Clinical Pharmacist with over 10 years of experience in clinical and operational aspects of pharmaceutical services. Collaborated with physicians and clinical staff to provide patients with individualized treatments utilizing the most recent and relevant evidence. Proficient in evaluating and interpreting drug-related information and identifying, resolving, and preventing medication-related problems, and extensive knowledge in sterile compounding. Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS).
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Ngoc Revell
Thousand Oaks,CA
Summary
Overview
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Simi Valley Hospital – Adventist Health
Clinical/Hospital Pharmacist
02.2016 - Current
Job overview
- Providing drugs information, clinical pharmacy services, and drug education to hospital staff during daily ICU/ discharge planning rounds.
- Actively participating in Antibiotic Stewardship program by collaborating with infectious disease physicians to develop interventional strategies maximizing appropriate antibiotic utilization and improvement in patient outcomes.
- Providing ongoing education on appropriate antibiotic use to nursing and medical staff based on current antibiotic guidelines, clinical pathways, restriction criteria, and facility policy.
- Working in tandem with dieticians to optimize clinical parenteral nutritional support to patients who are on TPNs.
- Providing clinical drug consultations using pharmacokinetic and non-pharmacokinetic dosing when appropriate.
- Consulting on newly prescribed medications with nursing staff, patients and their families as requested.
- Monitoring drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug use and dose.
- Performing Renal Dosing and utilizing IV to PO change per P&T approved protocols. Sustaining the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurement, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapy selection.
Tri City Medical Center
IV Clinical/Hospital Pharmacist (Contract Staff)
06.2015 - 02.2016
Job overview
- Responsible for the IV room operation with the assistance of three IV technicians to provide accurate and efficient dispensing of a wide variety of sterile compounds, including regular intravenous admixtures, TPNs (for adults and neonates), chemotherapy products, and investigational drugs.
- Ensured proper required IV documentation and compliance with all pharmacy laws, regulations, and sterile compounding guidelines. Fully assessing patients and new orders for appropriateness, high-risk medications, allergies, adverse indications or interactions.
- Performed accurate dose calculations based on patient condition, drug volume and administration rates.
- Actively sought for ways to control costs without compromising patient safety or qualify of care.
- Answered IV therapy-related questions and its management in a timely manner.
- Directed and provided competency assessment for all pharmacists who rotate into IV room.
- Ensured proper product labeling including of auxiliary or cautionary labels. Responsible for clinical investigational drug trials by adhering to study protocols and dispensing procedures.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Per-diem Clinical Pharmacist
10.2013 - 04.2015
Job overview
- Responsible for order entry and final pharmacist checks on packaged and bar-coded pharmaceuticals.
- Supervised 10 technicians and duties have been completed.
- Advised the prescriber, nurse or patient as required regarding the therapeutic action, utilization and possible adverse reactions or interactions of drugs.
- Completed pending orders in the Problem Queue and Follow-up Queue.
- Reviewed daily clinical reports including renal dosing, IV to PO, antibiotic stewardship, therapeutic drug levels, and anticoagulation therapy management.
- Reviewed patient profiles daily and monitoring for adverse drug reactions. Performing chart reviews on Vancomycin therapies, possible interactions, and patient response to medications; adjusting Vancomycin dosing as needed based on therapeutic levels and patients’ renal function.
- Documented clinical interventions using Pharmacy Progress Notes.
Education
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health ScienceBoston, MA
Doctorate of Pharmacy from Pharmacy
05.2013
University Overview
Nashua Community CollegeNashua, NH
Associate of Science from Nursing
05.2008
University Overview
Danang UniversityDanang, Vietnam
Bachelor of Arts from English
06.2000
University Overview
Skills
Clinical Oncology Pharmacy
Patient Counseling
Medication Management
Pharmacy Operations
Drug Utilization Review
Drug Information
Pharmacology
Bilingual (Vietnamese)
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
Evaluation of medication errors in community pharmacy settings:
A retrospective review
New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy, Aug - Sept 2012
Presented at October meeting at the Board of Pharmacy.
Presented at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition 2012
Presented at the New Hampshire Pharmacy Association CE meeting in December 2012
Published November 2015, the Journal of Pharmacy Technology.
Nonprescription medication administration & safety in preschool aged children
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences,
Directed Study, Spring 2011
Timeline
Clinical/Hospital Pharmacist
Simi Valley Hospital – Adventist Health
02.2016 - Current
IV Clinical/Hospital Pharmacist (Contract Staff)
Tri City Medical Center
06.2015 - 02.2016
Per-diem Clinical Pharmacist
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
10.2013 - 04.2015
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science
Doctorate of Pharmacy from Pharmacy
Nashua Community College
Associate of Science from Nursing
Danang University
Bachelor of Arts from English
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