Staff Pharmacist

• Feb 2017 - Present

Consultant Pharmacist

• Oct 2009 - Oct 2016

• Serve as liaison between Pharmakon LTC and assigned facilities and build positive, long-term relationships with staff• Perform Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required medication regimen reviews for nursing homes and assisted living facilities• Identify residents receiving medications with high potential of risk and manage associated risk by improving monitoring, discontinuation, safer alternatives, or non-pharmacological interventions • Team up with nursing and administrative staff to ensure appropriate psychoactive utilization and timely gradual dose reductions• Attend Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) meetings and behavior meetings• Help facilities reduce medication costs and decrease potentially inappropriate medications• Create, revise, and present educational medication in-services for nursing staff• Prepare nursing staff for state surveys through live medication pass observations Show less

Staff Pharmacist

• Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

• Entered, reviewed, and verified medication orders prior to being filled• Ensured prescriptions were accurately filled before timely delivery to facilities• Helped maintain precise inventory records for controlled medications• Clarified medication orders with nursing staff or physicians