Sean Valdez
DuPont,WA
Summary
Dedicated Pharmacist offering 25+ years of experience ensuring accurate review, processing and dispensing of medications in alignment with orders. Skilled in collaborating with team members to expedite urgent requests while maintaining impeccable focus on safety, accuracy and confidentiality. Advanced communicator with all levels of staff, clients, management and healthcare administrators.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacist
Madigan Army Medical Center, Pharmacy Department
04.2022 - 11.2023
- Processed, filled, verified and delivered 600 prescriptions a day in a pharmacy that processed over 2000 prescriptions daily
- A true teammate
- Known as the “go to pharmacist” by the technical staff
- Kind and humble
- Known as the funny, friendly and eager to teach and learn pharmacist
- Knowledgeable, patient safety driven, and compassionate
- Dependable
- A staff and patient favorite, always delivering the very best patient care required for the active duty and veteran populace alike.
Pharmacist
Naval Health Clinic Annapolis Pharmacy
07.2018 - 03.2022
- Appointed Director, Clinical Support Services in September 2018 via competitive selection process over highly qualified senior officers
- Board of Directors member and Executive Steering Committee member
- Highly adept in collaborative and multidisciplinary setting working well with MD’s, RN’s, HCA’s, Senior Civilian Executives, C-Suite complements to include CEO’s and COO’s
- From 2018 to 2022 astutely managed an equipment budget of $12M and operational target budget of $25M across 4 cross functional, multidisciplinary teams comprising laboratory, optometry, radiology and pharmacy services to include 4 geographically diverse locations
- Served as Pharmacy Department Head flawlessly managing over $10M in pharmaceutical purchasing
- Astute budget management provided over $500K in savings of taxpayer dollars FY19-22
- Led back to back years of zero discrepancies in College of Pathologist Surveys
- High Reliability Organization and High Velocity Organization pioneer and champion working in tandem with Defense Health Agency, Joint Commission and command leadership to promote patient safety and quality care across our four geographical locations which included the United States Naval Academy
- During the pandemic, developed the very first Navy drive thru pharmacy in the National Capitol Region safely delivering 129,000 prescriptions from March 2020 to October 2020 to 8 geographical catchment areas for enrolled patients
- Additionally, procured first ScriptCenter automation for the brigade of Midshipmen (4400 Midshipmen) to enable no touch delivery
- Delivered over 9600 COVID tests with resultant turnaround time of 2 days using 8 newly procured GenXperts
- This was pivotal in keeping the Naval Academy up and running
- Our cross functional teamwork facilitated a complex multifaceted rollout of Moderna vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries to include the Naval Academy and active duty staff at our clinics
- The efforts of our collaboration ensured a 99% vaccination of all Midshipmen and approximately 80% of all active duty and health care staff during the EUA period
- The 99% vaccination rate of the academy was the highest amongst all service academies; achieving very real clinical goals in remarkable time and ensuring the “COVID Class” of officers to graduate on time and deploy
- Emotionally intelligent and reliable
- First Junior Officer ever appointed as Acting Executive Officer (COO) while COO was on leave or other wise assigned
- 3 such appointments were made
- Planned and carried out two complex and high visibility Naval Change of Command ceremonies
- Servant Leader
- Complex problem solver
- Communicative and perspicacious networker
- Collaborative team player and accommodating to new and integral ideas
- Innovative
- Process improvement.
Pharmacist
Naval Hospital/Medical Center Camp Lejeune Pharmacy
07.2015 - 06.2018
- Led the largest staff complement of pharmacy division (69 personnel) in safely processing, filling and verifying ~2500 prescriptions daily
- Adeptly managed $18 million annual budget for pharmaceuticals, equipment and supplies
- Formulated, promulgated and implemented pharmacy policy and procedure aligning TJC NPSGs and command hospital measures which ensured safe and reliable care across three stand alone pharmacy sites
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team player
- Used clinical expertise in anticoagulation, to spearhead cross-functional and multidisciplinary collaborative team of three pharmacists and cardiology physicians and nursed in management of the first of its kind anticoagulation clinic at NMCCL thereby bridging NPSG 03.05.01 deficits
- Astutely managed the clinical prescription renewal program enabling increased access to care
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team player
- Well versed in Emergency Medicine management as well as acute care, critical care and inpatient care to include pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring of antibiotics, anticoagulants, renal/hepatic adjustments, therapeutic interchanges, and antimicrobial stewardship per pharmacy protocols and in accordance with current practice guidelines
- Possess strong clinical skills with anticoagulation and INR management and education
- IV room and USP 797, 800, 825 experience
- Well seasoned in IV preparation and sterile processing of IV pharmaceuticals to include handling/preparation/storage of medications, chemotherapy, biologicals, and immunomodulation therapy
- Big picture optics team player
- Volunteered as OIC Guantanamo Bay Naval Hospital Pharmacy 2017
- Continuing Promise Pharmacy Lead for humanitarian mission
- In charge of budget and loadout preparation for delivery of care to 5 countries.
Pharmacist
Naval Hospital Lemoore Pharmacy
08.2012 - 07.2015
- Pharmacy Department Head leading team of 20 personnel
- Processed or verified over 800 prescriptions daily
- As a clinician in a Patient Centered Medical Home Port served two teams in the medical home bolstering HEDIS measures (e.g A1C, LDL, etc) and favorable clinical outcomes
- Comfortable as a clinical expert within an interdisciplinary team among all patient types
- Subject Matter Expert
- Responsible for pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring of antibiotics, anticoagulants, renal/hepatic adjustments, therapeutic interchanges, and antimicrobial stewardship per pharmacy protocols and in accordance with current practice guidelines
- Continually worked to improve medication safety, drug utilization, and therapeutic outcomes within the healthcare system and across the enterprise through local process improvement programs
- Astute manager of formulary and supply chain for pharmaceuticals
- Managed $25M budget with aplomb.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Buies Creek, NCBachelor of Science: Biological Sciences (Pre Med emphasis)/Native American Studies Minor -
University of California Davis
Davis, CASkills
- Customer Service and Communication Skills
- Prescription Verification
- Drug Inventory Management
- Medication Dispensing
- Patient Counseling
- Patient Education
- Drug safety
- Pharmacy Ethics
- Medication expertise
- [State] Licensed Pharmacist
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Drug Formulary Management
Training
- Officer Development School (ODS) Student, 06/2012-07/2012, Officer Training Command Newport, Newport, RI
- Pharmacy School Student (MSC-IPP), 08/2008-05/2012, Campbell University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Buies Creek, NC
- Pharmacy Technician, 03/2004-07/2008, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Pharmacy, Oak Harbor, WA, LCDR Rick Wenning, PharmD, MSC, USN (ret)
- Training, Battalion, Base, and Clinic Hospital Corpsman/EMT/EVO/MA/Wildland Firefighter and Lead Pharmacy Technician, 02/2001-02/2004, Naval Branch Clinic, Dewert Clinic, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CA, HMCM Fred Kasper (FMF), USN (ret)
- Pharmacy Technician, 01/1999-2000, 01/2001, Naval Hospital Lemoore Pharmacy, Fleet Hospital/EMF Platform, Lemoore, CA, HM1 Arney Johnson (FMF), USN (ret)
- Pharmacy Technician School Student (C-School), 07/1998-12/1998, Naval School of Health Sciences, Portsmouth, VA, LCDR Ed Moldenhauer, RPh, MSC, USN (ret)
- Fleet Medical Service School (FMSS) Student, 02/1998-04/1998, Camp Johnson, Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, NC, SSGT Hooch, HM2 Perez
- Hospital Corpsman School (A- School) Student, 10/1997-01/1998, Great Lakes, IL, Great Lakes, IL, HM1 Hooten
- Naval Recruit Training Command (Boot Camp), 07/1997-09/1997, Great Lakes, IL, Great Lakes, IL, BM1 McIntyre, EM2 Mixon, AWE2 Chaffin
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Timeline
Pharmacist
Madigan Army Medical Center, Pharmacy Department
04.2022 - 11.2023
Pharmacist
Naval Health Clinic Annapolis Pharmacy
07.2018 - 03.2022
Pharmacist
Naval Hospital/Medical Center Camp Lejeune Pharmacy
07.2015 - 06.2018
Pharmacist
Naval Hospital Lemoore Pharmacy
08.2012 - 07.2015
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science: Biological Sciences (Pre Med emphasis)/Native American Studies Minor -
University of California Davis