Experience

Save-On-Foods - a division of the Overwaitea Food Group

• Canada
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pharmacy Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Pharmacist

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2021



Zehrs Markets

• Canada
• Retail Groceries
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Relief Pharmacist

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020



Save-On-Foods - a division of the Overwaitea Food Group

• Pharmacy Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2018

  * Supervise, monitor and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of patient care provided by pharmacy staff while filling over 600 prescriptions per week and managing daily activities with regards to effectiveoperations and communications. * Supervised 2 member pharmacy team with accountability for ensuring safe and accurate dispensing of medications.* Ordered and managed inventory including immunizations.* Applied detailed pharmacological knowledge in consultation with physician to best serve diverse community in competitive commercial environment.* Maintained highest level of customer satisfaction at all times, and resolve any customer service issues.* Coordinated the pharmacy staff schedule and assisted with personnel monitoring and performance evaluations.* Worked with different health care professionals (i.e. physicians, nurses, care home manager, dieticians, etc) to optimize patients medications in a long term care facility.* Collaborated with the store manager to maintain daily operations; closely monitored department performance metrics, completed pharmacy paperwork, including daily and weekly reports.* Helped achieve pharmacy business objectives by increasing sales through special services (i.e. Methadone dispensing, blister packing, renal, immunizations, smoking cessation, etc).* Provided comprehensive clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care to patients.

• Staff Pharmacist

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2011

  * Provided specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes including, but not limited to, advising physicians on issues concerning drug therapy, the inherent toxicity of drugs and their side effects, as well as assisting in the prescription of appropriate doses.* Coordinated the activities of assigned pharmacy technicians engaged in the preparation, labelling and delivery of medications and other pharmaceutical supplies in accordance with physicians prescriptions.* Conducted and evaluated medication/medical histories, assessed compliance and suggested modifications so as to achieve desired outcomes; instructed patients in the proper use of prescribed drugs.* Individualized medication regimens using sound principles, accounted for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic variations in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination with responsibility for establishing and continually improving the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients.* Ordered and maintained stock of pharmaceutical supplies

• Floater Pharmacist

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  * Covered shifts at Save on Foods, Pricemart, Coopers, and Overwaitea pharmacies* Properly filled and dispensed 50-100 prescriptions per day.* Assessed the correct identity, strength and purity of medications.* Conducted and evaluated medication histories, assessed compliance and suggested modifications so as to achieve desired outcomes.* Dispensed prescribed pharmaceuticals to patients and counselled them on the administration, uses and effects of the medication, drug incompatibilities and contraindications.* Coordinated the activities of assigned pharmacy technicians engaged in the preparation of medications in accordance with physicians prescriptions.