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SYLVIA VANG, CPhT

Oakdale,Minnesota

Summary

I'm a certified pharmacy technician with experience in retail, inpatient, and specialty pharmacy settings. I'm in a current leadership role as the Department Trainer Coordinator for Fairview Home Infusion since January of 2023. I am detail-oriented and ambitious pharmacy technician with strong leadership skills within all aspects of pharmacy operation and working within fast-paced high volume settings. I'm hardworking and reliable with strong abilities to multitask the same time being organized, proactive, and punctual with my team.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DEPARTMENT TRAINER COORDINATOR

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
Minneapolis, Minnesota
01.2023 - Current
  • Assessed employee performance during training sessions to provide feedback and identify areas of improvement.
  • Maintained detailed records of employee progress throughout training process.
  • Collaborated with managers to customize training plans based on individual needs.
  • Participated and attended meetings to obtain information for use in training programs or to inform management of training program status.
  • Partnered with the training department, clinical pharmacist, and technicians to develop training guides and checklists to monitor training progress.
  • Scheduled, performed, and documented new hire, transfer, and training check-ins with employee and department supervisor

PHARMCY COORDINATOR II

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
04.2021 - 01.2023
  • Contact, communicate and set up with our patients any needed deliveries, supply requests or inquiries received for the day
  • Coordinate, communicate and set up any needs received from both FHI and outside nursing agencies for current, pending, and new onboarding patients.
  • Coordinate with outside nursing agency to ensure patients are receiving appropriate deliveries and supplies needed on appropriate days and times to ensure product is stable and sterile at time of usage.
  • Collaborating closely with our Nursing staff to ensure all patients are receiving the appropriate and correct supplies, education and help with any troubleshooting needs outside of the pharmacy personnel.
  • Triage any phone calls coming through our phone tree to the appropriate interdisciplinary team using exceptional customer service to both our internal and external customers.
  • Data entry of new drug orders, ancillary orders, and supply needs for new onboarding patients. Data entry of all needed drug orders, ancillary orders, and supply requests for any refills on existing patients

PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN III (casual)

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
Minneapolis, MN
06.2019 - Current
  • Daily monitoring & recording of temperature and humidity of fridges, chemo room, ante room, & clean room.
  • Ensure clean room & related equipment is properly cleaned daily.
  • Compound prescriptions using aseptic technique while following UPS 797 guidelines.
  • Setting up ExactaMix Compounder with electrolytes & bases along with running total parenteral nutrition.
  • Proficient with preparation of chemotherapy.
  • Proficient with air removal on intravia bags, ethylene vinyl acetate bags, dual chamber & hydration 1 liter bag.
  • Prepare orders going in clean/chemo room by sanitizing bins, drugs, & devices correctly for another technician to complete.
  • Coordinate orders & deliveries of prescriptions, supplies, & equipment to patients & clinical areas as accurately and in a timely manner

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN II

MHEALTH FAIRVIEW SAINT JOHN’S HOSPITAL
Maplewood, MN
10.2020 - 12.2020
  • Prepare and compound drips & syringes to patients undergoing inpatient treatment in emergency department, operation room, and patient floor.
  • Compound Prescriptions using aseptic technique while following UPS 797 guidelines.
  • Batched fast removers drips to ensure medication will be ready when needed.

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

CVS/PHARMACY
Saint Paul, Minnesota
04.2016 - 08.2019

· Operate the cash register & ring up customer purchases

· Deliver prescriptions to where patients reside

· Creating/update patient profile - name, address, insurance, allergies, & notes

· Data entry for new prescriptions electronically sent/patients bring in

· Processing patient’s insurance & calling insurance to verify patient’s coverage/benefits, medication overrides, & status of prior authorization

· Manually filling prescription to be checked by pharmacist on duty accurately

· Processing daily orders within deadline for next day deliveries

· Managing pharmacy inventory by checking each section for expired drugs, recalled medication & processing returns for credit

Education

Associate of Science - Public Health

Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, Minnesota
12-2024

High School Diploma -

Johnson Senior High School
Saint Paul, MN
06.2015

Skills

  • Working collaboratively
  • Decision-making
  • Data management
  • Team oversight
  • Document control
  • Data Entry
  • Effective organization
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to take direction, follow procedures, and ask appropriate questions
  • Aseptic technique
  • Experienced with CPR
  • Experienced with Microsoft Outlook
  • Experienced with Microsoft Excel

Certification

  • Hazardous Drug Preparation - March 2020
  • Certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) - July 2022

VOLUNTEER

  • Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Golf 4 a Cure - April 2024
  • Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Golf 4 a Cure - April 2023
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation One Walk - April 2022
  • Rainbow Health Walk to End HIV - May 2022
  • National Kidney Foundation- October 2022
  • Crohn's and Colitis Foundation- October 2022

Timeline

DEPARTMENT TRAINER COORDINATOR

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
01.2023 - Current

PHARMCY COORDINATOR II

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
04.2021 - 01.2023

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN II

MHEALTH FAIRVIEW SAINT JOHN’S HOSPITAL
10.2020 - 12.2020

PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN III (casual)

FAIRVIEW HOME INFUSION
06.2019 - Current

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

CVS/PHARMACY
04.2016 - 08.2019

Associate of Science - Public Health

Saint Paul College

High School Diploma -

Johnson Senior High School
SYLVIA VANG, CPhT