Experience

Payless Drug LTC Pharmacy

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pharmacist

  • Mar 2004 - Present

  Duties include the verification of prescription data entered into the pharmacy dispensing software and the verification of prescription cards, bottles, and salad packs filled by the pharmacy technicians. Duties include answering telephone calls from prescribers, nurses and patients regarding drug therapy and problem solving any issues they may have. Duties also include initiating telephone and fax contacts with prescribers and nurses when problems with a patient's drug therapy are detected. The number of technicians supervised varies between two to twelve depending on the work shift. Show less



Oregon State Board of Pharmacy

• Chief Inspector

  • Oct 1999 - Mar 2004

  This was a management position responsible for the supervision of four inspectors. Duties included assigning inspection routes and supervising drug outlet inspections, investigating consumer complaints, conducting investigations involving pharmacist and technician drug diversion, conducting inspections and audits, presenting the results of investigations and audits to the Board, responding to legal questions from pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, conducting research projects as requested by the Board, participating in committees and work groups and maintaining the compliance database. I gave pharmacy law continuing education presentations to several groups of pharmacists. I was asked by the Executive Director to be Oregon's representative to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy for writing and editing questions for the Multi-State Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination and served for three years. Show less

• Pharmacy Inspector

  • Feb 1990 - Oct 1999

  Duties included travel to conduct pharmacy and other drug outlet inspections, investigating consumer complaints, investigating pharmacist and technician drug diversion cases, conducting audits, presenting the results of inspections, investigations and audits to the Board, responding to legal questions from pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, conducting research projects as requested by the Board and participating in committees and work groups.



Southwest Washington Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Pharmacist

  • Aug 1989 - Oct 1999

  Staff Pharmacist position provided experience in drug order entry in a computerized inpatient pharmacy, supervision of IV therapy for both large volume fluids and IV piggybacks, and supervision of Level A pharmacy technician work. Staff Pharmacist position provided experience in drug order entry in a computerized inpatient pharmacy, supervision of IV therapy for both large volume fluids and IV piggybacks, and supervision of Level A pharmacy technician work.



Ben Franklin Pharmacy

• Hood River, Oregon

• Pharmacy Manager

  • Aug 1987 - Feb 1989

  The position included the responsibility for management of pharmacy department of a discount variety store. Position included responsibility for management of a computerized pharmacy averaging 70 prescriptions per day, supervision of a pharmacy technician, monthly advertising for pharmacy and health and beauty aids department, third party billing and reconciliation, inventory auditing, dispensing and patient counseling. The position included the responsibility for management of pharmacy department of a discount variety store. Position included responsibility for management of a computerized pharmacy averaging 70 prescriptions per day, supervision of a pharmacy technician, monthly advertising for pharmacy and health and beauty aids department, third party billing and reconciliation, inventory auditing, dispensing and patient counseling.