Miranda Fonsoh
Lutz,FL
Summary
Dedicated Pharmacist offering 8 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
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dispensing Pharmacist
CVS/Omnicare
05.2016 - 04.2023
- Reviewed prescription to confirm appropriate selection of drug, dose and check for interactions with other medications.
- Interpreted prescription orders, dispensed medications, and counseled patients on drugs.
- Maintained appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary.
- Educated patients about possible drug interactions and gave special administration instructions.
- Educated patients on medication, tools and equipment to promote patient-centered care and increase adherence to treatment.
- Prepared medications in blister packs to provide safe and convenient way to take prescribed medication.
- Complied with pharmacy regulations to increase quality of health care and inhibit criminal abuse of drugs.
- Reported adverse drug events to comply with regulatory policies and procedures.
- Dispensed and verified patient prescription orders, conducting necessary utilization reviews.
- Assisted other pharmacy staff with drug inventory, purchasing and receiving.
- Achieved and maintained top customer satisfaction and retention by cultivating productive relationships with patients.
- Supervised and coached team of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
- Counseled customers on medications, appropriate dosage and potential side effects.
- Sustained high level of professionalism, teamwork orientation, management style, and promotion of collaborative efforts to resolve issues, whether operational or patient-related, to ensure customer service performance is excellent.
- Hand counted controlled medications, measured liquids and reconstituted antibiotics
- Managed Medication Management Therapy (MTM) claims by identifying medication-related problems, improving patient outcome.
- Giving verbal authorization for withdrawal of controlled substances from the Emergency box to nurses for emergency use.
- Receiving verbal scripts for controlled and non-controlled medication for patients in long term care Homes, Assisted living and Hospice facilities.
- Collaborated with nurses and Physicians, ensuring proper pharmaceutical patient care, decreasing, adverse drug reactions.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc
08.2015 - 04.2016
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Medication administration and patient assessments.
- Tracheostomy care and maintaining patent airway for patient
- Monitoring patients on ventilators making sure oxygen saturation is within normal limits.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Sunrise Incorporation
03.2011 - 08.2015
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL05.2015
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, FL05.2011
Skills
- FDA Drug Safety Guidelines
- Customer Service
- Dispensing Medications
- Compounding Skills
- Loss Prevention Controls
- Interpreting and Processing Medication Orders
- Safety Awareness
- Medication Administration
- Monitoring Therapeutic Effectiveness
- Medication Therapy Management
Certification
- Pharmacist License No. PS54722
- Pharmacist Intern License No. PSI 28625
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers American Heart Association
- Licensed Practical Nurse No. PN 5184609
Timeline
Dispensing Pharmacist
CVS/Omnicare
05.2016 - 04.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc
08.2015 - 04.2016
Licensed Practical Nurse
Sunrise Incorporation
03.2011 - 08.2015
Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Tallahassee Community College
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