Nikita Smith
Walgreens
Calumet Park,IL
13
years of professional experience
Senior Certified Technician with 13 years of experience supporting safe and efficient medication distribution in healthcare and pharmacy settings.
Skilled in medication preparation, inventory management, immunizing, customer service, prescription processing, pharmacy operations, and collaboration with pharmacists and other healthcare teams. Experienced in maintaining accuracy, following medication safety procedures, and working effectively in fast-paced environments. I am seeking to contribute my strong technical skills and attention to detail to a Specialty Hospital Pharmacy Team .
Work History
Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician
13 Years- Process prescription orders accurately and efficiently under pharmacist supervision.
- Enter patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
- Prepare, label, package, and organize medications according to pharmacy procedures.
- Assist patients with prescription pickups, refills, questions, and general pharmacy needs.
- Process insurance claims and resolve billing issues when possible.
- Maintain accurate patient profiles and protect confidential health information in accordance
with HIPAA requirements. - Assist pharmacists with prescription workflow and daily pharmacy operations.
- Monitor inventory, restock medications and supplies, and assist with identifying items requiring reordering.
- Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe pharmacy environment.
- Operate cash register and process customer payments accurately.
- Communicate professionally with patients, pharmacists, healthcare providers, and insurance representatives.
- Scheduling Technicians
- Training New Technicians
- Immunizer
Pharmacy Technician
6 Months- Accurately prepare, process, and distribute medications under pharmacist supervision while following hospital policies and medication-safety standards.
- Support pharmacists with medication order processing, labeling, packaging, inventory management, and prescription/medication verification workflows.
- Prepare medications according to established procedures, including sterile compounding/IV medications/non-sterile compounding.
- Maintain accurate medication inventory and assist with medication expiration checks, replenishment, returns, and stock rotation.
- Handle specialty and/or high-cost medications according to established storage, security, and handling requirements.
- Communicate effectively with pharmacists,nurses, providers, patients, and other healthcare professionals to resolve medication-related workflow issues.
- Maintain accurate documentation and comply with HIPAA, infection-control, medication-safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrate strong attention to detail while working in a high-volume environment with competing priorities.
- dispensing and delivering medications to Pyxis, Omnicell, and medication carts, medication reconciliation.
Education
Pharmacy Certificate - Pharmacy
High School Diploma
Skills
•Strong typing skills
• Strong Medical Billing and Inventory Management experience
•Medication Dispensing
• Patient Care
•Customer Service
•Training Technicians
•Strong attention to detail and accuracy
•Able to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced healthcare environment
•Excellent communication and teamwork skills
•Committed to patient safety and quality care
Timeline
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University of Chicago Ingalls Memorial Hospital
07.2025 - 01.2026Read More
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