Melody Vanessa García
Sahuarita ,AZ
Summary
Hard working, efficient, and accurate Certified Pharmacy Technician with proven ability to thrive in fast-paced settings. Team player with strong customer engagement and data entry skills. (bilingual)
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
El Río Community Health Center
Tucson, AZ
09.2013 - Current
- Maintained strict patient confidentiality to adhere to HIPAA regulations and avoid data compromises.
- Maintained clean and organized pharmacy shelving and work areas.
- Verified patients' identities at pickup to prevent sale of wrong medications.
- Managed inventories, rotated stock, removed expired or damaged drug products and resolved discrepancies in drug counts.
- Performed wide range of pharmacy operations with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency and service quality.
- Teamed with peers, technicians and pharmacists to prioritize and complete orders.
- Efficiently processed cash register transactions for new and refilled prescription orders.
- Assisted pharmacist with clearing high volume of prescriptions and responded to customer questions.
- Prepared pricing and instruction labels for placement on prescriptions.
- Compiled customer demographic, allergy and medical history background.
- Requested scripts from doctors and verified insurance and coding.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walgreens
Tucson, AZ
08.2011 - 01.2013
- Maintained strict patient confidentiality to adhere to HIPAA regulations and avoid data compromises.
- Maintained clean and organized pharmacy shelving and work areas.
- Verified patients' identities at pickup to prevent sale of wrong medications.
- Managed inventories, rotated stock, removed expired or damaged drug products and resolved discrepancies in drug counts.
- Performed wide range of pharmacy operations with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency and service quality.
- Teamed with peers, technicians and pharmacists to prioritize and complete orders.
- Efficiently processed cash register transactions for new and refilled prescription orders.
- Created new customer profiles and updated changes such as demographics, allergies and new medications in pharmacy computer systems.
- Assisted pharmacist with clearing high volume of prescriptions and responded to customer questions.
- Prepared prescription labels, promoting accuracy in medication administration and dosing.
- Adhered to regulatory guidelines for workplace safety and customer confidentiality.
- Worked with insurance companies to process claims, resolve problems and obtain payments.
Education
High School Diploma -
Carrington College
Tucson, AZ07.2011
Skills
- Aseptic techniques
- Drug inventory control
- Point of sale systems proficiency
- Problem-solving skills
- Proper labeling procedures
- Pharmacy operations
- Prescription verification
- Troubleshooting malfunctioning equipment
- Insurance Verification
- Workflow Optimization
- Insurance billing
- Filling prescriptions
- Stocking medications
- Stocking shelves
- Ordering and stocking medications
- Resolving customer issues
- Labeling prescriptions
Timeline
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
El Río Community Health Center
09.2013 - Current
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walgreens
08.2011 - 01.2013
High School Diploma -
Carrington College