Nataliya Bulba
Thousand Oaks,CA
Summary
Pharmacy professional with expertise in sterile compounding, hazardous drug handling, and regulatory compliance. Focused on enhancing patient safety and optimizing pharmacy operations. Willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacist-in-Charge
Dignity Health Infusion Center
03.2018 - Current
- Oversee pharmacy operations, ensuring regulatory adherence and sterile compounding compliance.
- Manage pharmacy preparation for inspections by accrediting bodies.
- Conduct daily and monthly audits, manage documentation, and resolve regulatory discrepancies.
- Train and evaluate pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, including competencies for sterile compounding.
- Optimize patient care through clinical review of medication orders to ensure safety and appropriateness.
- Communicate drug information to patients and health professionals. Resolve drug related problems by consulting with other health care professionals to achieve appropriate patient outcomes.
- Verify and check medications prepared by other pharmacy personnel.
- Participate in quality improvement projects to enhance patient safety and reduce risks.
Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Option Care Home Infusion
01.2013 - 03.2018
- Collaborate with nurses and physicians to design, monitor and modify patient-specific pharmacy care plans for chronic and acute conditions (IV antibiotics, parenteral nutrition, IVIG, pain medication-delivery pumps, and other specialty drugs).
- Provide drug information and educate patients, families, nurses and other providers.
- Conduct medication reconciliation to minimize adverse drug events.
- Monitor therapeutic drug levels, adjusting dosages as necessary for efficacy.
- Program and troubleshoot medication administration equipment /infusion pumps.
- Oversee the compounding of sterile IV admixtures (stability, concentration, storage requirements).
- Ensure adhere to all legal, regulatory, and safety requirements.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
USC School of Pharmacy
Los Angeles, CA06-2012
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
California State University of Northridge
Northridge, CA06-2008
Skills
- Sterile Compounding
- Hazardous Drug Handling
- Cleanroom operations
- USP Regulatory Requirements
- Inventory management and control
- Teamwork
Languages
Russian
Professional Working
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Pharmacist-in-Charge
Dignity Health Infusion Center
03.2018 - Current
Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Option Care Home Infusion
01.2013 - 03.2018
Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
USC School of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
California State University of Northridge