TONYA BLADES
Summary
Certified Pharmacy Technician with 16 years of hospital and Home Infusion pharmacy experience. Excellent patient care and customer service. President of Culture committee and dedicated to keep employee moral up. Efficient, problem solving and multitasking skills. Dedicated and a team player.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Medication Reconciliation Technician
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
Bozeman, MT
07.2019 - Current
- Reviewed patient progress to document effects of any prescribed medication.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Performed various pharmacy operational activities with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency and service quality.
- Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions
- Located and measured medications according to prescription information, making modifications as instructed by pharmacists and providers.
- Set up and modified patient profiles in Epic System to include current information such as medications.
- Coordinated with physicians for speedy resolution of prescription discrepancies.
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ExperiencePharmacy Technician
Central Peninsula Hospital
Soldotna, AK
02.2012 - 02.2018
- Assist pharmacists with drug preparation in compounding, mixing, packaging of single dose medications, pouring liquids, filling creams, ointments and/or powders and preparing injectables
- Dispense and deliver patient medications to patient bins throughout the hospital
- Accurately pull medications for Pyxis replenishment and delivered throughout hospital med rooms
- Assists in maintenance and documentation of appropriate environmental controls in compliance with state and federal regulations
- Maintained drug inventory levels by ordering necessary medications and supplies and verifying deliveries against purchase orders
- Filled departmental requisitions and crash cart medication trays throughout hospital
- Verified accuracy and completeness of information on prescription
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for all drugs
- Mixed various pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions
- Answered and screened phone calls for the staff pharmacist in a friendly, efficient manner
- Strictly maintained patient confidentiality
- Labeled all products and prescriptions appropriately, including cautionary and auxiliary labels
- Calculate, weigh, measure and mixed ingredients with expert precision
- Consistently uphold proper pharmacy and general safety procedures and standards
- Maintained proper inventory levels, rotated stock and immediately complied with prescription drug recalls
- Maintained proper pharmacy and general safety procedures and standards, including department cleanliness
- Audit Anesthesiologists and Nurses.
Pharmacy Manager/Lead Pharmacy Technician
Professional Home I.V
Soldotna, AK
01.2006 - 10.2011
- Entered new patient profiles and prescriptions into medication input software system
- Regularly completed paperwork and entered prescription and insurance billing information into patient profiles
- Communicated with all customers and staff in a pleasant and professional manner
- Regularly ordered medication and pharmacy, office and restroom supplies
- Maintained updated records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories and poison or controlled drug registries
- Directed operations to increase efficiency and minimize patient wait times
- Consistently upheld proper pharmacy and general safety procedures and standards
- Maintained proper inventory levels, rotated stock and immediately complied with prescription drug recalls.
- Appropriately resolved customer issues, complaints and questions
- Followed state and federal record keeping guidelines for legend drugs and controlled substances
- Communicated directly with doctors' offices via telephone, fax and email
- Dispensed and delivered patient medications to patients at their homes
- Worked closely with pharmacists and used medication input software to safely and accurately dispense medication
- Efficiently answered multi-line phone and processed high volume of order requests from nurses, doctors and pharmacists
- Accurately recorded compounded products and prepared appropriate labels
- Maintained proper compliance logs, including refrigerator temperatures and IV hood maintenance
- Maintained drug inventory levels by ordering necessary medications and supplies and verifying deliveries against purchase orders
- Verified patient data and billing information
- Maintained proper storage and security conditions for all drugs
- Mixed various pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
Education
Certified Pharmacy Technician Montana -
PTCB
Certified Medication Reconciliation Technician -
PTCB
LAW
Florida State College
Pensacola, FLHigh School Diploma -
Istrouma High School
Baton RougeSkills
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Home infusion Pharmacy
- Epic and Meditech Systems
- Pyxis and Omnicell Systems
- PTCB Certified
- Direct Patient Care
- Medication Documentation
- Aseptic Techniques
- Computer Billing Systems
- Medication Preparation
- Room Cleaning and Restocking
- Chemo Trained
Certification
PTCB Certification
Certified Pharmacy Technician Montana
Certified Medication Reconciliation
Timeline
Certified Medication Reconciliation Technician
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
07.2019 - Current
ExperiencePharmacy Technician
Central Peninsula Hospital
02.2012 - 02.2018
Pharmacy Manager/Lead Pharmacy Technician
Professional Home I.V
01.2006 - 10.2011
Certified Pharmacy Technician Montana -
PTCB
Certified Medication Reconciliation Technician -
PTCB
LAW
Florida State College
High School Diploma -
Istrouma High School