Tonika Charice Ivory
Fort Lauderdale,Florida
Summary
Certified Pharmacy Technician with 17 years of experience in Retail, Long Term Care, Compounding, Specialty, Private Pharmacies and Hospital Setting. Experienced Pharmacy Technician knowledgeable in all Facets of Pharmacy Operations. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead IV Technician/Chemo Technician/BackUp Buyer
HCA Florida Westside Hospital
04.2022 - Current
- Non-sterile and sterile compounding of both non-hazardous and hazardous medications: Prepares parenteral dosage forms utilizing aseptic techniques in accordance with departmental policies, standards set forth in current USP, state & federal regulations and GCP guidelines for investigational medications.
- Responsible for Finger Testing of all Pharmacy Staff
- Performs Monthly IV Cleaning to stay in compliance with USP 797
- As BackUp Buyer I'm responsible for making purchasing decisions while complying with budget limitations, and achieving a maximum inventory turnover rate
- Inventory Management: Receives medication and supplies in accordance with inventory control and purchasing policies. Helps to maintain all medication inventory levels within the predetermined stocking level, calling attention to needs for revision, or perpetual supply problems.
- Ensuring the timely communication for medication shortages or changes in medication stock availability
- Assisting with the maintenance of database and/or paperwork on medication recalls
- Working closely with the Pharmacy Director to Identify drug cost variances on a monthly basis and develop action plans
- Run bid compliance checks and makes recommendations for formulary changes as necessary to ensure maximum savings for contract
- Provide leadership and perform physical inventory counts during inventory and cycle counts
- Rotate stock of medication areas to assure quality controls
- Responsible for pharmacy standards, maintained and adherence policies
- Complete any other task assigned by the Director of Pharmacy and Operations Pharmacy Manager
- Oversee the performance of new employees by training, mentoring and motivating them
- Coordinates drug procurement operations and inventory management to ensure critical drug availability, accurate inventory value assessment
- Generates purchasing and inventory reports as requested by departmental leadership
- Maintains responsibility for borrow and loan systems from other hospitals
- Coordinates and maintains timely flow of purchasing and receipts with Accounts Payable
- Maintains oversight of emergency supplies (Influenza Vaccines, Chemo Drugs etc)
- Monitors and manages inventory on an ongoing basis for opportunities for enhanced inventory turns and decreased expired medications
- Responsible for checking stock for recalled lot/expiration meds sent via mail or fax from manufacture companies.
Pharmacy Technician II
Commcare Specialty Pharmacy
04.2013 - 06.2019
- Data Entry and inputting new patients into computer system
- Typing a minimum of 100 Prescription Orders Daily
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
- Pre-packaged common medications that resulted in faster order completion
- Trained new Pharmacy Technicians, ensuring customer service standards were improved
- Provided outstanding customer service
- Assisted in transferring entire patient database to new system
- Trained several coworkers on new system
- Call doctor's offices for refill authorizations
- Keep inventory of current medications and process orders for new medication shipment
- Promoted patient confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA regulations when handling personal information during transactions.
- Collected co-payments or full payments from customers.
Pharmacy Technician/Compounding Pharmacy Technician
Gardens Drugs
10.2010 - 02.2013
- Weigh ingredients correctly and process them following the provided formula worksheet specifications
- Ensure correct formula preparation according to the prescription following quality assurance guidelines
- Make sure the pharmacist on duty has confirmed the formulation in accordance to the script before starting compounding preparation
- Ensure compounds are prepared in accordance to formulation and that all relevant compounding guidelines and quality standards are maintained
- Weigh and measure suitable chemicals to prepare different kinds of compounds including suspensions, creams, solutions, ointments, capsules, and suppositories
- Package and label prepared compounds in suitable dispensing tool
- Receive written prescription requests and verify that information is complete
- Maintain proper storage for medications, including temperature controls and security
Pharmacy Technician/Data Entry Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Medical Services
08.2007 - 09.2010
- Review prescription orders, send orders to be filled, fill prescription medications, walk patients through their health insurance claims, and inform patients of their dosage and medication usage
- Mark filled prescriptions in the patient medical records for health insurance claims and purposes
- Review the medication history of the patient to ensure no conflicting medications are being taken
- Follow daily operations as it relates to general pharmacy law, state pharmacy regulations, and drug therapy regulations
- Responsible for processing all Automatic Refills daily and Dispensing them when done totaling 400 patients a day.
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
- Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
- Enhanced pharmacy workflow by assisting pharmacists with medication dispensing, labeling, and packaging.
- Calculated dosage, filled prescriptions, and prepared prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
- Promoted patient confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA regulations when handling personal information during transactions.
Pharmacy Technician I
Walgreens
05.2007 - 08.2007
- Under the supervision by the pharmacist, assist in the practice of pharmacy, in accordance with state, federal, and company policy
- Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, collects and handles cash as required
- Takes customer to OTC aisle when possible to assist in locating products
- Handles telephone calls that do not require personal attention of pharmacist, including those to physicians
- Coordinated verification and filling of more than 100 daily prescriptions in high-volume Retail pharmacy environment.
- Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
Education
Pharmacy Technician Technical Diploma
MedVance Institute
Fort Lauderdale08.2007
Skills
- Purchasing Strategies
- Pharmaceutical Knowledge
- Supplier Relations
- Demand Forecasting
- Budget Planning
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Customer Service
- Problem-Solving
- Ordering and Purchasing
- Attention to Detail
- Multitasking
- Problem-Solving Abilities
- Reliability
Certification
- Florida Registered Pharmacy Technician License
- National Pharmacy Technician Certification
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Lead IV Technician/Chemo Technician/BackUp Buyer
HCA Florida Westside Hospital
04.2022 - Current
Pharmacy Technician II
Commcare Specialty Pharmacy
04.2013 - 06.2019
Pharmacy Technician/Compounding Pharmacy Technician
Gardens Drugs
10.2010 - 02.2013
Pharmacy Technician/Data Entry Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Medical Services
08.2007 - 09.2010
Pharmacy Technician I
Walgreens
05.2007 - 08.2007
Pharmacy Technician Technical Diploma
MedVance Institute
- Florida Registered Pharmacy Technician License
- National Pharmacy Technician Certification
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