LATASHA WATSON
Chicago
Summary
Patient-oriented Pharmacy Technician with extensive experience preparing, filling and labeling medications. 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.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Pharmacy Technician
DLH Solutions
Hines
12.2024 - 05.2025
- Assisted pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medications accurately.
- Maintained inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies to ensure availability.
- Processed prescription orders using pharmacy management software efficiently.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to resolve medication-related issues effectively.
Pharmacy Technician
Jackson Park Hospital Outpatient
Chicago
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Assisted pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medications accurately.
- Maintained inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies to ensure availability.
- Processed prescription orders using pharmacy management software efficiently.
Pharmacy Technician
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Chicago
04.2020 - 05.2020
- Worked in temporary hospital setting for Chicago's Covid project.
- Stocked and set up Pyxis machines, trained nursing staff on proper Pyxis use, maintained medication inventory
Pharmacy Technician
CVS Health
Springfield
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Filling
- Inventory
- Data entry
- Cash handling
- Customer service
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
UNITED Pharmacy Staffing
Chicago
09.2009 - 07.2019
Pharmacy Technician
Maxim Healthcare Services/ McFarland behavioral hospital
Springfield
06.2017 - 09.2017
- Counting, labeling, picking, and packaging orders for delivery to state facility!! Temp assignment.
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
St.Johns Hospital
Chicago
08.2016 - 11.2016
- Temp Assignment
- Packing
- Delivery
- Data entry
- Patient services
CSR
Groupon
Chicago
02.2015 - 02.2016
- Responsibilities
- Answering customers calls and emails
- Verifying and explaining company policy to customers
- Providing excellent customer service
- Data entry
- Accomplishments
- Accomplishing company set goals
- Completing Goods, G1 training
- Skills Used
- Problem solving
- Customer service
- Data entry
Costco
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Working with Epic
- Using Omnicell carousels and cabinets
- Preparing oral syringe batch
- Delivering patients meds to nursing units
- IV batching and delivery
- Crash cart exchanges
- Purchasing and buying
- Inventory management
- Comparing wholesaler prices for unit does and bulk medication orders
- Ordering for out patient pharmacy
- Updating GPO, and maintaining best pricing for special orders
IV Pharmacy Tech
Lifemed Pharmacy
Bensenville
11.2014 - 02.2015
- Responsibilities
- Filling oral meds
- Preparing IV meds
- Nursing home pharmacy unit dosing
- Accomplishments
- Completed 250+ scripts a day
Sr. Analyst, Product Implementation
RX Pro Health
Chicago
03.2014 - 08.2014
- Responsibilities
- Program new Pyxis equipment for hospital installations.
- Make sure all nursing staff is trained, and registered on machines.
- Performing hardware test
- Switching drawers to make compatible with customer configuration
- Accomplishments
- Getting projects done in time allotted.
- Learning new ES system
- Uninstalling Medstation 3500 and 4000
- Skills Used
- Analytical
- Customer service
- Customer support
- Computer programming
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Advocate Rx Solutions
Chicago
11.2011 - 01.2012
- Preparing pyxis stations for new hospital opening
- Loading towers and anesthesia carts for placement in units
- Training employees on proper usage
- Delivery of patient meds
- Working carousels preparing meds for pyxis delivery
- Preparing Ivs
Pharmacy Technician
Medix Staffing Temp Agency
Lombard
02.2009 - 04.2011
- Worked in inbound call center responsible for:
- Processing medical insurance claims for certain medications
- Customer service
- Filing proper paperwork for doctor offices and pharmacies
- Data Entry
- Worked different assignments with various companies
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
08.2008 - 01.2009
- Responsible for:
- Processing patient medication orders
- Working triage area
- Making IV batch
- Delivering medication to proper nursing units
- Compounding medications
- Making code boxes
- Assisting pharmacists
- Working with talyst, pyxis, and epic
- Placing Cardinal and Amerisource Bergen orders
- Maintaining inventory
- Verifying orders and pricing with different manufacturers
Pharmacy Technician/Customer Service
Walgreens
09.2005 - 05.2008
- Responsible for:
- Data entry
- Filling prescription
- Inventory, cash handling
- Creating cardinal orders
- Customer service
- Verifying insurance
Education
Diploma - Communications
Chicago Vocational Career Academy
Chicago, IL 09.1996 - 06.1999
Skills
- Pharmacy Tech
- PTCB
- Compounding
- Prior Authorization
- IV
- Cash Handling
- Customer Service
- Inventory
- Pharmacy
- Typing
- Word
- Compounding Medications
- Cerner
- Insurance Verification
- Epic
- EMR Systems
- Triage
- HIPAA
- Medication dispensing
- Inventory control
- Prescription processing
- Patient medication delivery
- Customer service
- Medical terminology
- Data entry accuracy
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Aseptic techniques
- Compounding techniques
- FDA and HIPAA compliance
- Regulatory compliance
- FDA drug safety guidelines
- Medication labels
- Proper labeling
- Ordering and stocking medications
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician
DLH Solutions
12.2024 - 05.2025
Pharmacy Technician
Jackson Park Hospital Outpatient
01.2022 - 06.2022
Pharmacy Technician
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
04.2020 - 05.2020
Pharmacy Technician
CVS Health
01.2018 - 07.2019
Pharmacy Technician
Maxim Healthcare Services/ McFarland behavioral hospital
06.2017 - 09.2017
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
St.Johns Hospital
08.2016 - 11.2016
CSR
Groupon
02.2015 - 02.2016
Costco
01.2015 - 01.2016
IV Pharmacy Tech
Lifemed Pharmacy
11.2014 - 02.2015
Sr. Analyst, Product Implementation
RX Pro Health
03.2014 - 08.2014
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Advocate Rx Solutions
11.2011 - 01.2012
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
UNITED Pharmacy Staffing
09.2009 - 07.2019
Pharmacy Technician
Medix Staffing Temp Agency
02.2009 - 04.2011
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Cleveland Clinic
08.2008 - 01.2009
Pharmacy Technician/Customer Service
Walgreens
09.2005 - 05.2008
Diploma - Communications
Chicago Vocational Career Academy
09.1996 - 06.1999