Laura Le Brun
Melbourne,FL
Summary
Current Florida registered and PTCB certified pharmacy technician with over 13 years of experience in retail and hospital pharmacy. Skilled in managing a large team of technicians with a smile. Dedicated to optimization of workflow through collaboration with staff of all experience levels, thus delivering quality service to our patients. Driven to procure quality drugs and supplies at reasonable costs through maintaining vendor relations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Pharmacy Technician
Health First Family Pharmacy
08.2021 - Current
- Supervised 30 pharmacy technicians and coordinated day-to-day assignments.
- Training technicians in retail, mail order, hospice, and IV compounding pharmacy departments
- Interviewing and onboarding new technicians
- Producing weekly technician schedule
- Home infusion referral coordination & intake management
- Monitoring department productivity
- Collaborating with vendors to continually cut departmental overhead
- Maintaining compliance records per Simplifi 797 standards
- Up-skilling associates in SCM (Sunrise Clinical Manager) and other computer systems utilized across Health First organization.
Pharmacy Buyer
Health First Family Pharmacy
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Overseeing purchasing of drugs and supplies across network of 4 outpatient pharmacies
- Facilitating cost-centric drug purchase orders
- Ensuring slow-moving inventory is returned in a timely manner to maximize cost-savings
- Participating in quarterly department-wide inventory audits
- Establishing par levels to enhance and streamline drug ordering with the assistance of inventory management software
- Developing and maintaining relations between HFFP and our vendors
- Training staff on upcoming DSCSA regulations and ensuring all vendors are EDI capable and compliant
- Ensured adherence to federal regulations governing pharmaceutical procurement processes, such as DEA requirements or FDA guidelines for controlled substances handling procedures.
Compounding Technician
Option Care Health
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Sterile compounding of intravenous infusions
- Proper cleaning of cleanroom suite
- The setup, usage, and maintenance of Baxter ExactaMix 2400
- Compounding TPNs for nearly 40 patients each week
- Assisting in inventory functions
- Training of new compounding associates.
Pharmacy Technician III
Health First Family Pharmacy
02.2019 - 08.2021
- Sterile compounding of intravenous infusions
- Proper cleaning of cleanroom suite
- Hospice pharmacy functions including, but not limited to, billing
- Weekend coverage of home infusion referral coordination
- Inventory management as needed
- Collaborating with coworkers and management to streamline workflow.
Education
Associate of Arts -
Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL08.2024
EMT-Basic Program -
Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL08.2017
Skills
- Leadership experience
- Pharmacy Software Proficiency
- Strategic Thinking
- Training and mentoring
- Inventory management
- Supplier Contracts
- Performance Improvement
- IV Compounding
- Recordkeeping skills
- Clinical Workflow Optimization
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of 7 in the development of Epic Willow Ambulatory for our pharmacy chain.
- Drafted SOPs to document specific training practices for new technicians, as well as inventory management procedures across pharmacy chain.
Certification
- Certified Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
- Emergency Medical Technician, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
- Basic Life Support (CPR & AED), American Heart Association
References
References are available upon request.
Timeline
Pharmacy Buyer
Health First Family Pharmacy
08.2023 - 05.2024
Lead Pharmacy Technician
Health First Family Pharmacy
08.2021 - Current
Compounding Technician
Option Care Health
06.2021 - 08.2021
Pharmacy Technician III
Health First Family Pharmacy
02.2019 - 08.2021
Associate of Arts -
Eastern Florida State College
EMT-Basic Program -
Eastern Florida State College
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