medications for pharmacists to verify, which included interpretation and calculation based on medications orders.

· Compounded IVs, suspensions, ointments, and other pharmaceutical therapies.

· Familiar with USP 797/800 standards.

· Compounded non-hazardous and hazardous medications.

· Maintained hazardous and non-hazardous medication par levels, inventory stock and restocking.

· Properly discarded expired medications in both positive and negative pressure rooms.

· Proficient in Pyxis, Omnicell, Epic, Talyst carousels, and Talyst auto packager systems.

· Omnicell super user, included training of pharmacy and nursing personnel.

· Maintained par levels, rotated stock, removed expired or damaged drug products.

· Resolved discrepancies in drug counts.

· Replenished code carts and, intubation boxes.

· Proficient in Pediatric medication compounding and dispensing.

· Repackaged medications from the Talyst auto packager and compounded a variety of oral medication for Adult and Pediatric patient population.

· Trained and developed new team members (pharmacy technicians and, pharmacy students) in hospital policies and procedures.

· Communicated with pharmacy staff, nursing, physicians, and patients.