Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Licensure and certification
Introductory pharmacy practice experiences
Advanced pharmacy practice experiences
Professional memberships
Honors and awards
Research
Community Service
Timeline
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Nejat Eshetu

Meriden,CT

Summary

Dedicated pharmacist with more than four years of pharmacy experience in providing excellent customer services and focusing on medication safety. Assists customers by addressing their concerns related to medication cost, administration and side effects. Experienced in working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care and experience.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Pharmacist

Walgreens
11.2022 - Current
  • Verify prescriptions, check for drug interactions and patient safety
  • Provide MTM and patient counseling on indication, side effects, and dosage regiment of drugs
  • Contribute to a positive workplace culture by encouraging open communication and providing feedback
  • Recommend OTC medications to help mitigate individual symptoms
  • Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
  • Implement Federal and CT laws when filling control medications, filling invoices, transferring, and receiving all kind of prescriptions.

Pharmacist Manager

Walgreens
11.2022 - Current
  • Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
  • Address patient concerns
  • Do monthly and annual inventories.
  • Increased prescription accuracy, ensuring proper dosing and dispensing of medications.
  • Ordered all pharmacy supplies and kept check on inventory levels.
  • Trained pharmacy interns and newly hired pharmacy technicians.

Pharmacy Intern

Rite Aid Pharmacy
12.2021 - 11.2022
  • Take phone, written, and facsimile prescription orders
  • Offer patient counseling on indication, side effects, and dosage regiments of drugs
  • Transfer out/in patient’s prescriptions.
  • Administer immunizations

Pharmacy Intern

CVS Pharmacy
12.2019 - 11.2021
  • Provide customer service at the drop-off, pick-up and drive though
  • Type and fill prescriptions in a timely manner
  • Accept and put away pharmacy order
  • Reconstituted oral liquids.
  • Counseled patients regarding proper intake of medications.


Education

Doctor of Pharmacy -

University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy And Physician Assistant Studies
Hartford, Connecticut
05.2022

Bachelor of Science, General Studies -

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
05.2019

Skills

  • Medication preparation, verification and dispensing
  • Drug Utilization Reviews (DUR)
  • Customer Service
  • Pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetics Knowledge
  • Compounding experience
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Controlled Substance Management
  • Anticoagulant Drug Dispensing
  • Side Effect and Usage Education
  • Drug Ordering & Storage
  • Medication Reconciliation
  • Pharmacy Law Compliance
  • Insurance Verification
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations
  • Patient Counseling
  • Interprofessional Collaboration
  • Pharmacy Ethics Adherence
  • Drug information research
  • Immunization Administration
  • Valid State Pharmacy License
  • Blood Pressure Measurement
  • Interpreting and Processing Medication Orders
  • Drug Efficacy
  • Disease Knowledge
  • Loss prevention controls
  • FDA and CDC Guidelines
  • Patient Referrals
  • OTC Recommendations
  • Documentation skills
  • Safety awareness
  • Overseeing interns
  • Supply Ordering

Licensure and certification

  • National cardiopulmonary resuscitation Foundation Certificate, 01/01/2026
  • American Pharmacists Association Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery Certificate, 01/2024
  • Connecticut Pharmacist License, PCT.0016049, 05/31/2025

Introductory pharmacy practice experiences

  • West Hartford, Connecticut, Yehia Aryan, PharmD, Do vaccines, Call doctor’s office to request for refills, Prepare medication boxes.
  • New Britain, Connecticut, Karen D'Arco, PharmD, Call insurance companies to resolves rejected claims, Deliver prescription to the right patient, Prepare mouth wash
  • Hartford, Connecticut, Micaela Carroll, PharmD, Adjust warfarin dose according to patient’s INR goal, Answer doctor’s questions using current guidelines and journal articles, Attend meeting with health care teams to assess and evaluate the care of patients
  • East Hartford, Connecticut, Michael Natale, PharmD, Call patients to let them know that their medications are ready for pick up, Call doctor’s office to verify written and electronic prescription orders, Give best non-pharmacological recommendations for cold, pain, dry eyes and allergies
  • Stafford Springs, Connecticut, Lisa Parent, PharmD, Stay up to date with patient’s current medication history, Calculate patient’s CrCL, Remove outdated drugs from the shelf

Advanced pharmacy practice experiences

  • 1095 Kennedy Rd, Windsor, CT, 06095, Jessica Sovyrda, PharmD, Do MTM (medication therapy management), Call physicians to resolve drug-drug or drug disease interactions, Answer phone calls
  • Bristol, Connecticut, Robert N George, PharmD, Visit pharmacies in the district to go over the metrics with managers, Show employees appreciation and make the company expectations clear, Conduct interview to recruit good candidates to the company
  • New Haven, Connecticut, Albuja Edgar, Rph, Workup diabetic patients and patients on coumadin prior to rounds, Give recommendation based on patient’s A1c, current INR and medication history, Demonstrate how to use insulin and some GLP-1 agonist pens to Patients
  • Hartford, Connecticut, Dayne Laskey, PharmD, Call poison center in case of medication overdose in the emergency department, Get emergency medications ready for use such as Atropine, lorazepam, Heparin, propofol, furosemide, insulin, Evaluate medication related issues and present recommendations
  • Hartford, Connecticut, Brain Ly, PharmD, Sign up patients for Med2Go, Provide proper counseling on patient’s discharged medications, Do rounds with a multidisciplinary team
  • New Britain, Connecticut, Alexander Levine, PharmD, BCPS, Make medication cards on heart failure, stroke, and COPD medications, Prepare for weekly topic discussions on current heart failure and stroke guidelines, Do medication reconciliation

Professional memberships

  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 02/2023
  • Rho Chi Society, 2020-2021
  • American Pharmacist Association

Honors and awards

  • Student of the Year, University of Saint Joseph, School of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, 2019-2021
  • Member of Rho Chi Society, University of Saint Joseph, School of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, 2020-2021
  • Certification of Appreciation, University of Saint Joseph, School of Pharmacy, Hartford, Connecticut, 02/2020
  • Dean’s Honor Roll, University of Saint Joseph, School of Pharmacy, Hartford, Connecticut, 2019-2022

Research

261 Glenbrook Rd, Unit 3237, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269, Research Assistance Washing flasks, gradual cylinders. Make nutrient agar. Filling and autoclaving pipette boxes

Community Service

  • Hartford, Connecticut, Prepare and distribute sandwiches for Hands On Hartford. Provide zip bags to volunteers and clean up working areas
  • Hartford, Connecticut, Watch patients for 15-30 minutes post immunization to make sure they are okay. Sanitize chairs and answer questions of patients regarding the COVID-19 vaccines and possible side effects
  • Hartford, Connecticut, contribute and raise donations to Hands of Hartford to help the Hartford community during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Hartford, Connecticut, Help classmates on pharmaceutical calculations. Give practice questions and answer any questions they may have.
  • 2110 Hillside Road Unit 3008, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269, Reading short stories for kindergarten. Ask them some questions based on the stories to make sure they are following. Teach the children how to write and read

Timeline

Staff Pharmacist

Walgreens
11.2022 - Current

Pharmacist Manager

Walgreens
11.2022 - Current

Pharmacy Intern

Rite Aid Pharmacy
12.2021 - 11.2022

Pharmacy Intern

CVS Pharmacy
12.2019 - 11.2021

Doctor of Pharmacy -

University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy And Physician Assistant Studies

Bachelor of Science, General Studies -

University of Connecticut
Nejat Eshetu