Naomi Raynor
Fort Myers,FL
Summary
Certified and Registered Pharmacy Technician with 21 years of experience in Pharmacy including Retail, Home infusion, Chemotherapy, inpatient and acute care. Dedicated, hard-working, and reliable professional who maintains a focus on accuracy and delivers courteous service at all times.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacy Technician III
Lee Health
04.2023 - Current
- Reviewed insurance policies and guidelines to verify eligibility and coverage requirements.
- Implemented process improvements that reduced turnaround time for authorization requests significantly.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to gather necessary documentation for medication approval.
- Processed prior authorization requests efficiently to ensure timely patient access to medications.
- Implemented process improvements that enhanced workflow
- Streamlined communication between healthcare providers to optimize patient care outcomes.
- Alleviated staff workload pressures by proactively taking on additional responsibilities as needed within the pharmacy environment.
- Analyzed workflow patterns to identify areas for increased efficiency and productivity improvement.
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from insurance and healthcare providers.
- Trained new pharmacy staff on operational procedures and software systems for efficiency.
Pharmacy Tech III
Regional Cancer Center (Lee Health)
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Compounding sterile IV and chemotherapy drugs.
- Triaging phone calls.
- Filling Pyxis, adjusting Pars based on usage report.
- Verifying patient has proper authorization before treatment.
- Placing medication and supply orders.
Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Maintain medication inventory for our 618 bed hospital.
- Work close with manufacturers to get the product when not available.
- Look for lower-cost medications in Cardinal to save the system money.
- Run reports on usage of medication and lower pars when not in use.
- Meeting monthly budgets and targets
- Continuously monitors for medication shortages and helps pharmacy leadership develop strategies for shortage mitigation.
- Serves as a liaison between the pharmacy and wholesaler/manufacturers representatives to ensure that we purchase pharmaceuticals and supplies that meet quality standards while minimizing costs.
- Receipt and review daily medications and supply delivery.
- Tracking and submission of monthly interdepartmental billing the AP department.
Pharmacy Tech III
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Non-sterile and sterile compounding of both non-hazardous and hazardous medications.
- Helped build and fill Pyxis with the new opening of ICU areas. Refilling pyxis, fixing failed drawers, Raising and lowering PARS, loading and unloading based on usage reports.
- Filtering phone calls to the appropriate person.
- Preparing labels printed from Epic and delivering to appropriate nursing unit.
- Prepping IV chemotherapy.
Pharmacy Tech II
Access Home Infusion (Lee Health)
05.2016 - 03.2020
- Kept files on patients using our specialty injections and called them monthly for refills.
- Kept record on EPIC for new diagnosis and DR notes.
- Run prior authorizations on medications.
- Dropped charges to insurance on medications used.
- Order medication for pharmacy thru Cardinal.
- Mixed TPN and IV medications for patients.
- Processed 340b billing for eligible patients.
Pharmacy Tech I
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
01.2011 - 05.2016
- Answering phone calls from various personnel.
- Tracking medication due times In EPIC and deliver at a timely manner.
- Filling pyxis machines, keeping up to date on expiration dates.
- Accurately prepare and distribute patient oral medications
- Prepare sterile IV medications
Education
High School Diploma -
Immokalee High Schol
Immokalee Fl06-2000
Skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Team collaboration
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Workflow optimization
- Insurance billing
- Insurance verification
- Employee training
Accomplishments
Completion of courses:
Leading Meetings: Use Time Effectively 2026
Learning to Lead 2024
Certification
- Florida Registered due for renewal 12/2026
- Certified PTCB due for renewal 10/2026
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician III
Lee Health
04.2023 - Current
Pharmacy Tech III
Regional Cancer Center (Lee Health)
09.2022 - 04.2023
Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
09.2021 - 09.2022
Pharmacy Tech III
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
03.2020 - 08.2021
Pharmacy Tech II
Access Home Infusion (Lee Health)
05.2016 - 03.2020
Pharmacy Tech I
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health)
01.2011 - 05.2016
High School Diploma -
Immokalee High Schol