Tashia Young
Baytown
Summary
Pharmacy professional with focus on accuracy and patient care. Adept at medication preparation and inventory management, contributing to efficient pharmacy operations. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and adaptability to changing demands, ensuring reliable and flexible support.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacy Technician III
Ben Taub General Hospital
12.2012 - Current
- Prepares oral/IV medications for accurate dispensing in a timely manner
- Accurately pre-packages medications not available in unit dose packaging according to departmental operational procedure
- Prepares IV medications (chemotherapy, TPNs, non-chemotherapy, investigational drugs, etc.) using proper aseptic technique and according to protocol guidelines
- Accurately performs mathematical calculations necessary to prepare medications for dispensing
- Reconciles patient's IV medications before batch IV compounding to minimize waste, when appropriate
- Accurately compounds and documents all extemporaneous compounded medications prior to dispensing
- Prepares discharge IV medications accurately for dispensing, recording all necessary documentation according to departmental procedures
- Refills and documents code trays, tackle boxes or kits (as appropriate) and replaces expired ones as assigned by pharmacist or Supervisor/Manager
- Delivers medications to nursing areas in a timely and efficient manner
- Picks up expired/discontinued /transferred medications from nursing units
- Reconciles stock-outs and/or critical low within standard guidelines, as appropriate
- Assists in drug recall procedures, when appropriate
- Ensures medications and supplies are adequately stocked
- Ensures that Med Carousel medication counts, expiration dates, and locations are accurate
- Ensures that unused medication in Pyxis within last60 days is removed from Pyxis
- Removes drugs expiring within next30 days and quarantine in designated area for proper disposal
Lead Pharmacy Technician
Cego Infusion Pharmacy
05.2009 - 12.2012
- Supervising and assisting pharmacy technicians with their roles in the pharmacy
- Answering any questions pharmacy technicians may have and assisting or performing more specialized procedures
- Scheduling pharmacy technicians, finding replacements for techs out sick or on vacation and ensuring shift changes run smoothly
- Attending and conducting meetings
- Keeping on top of phone calls and e-mail inquires
- Performing data analysis
- Sharing updates with staff
- Completing continued education on new procedures and technology
- Training pharmacy technicians (and students), providing feedback and conducting performance evaluations
- Carried the on-call pager/cell, delivered medications to the nursing facilities when needed
Education
Certificate - Pharmacy
Sanford-Brown College
Houston, TXAssociate of Applied Science - Nursing
Lone Star College System
Houston, TX12.2024
Skills
- Compounding Medications
- Pharmacy Technician Experience
- Aseptic Technique
- Problem-solving skills
- Team collaboration
- Workflow optimization
Certification
- PTCB
- ACPE
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician III
Ben Taub General Hospital
12.2012 - Current
Lead Pharmacy Technician
Cego Infusion Pharmacy
05.2009 - 12.2012
- PTCB
- ACPE
Certificate - Pharmacy
Sanford-Brown College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Lone Star College System
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