Stacy Roque
Tampa,FL
Summary
Clinical Pharmacist licensed in Florida with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and over 25 years of experience in providing top-notch pharmacy services in a hospital setting. Dedicated to providing the highest quality patient care possible.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist
James A Haley VA Medical Center
07.2019 - Current
- Provide professional expertise in the preparation and dispensing of pharmaceuticals, monitoring the use of pharmaceuticals, and organizing and prioritizing the work to increase efficiency.
- Develop strong relationships with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers by serving as a resource and addressing questions or concerns related to medication administration, drug interactions, and side effects.
- Rotate through the various duties/stations in the inpatient pharmacy (IV room, chemo, order verification, and processing and filling of medications for the various clinics throughout the Tampa VA (e.g. Pain/Spasticity, Allergy, ENT, Geriatric, Dermatology, Dialysis, Infusion Center, Nursing Intervention).
- Review and verification of after hours ER outpatient prescriptions
- Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside initial dosing based on indication, renal function, and target range.
- Managing the preparation of sterile compounds by adhering to strict aseptic technique to ensure patient safety.
- Attend code blue and code stroke alerts.
- Assist with training and orientation of pharmacy residents, new pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Staff Pharmacist
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa Hospital
04.2016 - 07.2019
- Evaluating medication orders for proper dosage based on age, weight, medical conditions, and drug interactions
- Compounding sterile IV admixtures (antibiotics, TPN, epidurals, PCAs, investigational drug products, and Zoledronic Acid/Pamidronate infusions)
- Communicating with the medical staff and recommending appropriate doses of medications based on age and weight
- Assisting physicians and nurse practitioners with order entry in Cerner
- Monitoring Vancomycin and Gentamicin levels to ensure efficacy and prevent toxicity
- Daily reconciliation of all controlled drugs that were signed out of the Omnicell cabinets
- Weekly review of medication overrides from all Omnicell cabinets
- Attending weekly discharge rounds and Grand Rounds
- Training USF pharmacy students
- Responsible for performing quarterly IV hood sterility tests and maintaining these records
- Responsible for ensuring that all pharmacy employees complete and pass the annual IV competencies (glove tip testing and media fill bags) and maintaining these records
- Maintaining physical and perpetual inventories
- Familiar with using RXID for medications that are on consignment
- Ordering of controlled drugs using CSOS (Cardinal and Pharmedium) and noncontrolled drugs (from wholesaler or 503b companies), and pharmacy supplies from Lawson
- Restocking and inventory control (rotating of medications in Omnicell to decrease the amount of expired medications that are wasted)
- Assisted the headquarters team in building two Omnicell Anesthesia Workstations
- Assisted the director of pharmacy in the conversion of our hospital to the Alaris pump system
- This included building the pump libraries for both the nursing and anesthesia departments
- Responsible for maintaining the Alaris pump library and ensuring that each pump is updated whenever changes are made
- Assisted the director of pharmacy in updating the CADD pumps to reflect any changes to our PCA/Epidural protocols
- Assisted the Chief of Anesthesia and the pharmacy director with developing the Anesthesia Power Plan
- Receiving investigational drugs and maintaining accurate records
- This included ensuring that the investigational products arrived safely and that no excursions occurred while in transit, reporting the arrival of or quarantine of any investigational product, filling out the appropriate paperwork for the site monitor, destruction of the investigational product, and maintaining the blind
- Educated nurses on which drugs were listed as Hazardous Drugs as defined by the NIOSH list
- Added notes/warnings (in the Omnicell system) to drugs that required PPE to be worn
- Educated nurses and entered notes into the Omnicell system to alert the nursing staff as to which drugs required special disposal according to the EPA
- Assisted the pharmacy director in preparing for P & T quarterly meetings, and in the yearly review of the pharmacy's Policies and Procedures.
Clinical Pharmacist
Florida Hospital Carrollwood/ University Community
05.1999 - 04.2016
- Prescription processing (reviewing orders in Cerner for accuracy and completeness (allergies, correct dose, frequency, route, indications and drug interactions))
- Dispensing of medications to be stocked throughout the hospital in Pyxis machines (using ParX)
- Working closely with other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to safely and accurately dispense medications
- Scheduling of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the boundaries of the pharmacy budget
- Attending interdisciplinary rounds for ICU and MED/SURG units to discuss the plan of care for the patients
- Training of new pharmacy employees and ensuring that they have had sufficient time learning and demonstrating the duties of each shift that they may possibly have to work
- Collaborate with the dieticians and physicians regarding patients on Total Parental Nutrition
- Renal dosing of all medications wherever applicable
- Pharmacokinetic dosing of all Aminoglycosides and Vancomycin orders
- Streamline antibiotic therapy when cultures are available
- Monitoring INR levels to prevent toxicity
- Provide critical information and advice to doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals regarding possible drug interactions, side effects, dosages, compatibilities and rates of infusions
- Calculate, measure and mix ingredients with expert precision for compounded IV admixtures and special compounds such as Magic mouthwash, GI cocktail, and Vancomycin oral solution
- Maintain drug inventory levels by ordering necessary medications and supplies and verifying drug deliveries against purchase orders
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for all drugs
- Off-site order entry during peak hours of business.
Pharmacist
Albertsons
05.1998 - 05.1999
- Entered new patient profiles and prescriptions into the medication input software system
- Communicated directly with doctors' offices via telephone, fax and email
- Provide friendly customer service at prescription drop-off and pick-up counters
- Maintained drug inventory levels by ordering necessary medications and supplies and verifying deliveries against purchase orders
- Verified patient data and billing information.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy
Fort Lauderdale, FL01.1998
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade Community College
Miami, FL01.1994
Skills
- Continues to build and strengthen the relationships between pharmacy, nursing and the medical staff through effective communication
Certification
- Florida, PS33768, Pharmacist
- Florida, PU8253, Consultant Pharmacist
- South Carolina, PH9960, Pharmacist
Phone
813-910-9504 (H), 813-541-3526 (C)
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist
James A Haley VA Medical Center
07.2019 - Current
Staff Pharmacist
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa Hospital
04.2016 - 07.2019
Clinical Pharmacist
Florida Hospital Carrollwood/ University Community
05.1999 - 04.2016
Pharmacist
Albertsons
05.1998 - 05.1999
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade Community College
- Florida, PS33768, Pharmacist
- Florida, PU8253, Consultant Pharmacist
- South Carolina, PH9960, Pharmacist
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