My job responsibilities comprised:

- Filling and Dispensing the prescriptions.
- Compounding Extemporaneous Drugs.
- Counseling the patients.
- Consulting the physicians regarding Drug- Drug, Drug- Patient
interactions.
- Using Medical Coding for Billing the Insurances (Highly proficient in
transmitting Private and Medicare Part D insurances)
- Using Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program
- Ordering Stocks from McKesson and Health Source distributors.
- Receiving and Checking the orders.
- Keeping Inventory of Scheduled Drugs

Worked under direct supervision of Director of Pharmacy.

- Observed chemotherapy admixtures.
- Participated in the daily workflow within the ambulatory infusion
pharmacy.
- Discussed and learned chemotherapeutic dosing outlines as well as the
other aspects of pharmacy involved in patient care.

1. Hospital pharmacy practice
- Medication order transcription and preparation
- Utilization of technology in hospital pharmacy. (Meditech, Pyxis)
- Medication delivery system within hospital pharmacy.
- Performance and Quality improvement measures (discharge records,
medical record review, Adverse Drug Reaction reviews.)
- Sterile preparation of intravenous products. (Preparing IV admixtures and
supervising the Pharmacy technicians)
- Adverse Drug Reaction reporting (Presented ADR report in front of the
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee at SBLHC)
- Medication Reconciliation in the hospital setting
- Drug Formulary Maintenance
- Understanding The Joint Commission Accreditations
- Reviewing DEA and Federal Laws plus Illinois Pharmacy Act

2. Advanced Hospital and Clinical practice
- Chemotherapy Order Management, Order Entry, Dose Checking and
- Product Checking under direct supervision of Oncology Pharmacists, Technician, Nurses. Clinical Oncology rounds with Oncologists
- Daily patient counseling
Daily patient profile review
- Billing and accessing Prior Authorizations

- Drug Inventory Management

3. Anticoagulation therapy management
- INR monitoring and dose recommendations
- Drug- Drug interactions management
- Patient education on drug administration
- Clinical Intervention and reporting

4. Diabetes Education
Monitoring and educating patients on the use of the Sliding Scale
- Patient education for Insulin injections

5. Antibiotic Stewardship
- Daily review of culture and sensitivity patterns
- Pharmacokinetic Consultation
- Drug therapy Recommendations to the Physicians