Simon Amofah
Kissimmee
Summary
Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Graduate Pharmacy Intern
Walgreens Pharmacy
10.2024 - Current
- Provided medication counseling for various disease states, such as asthma, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, over-the-phone and in-person
- Received patient prescriptions over the phone, in addition to transfers, and input them into the system
- Counseled patients on the use of over-the-counter medications for many conditions, such as the common cold, allergies, headache, dry/productive cough, generalized pain, etc
- Administered vaccinations to patients including shingles, RSV, MMR, influenza, rabies, pneumonia, COVID-19, hepatitis A and hepatitis B
Graduate Pharmacy Intern
CVS Pharmacy
07.2024 - 10.2024
- Conducted comprehensive medication reviews with patients about their medication regimens and discussed possible drug-drug interactions
- Provided medication counseling for various disease states, such as HIV, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc., over-the-phone and through the drive-through window
- Counseled patients on the use of over-the-counter medications for many conditions, such as the common cold, allergies, headache, dry/productive cough, generalized pain, etc
- Administered vaccinations including shingles, RSV, MMR, influenza, pneumonia, COVID-19, HPV, hepatitis A and hepatitis B
Advanced Community
Publix Pharmacy
02.2024 - 03.2024
- Administered vaccinations including influenza, shingles, COVID-19, and RSV
- Completed cycle counts, organized prescription orders from the Central Fill pharmacy
- Filled patients’ prescriptions
- Completed over-the-phone prescription and profile transfers
- Contacted doctors’ offices and patients regarding drug-drug interactions found in prescriptions
- Received patient prescriptions over the phone and input them into the system
- Provided counseling for patients with or relatives/children of patients with various disease states, such as the common cold, allergies, headache, dry/productive cough, generalized pain, etc
Pharmacy Benefits Management Elective
Walgreens Pharmacy
01.2024 - 02.2024
- Administered vaccinations including influenza, COVID-19, and RSV
- Filled patients’ prescriptions
- Completed over-the-phone prescription and profile transfers
- Received patient prescriptions over the phone and input them into the system
- Provided counseling for patients with various disease states, such as the common cold, nausea/diarrhea/constipation, hypertension, etc
Critical Care Elective
Jackson South Medical Center
10.2023 - 12.2023
- Rounded with medical team for ICU patients and submitted clinical interventions that increased the patients’ quality of life
- Rounded with Internal Medicine team and entered clinical interventions to decrease the length of the patients’ hospital stay
- Completed ICU titration drip reports, heparin drip reviews, and narcotic/non-narcotic drip reports, combing through the records to find discrepancies going against order titration parameters
- Developed working partnerships with various healthcare professionals of different departments, such as nutrition, respiratory therapy, and cardiology, in order to generate the best form of care for our patients.
Psychiatry Elective
Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital
09.2023 - 10.2023
- Rounded with psychiatry team to offer care for patients with psychosis, alcohol/substance abuse disorders, and other psychiatric conditions
- Submitted recommendations for clinical interventions to optimize patient care
General Medicine
Jackson South Medical Center
08.2023 - 09.2023
- Rounded with medical team for ICU patients
- Developed working partnerships with various healthcare professionals of different departments in order to generate the best form of care for our patients.
- Completed ICU titration drip reports, heparin drip reviews, and narcotic/non-narcotic drip reports, combing through the records to find discrepancies going against order titration parameters
Ambulatory Care
Walgreens Pharmacy (located inside Jessie Trice Community Health Center)
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Administered vaccinations including pneumonia, COVID-19, and hepatitis B
- Provided over-the-phone medication counseling for various disease states, such as HIV, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc.
- Conducted MTM counseling for patients through Outcomes, acknowledging potential adverse drug-drug or food-drug reactions and contraindication within their drug regimen(s)
- Aided patients at Mildred & Claude Pepper Towers with conducting their blood pressure, in addition to answering any drug information questions they had.
Advanced Hospital
Jackson South Medical Center
05.2023 - 06.2023
- Rounded with medical team for ICU patients
- Completed ICU titration drip reports, heparin drip reviews, and narcotic/non-narcotic drip reports, combing through the records to find discrepancies going against order titration parameters
- Aided the Director of Pharmacy and staff pharmacists with completing audits, surveys, and reports regarding the hospital’s performance in certain aspects such as patient safety, select surgeries, operations, etc., to be sent to The Leapfrog Group
Introductory Pharmacy Practice: Institutional
Homestead Hospital, Baptist Health Systems
06.2022 - 06.2022
- Filled in-patients’ prescriptions
- Assisted IV Room technician with preparing in-patient IV bags/medications
- Worked with Pharmacy Buyer to order necessary medications for the hospital
- Assisted ER pharmacist and technicians with patient’s medication reconciliation, making sure that the patient's list of at-home meds coincided with their list of in-patient meds and that medications that were no longer used/needed were removed and discontinued.
- Helped pharmacy technicians organized and check inventory of the medications on the pharmacy shelves
Pharmacy Technician
Jackson South Medical Center
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Filled inpatient prescriptions
- Scanned the prescriptions and medications into the computer
- Scanned medications into the Omnicell machines for different departments
- Inventory of medications
- Hand-delivered medications to the floors
Introductory Pharmacy Practice: Community
CVS Pharmacy
07.2020 - 08.2020
- Filled prescriptions and shadowed the pharmacist
Pharmacy Intern
VH Pharmacy (Retail & Compounding Pharmacy)
07.2015 - 08.2015
- Used mortar & pestle (both manually and electrically) to mix ingredients to make suspensions and sublinguals for patients
- Logged patient names and information into the system, along with the prescriptions that they received
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) -
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
05.2024
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
Certification
- HIPAA Training: Florida A&M University
- PharmacyBased Immunization Delivery Certificate – American Pharmacists Association.
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers – American Heart Association.
- Pharmacist Licensure (RPh) - Florida Board of Pharmacy: PS68479
- National Provider Identifier: 1528811247
Professional Development
Interprofessional Experience Seminar, 2020 – 2021, Florida A&M University, Worked along with students of various health care professions such as occupational therapy, social work, public health, to determine an appropriate plan for a given health care scenario.
Honors And Awards
- Service Award for the Alpha Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., 05/01/19 – 05/01/20
- Honor Roll, 05/01/18 – 05/01/19
- United States Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Gold Medal, 2017, 2016
Community Service
Community Health of South Florida, Inc., Doris Ison, 06/01/14 – Present
Leadership Experience
- The Alpha Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, Education Committee Co-Chair, 2019 – 2020, Membership/Intake Chair, 2021 – 2023, President, 2022 – 2023
- FAMU Chapter of Progressive Black Men, Incorporated, Membership Chair, 2020 – 2022, Parliamentarian, 2021 – 2022
Timeline
Graduate Pharmacy Intern
Walgreens Pharmacy
10.2024 - Current
Graduate Pharmacy Intern
CVS Pharmacy
07.2024 - 10.2024
Advanced Community
Publix Pharmacy
02.2024 - 03.2024
Pharmacy Benefits Management Elective
Walgreens Pharmacy
01.2024 - 02.2024
Critical Care Elective
Jackson South Medical Center
10.2023 - 12.2023
Psychiatry Elective
Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital
09.2023 - 10.2023
General Medicine
Jackson South Medical Center
08.2023 - 09.2023
Ambulatory Care
Walgreens Pharmacy (located inside Jessie Trice Community Health Center)
06.2023 - 08.2023
Advanced Hospital
Jackson South Medical Center
05.2023 - 06.2023
Introductory Pharmacy Practice: Institutional
Homestead Hospital, Baptist Health Systems
06.2022 - 06.2022
Pharmacy Technician
Jackson South Medical Center
07.2021 - 01.2022
Introductory Pharmacy Practice: Community
CVS Pharmacy
07.2020 - 08.2020
Pharmacy Intern
VH Pharmacy (Retail & Compounding Pharmacy)
07.2015 - 08.2015
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) -
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
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