Maria Agazaryan
Sylmar,CA
Summary
Dedicated Pharmacist offering 13 years of pharmacy experience; 2 years of experience ensuring accurate review, processing and dispensing of medications in alignment with orders. Skilled in collaborating with team members to expedite urgent requests while maintaining impeccable focus on safety, accuracy and confidentiality. Advanced communicator with all levels of staff, clients, management and healthcare administrators. Skilled in working under a collaborative practice agreement with endocrinologist and cardiologist to provide specific patient care. Experienced in delivering excellent customer service, resolving issues and managing inquiries. Dedicated Pharmacist offering 3 years of experience ensuring accurate review, processing and dispensing of medications in alignment with orders. Skilled in collaborating with team members to expedite urgent requests while maintaining impeccable focus on safety, accuracy and confidentiality. Advanced communicator with all levels of staff, clients, management and healthcare administrators.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Pharmacist
Adventist Health Glendale
09.2022 - Current
- Under collaboration with Endocrinologist and Cardiologist office; Authorized medication refills, conducted medication reconciliation and educated patient on proper use of medication
- Made intervention on medications when appropriate
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, for effective interaction with patients and healthcare team
- Exceptional attention to detail to prevent medication errors and ensure patient safety
- Experience in verifying and reviewing prescription orders for accuracy and completeness
- Completed bedside consultation to patients upon discharge from hospital
- Medication therapy management calls and documentations
- Able to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care in both pharmacy and refill authorization office.
Intern Pharmacist
Adventist Health Glendale
08.2021 - 09.2022
- Completed bedside consultation to patients upon discharge from hospital
- Checked patient chart and labs for proper dosing of medication
- Made Medication therapy management calls and documentations.
- Enhanced patient care by providing accurate medication dispensing and prescription counseling.
- Streamlined pharmacy workflow by assisting with inventory management, order processing, and record-keeping tasks.
- Supported pharmacists in optimizing treatment plans for patients, ensuring safe and effective medication use.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to ensure appropriate drug therapy selection for individual patients.
Intern Pharmacist
CVS Pharmacy, #2958
08.2018 - 05.2022
- Consulting patients regarding proper use of medications, potential allergies, adverse drug reactions, and side effects to ensure safety of patient
- Administer vaccinations
- Receive new prescriptions over phone, perform transfers and check voicemail
- Perform patient outreach calls
- Continued with previous responsibilities as technician.
- Improved patient satisfaction by addressing questions and concerns regarding their prescriptions in timely manner.
Intern Pharmacist
Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Educated patients on proper medication administration techniques, potentially reducing adverse effects or complications from incorrect usage.
- Completed intern and technician duties such as transcribed prescriptions, helping customers, taking new prescriptions, sales.
- Reduced errors in medication selection through vigilant monitoring of drug interactions and contraindications.
Pharmacy District Resource
CVS Pharmacy #2958 District 1(22 CVS Stores)
05.2016 - 08.2018
- Was in charge of overseeing twenty-two stores within district
- Worked side by side with District Manager
- Trained and conducted interviews for district
- Made sure stores were compliant with policies and regulations
- Was in charge of overseeing inventory counts every year for all stores
- Helped with conversation of Target becoming CVS within Target/CVS store
- Helped set up new CVS's store that was opening; putting up shelves, layout and ordering medication for first day of store opening
- Continued with pharmacy technician duties while helping in stores.
Lead Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
05.2013 - 05.2016
- Managed Scheduling of staff in pharmacy
- Conducted workflow
- Interviewed for pharmacy and trained new hires
- Continued with pharmacy technician duties.
- Supervised 6 pharmacy technicians and coordinated day-to-day assignments.
Inventory Specialist Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
11.2011 - 05.2013
- Managed all inventory responsibility such as paperwork, returns of medication, ordering and making sure cycle counts for drugs were correct
- Continued with pharmacy technician duties
- Check for expired drugs, properly storing and restocking new drugs and supplies to maintain store's weekly inventory.
- Handled day-to-day shipping and receiving overseeing more than 10 plus packages per day.
Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
11.2011 - 05.2013
- Contact health care providers for patient refill requests
- Operate register to process sales
- Transcribed and processed new prescriptions and dispensed them
- Engaged with customers, answered phone calls and contacted third-party payers for any issues.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
Pomona, CA08.2022
Pre-Pharmacy Biological Sciences -
Southern California University of Health Sciences
Whittier, CA04.2017
Pre-Pharmacy Studies -
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen, CA06.2016
Skills
- Work in Collaborative Practice Agreement Office
- Work with Specialty Medication
- Pharmaceutical Calculations
- Medication Management
- Prescription Verification
- Immunization Administration
- Patient Counseling
- Medication Therapy Management
- Drug utilization review
- Customer Service and Communication Skills
Certification
- Pharmacist License, 86821, 09/2022, Present, Board of Pharmacy, CA
- CPR Basic Life Support – Health Care Provider, 08/2018, Present, American Heart Association
- Blood Borne Pathogen & HIPAA Training Certificate, 08/2018, Present, Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy, Pomona CA
- Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate, 10/2018, Present, American Pharmacists' Association
- Certificate of EpiPen Training, 02/2018, Present, Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy, Pomona CA
- Certificate of Training, 06/2021, Present, Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy, Pomona CA
- California Pharmacy Technician License, 00135474, 11/2011, 03/2019
- Intern Pharmacist License, 43052, 08/2018, 09/2022, Board of Pharmacy, CA
References
Upon request
Timeline
Registered Pharmacist
Adventist Health Glendale
09.2022 - Current
Intern Pharmacist
Adventist Health Glendale
08.2021 - 09.2022
Intern Pharmacist
Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy
02.2021 - 05.2021
Intern Pharmacist
CVS Pharmacy, #2958
08.2018 - 05.2022
Pharmacy District Resource
CVS Pharmacy #2958 District 1(22 CVS Stores)
05.2016 - 08.2018
Lead Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
05.2013 - 05.2016
Inventory Specialist Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
11.2011 - 05.2013
Pharmacy Technician
CVS Pharmacy #2958
11.2011 - 05.2013
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
Pre-Pharmacy Biological Sciences -
Southern California University of Health Sciences
Pre-Pharmacy Studies -
Los Angeles Valley College