Mark Bennett
Morgantown,PA
Summary
Hardworking pharmacist who is able to work independently or in a team setting to promote successful outcomes. Trained in sterile compounding and oncology compounding to provide safe and accurate treatments for patients. Demonstrated success in multiple pharmacy settings which gives diverse knowledge from multiple setting views.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Pharmacist
St Joes Hospital
Reading, PA
04.2022 - Current
- Ensured compliance with state board regulations in the preparation, labeling, storage and distribution of drugs.
- Reviewed patient medical records for drug allergies, interactions, and contraindications to ensure safe medication use.
- Collaborated with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals regarding optimal therapeutic outcomes for patients.
- Compounded sterile products according to USP 797 standards when necessary.
- Investigated drug information requests from health care providers including indications, dosing regimens, contraindications, interactions, adverse reactions.
- Assessed medication appropriateness using evidence-based guidelines along with patient specific factors such as age, weight, concurrent diagnosis.
- Monitored drug therapies by reviewing laboratory values and adjusting medications as needed.
- Mentored residents and interns in pharmacy on operations, clinical support, medications and other vital job aspects.
- Reviewed laboratory results to assess efficacy or toxicity of chemotherapy agents.
- Assisted pharmacists in compounding sterile dosage forms of anticancer agents as needed.
- Dispensed prescribed medications to oncology patients in accordance with state pharmacy laws and regulations.
Staff Pharmacist
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
Pottstown
10.2015 - 04.2022
- Processing claims for Pottstown, Phoenixville and Brandywine Hospitals
- Clinical skills include dosing and dose adjustments for antibiotics and other medications that are Renal excreted
- Order labs for antibiotics, Drug information for Doctors and Nurses, IV compatibility of agents ordered
- Drug recommendations for disease state management
- Process clinical MTM claims for all outcomes resolved in daily work routine
- Pharmacokinetic dosing for Vancomycin, and lab evaluation for dosing Heparin infusions.
Part Time Floater Pharmacist
Weis Pharmacy
03.2016 - 02.2021
- Travel to different locations
- Provide customer service to pharmacies clients
- Process prescriptions, address DUR's and insurance billing
- Order as needed to complete patient prescriptions
- Administer vaccinations.
Staff pharmacist
Walgreens Pharmacy
04.2015 - 10.2015
- Filling 700+ prescriptions a week
- Providing customer service and resolving insurance issues
- Processing MTM claims for cognitive services
- Administering vaccinations for patient population.
Staff pharmacist
Wal-mart Pharmacy
06.2013 - 04.2015
- Filling 2500+ prescriptions a week
- Assisting manager in hiring and day to day function of the pharmacy
- Providing excellent customer service to our patients and building a team environment with the staff.
Manager of pharmacy
Wal-mart Pharmacy
10.2011 - 06.2013
- Reviewing financials and expenses and general operation of the pharmacy
- Giving the patients the customer service they deserve
- Functioning as fulltime pharmacist and assisting in other Wal-mart pharmacies when needed.
Operated day to day pharmacy functions
Northeast Pharmacy Services
08.2007 - 08.2011
- Checking orders and multi-dose cards, monitoring and calling on significant drug interactions, maintained Outcomes and MTM cases that presented, served on call for all pharmacy emergencies and questions from personal care homes and assisted livings, compounding and immunizations.
Managed retail part of pharmacy
The Medicine Shoppe Reading
07.2006 - 08.2007
- Checking orders, setting up third party contracts, compounding 80+ prescriptions on a daily bases, multi-dosing personal care homes, inventory control, advertising and overall retail performance.
Staff pharmacist
CVS
06.2006 - 07.2006
- Checking prescription orders and serving customer needs.
Operator of a $4.5 million store
The Medicine Shoppe Pottstown
09.1998 - 06.2006
- Managed retail, compounding and assisted livings and personal care homes multi-dosing, ran quarterly health screenings in different disease states, gave monthly disease state presentations to local senior centers and church groups, responsible for inventory control and overall store growth, minority owner in a total of 16 Medicine Shoppe's and responsible for bottom line performance in 2 of them, educated other Medicine Shoppe's on inventory control and increasing profit margin.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Temple University School of Pharmacy
Philadelphia, PA05-1998
Skills
- Drug preparation
- Staff Supervision
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Patient Care Optimization
- Treatment monitoring
- Team Development
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient education and counseling
- Medication dispensing and immunizations
- Immunization Administration
- Inventory Management
- Relationship Building
- Intern Management
- Pharmaceutical Compounding
- Interpersonal Skills
- Active Listening
Certification
- CPR, 12/24
- Medical Marijuana Certification, University of the Sciences, 05/2019
Professionallicenses
- Pharmacist license, PA RP044103L, 08/03/1998, 09/30/2024
- Authorization to Administer Injectables, PA RPI000132, 11/01/2006, 09/30/2024
Personal Information
Father of 3 adult sons and an amazing girlfriend
References
- Will Stephens R.Ph, 610-413-2966
- Brett Mentzer 610-906-2866
- Jen Norton 774-364-0236
Accomplishments
- PPA Student Leadership Award 98
- APhA Leadership Award 98
- Temple School of Pharmacy Leadership Award 98
Affiliations
Enjoy travel, especially to my beach place In Rehoboth
Enjoy wine tasting, sports (especially amateur wrestling), judo and collects sports memorabilia
Spending time with my family and friends
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Pharmacist
St Joes Hospital
04.2022 - Current
Part Time Floater Pharmacist
Weis Pharmacy
03.2016 - 02.2021
Staff Pharmacist
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
10.2015 - 04.2022
Staff pharmacist
Walgreens Pharmacy
04.2015 - 10.2015
Staff pharmacist
Wal-mart Pharmacy
06.2013 - 04.2015
Manager of pharmacy
Wal-mart Pharmacy
10.2011 - 06.2013
Operated day to day pharmacy functions
Northeast Pharmacy Services
08.2007 - 08.2011
Managed retail part of pharmacy
The Medicine Shoppe Reading
07.2006 - 08.2007
Staff pharmacist
CVS
06.2006 - 07.2006
Operator of a $4.5 million store
The Medicine Shoppe Pottstown
09.1998 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Temple University School of Pharmacy
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