Asif Ali Ramji

I am a dually licensed, bilingual pharmacist in Ontario and B.C. with an Honors Bachelor of Science degree and over fifteen years of experience providing exceptional customer service in community pharmacy currently seeking a remote tele-pharmacist position. I have outstanding interpersonal skills with a proven track record of establishing positive relationships with customers, pharmaceutical representatives/manufacturers, medical professionals, healthcare organizations, and insurance providers. As a respected pharmacy manager and preceptor in my profession, I am able to lead, coach, train and manage diverse teams to deliver peak performance. I am dedicated to providing quality patient counseling, efficient and accurate medication dispensing, record-keeping, and patient follow-up care. I have previous management and franchise ownership experience and I am trained and certified in diabetes, first aid, injections, and immunizations, smoking cessation, methadone/Suboxone dispensing by CAMH, and have completed the Cannabis training course for pharmacists. Finally, I am a great innovator, motivator, public speaker and am a strong team player gifted in bringing a positive atmosphere into the workplace. I am currently seeking a career challenge where I can apply my extensive knowledge and expertise in pharmacy practice to provide strong pharmacy leadership and excellent patient care, coaching and counseling. I am multi-lingual, offering great customer service in multiple languages and have excellent telephone manners from working as a customer service rep at RBC Visa Call Centre all while balancing my undergrad university studies. There, I excelled at my position, won countless RBC President awards, and became the team Leader and in the same year was offered a full-time manager position to train new hires which I, had to decline when I was accepted into University of Toronto, School of pharmacy, my true calling. I speak six languages including English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati, and Katchi, and continue adding more to my vocabulary. I have been coaching and mentoring since I was 16 years old as a big brother for the Aga Khan Ismaili Volunteers of Canada rendering over 25 years of consistent service and was recognized by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for my dedicated services. After my internship in Hospital Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy, I became a preceptor to pharmacy students and interns and spent many years facilitating international students in preparing them to take their licensing exams (PEBC and OSCE) even helping those students with learning disabilities or where English was not their first language pass their exams. Since the pandemic, I had to relocate back home to care for my elderly mother and disabled sister who are both immune compromised to mitigate risk of virus exposure. Relevant to your posting I am seeking a work-from-home opportunity where I can provide my knowledge and extensive pharmacy practice skills, customer service-related skills, leadership skills, and patient counseling and empathic skills all while balancing my new caregiver role with a remote opportunity. I can balance multiple tasks at once, am flexible to work all shifts including being an on-call pharmacist for after hour services. Kindly contact me at your earliest convenience. I am very interested in joining your organization and am confident that I can bring my knowledge and expertise acquired over the years to be successful in this role. Thank you for taking the time to review my resume and qualifications. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

• C.A.M.H. Certified Pharmacist April 2017 to Present
• Certified Diabetes Educator May 2017 to May 2022
• Certified Injections Trained Pharmacist October 2012 to Present
• Smoking Cessation Pharmacist September 2017 to Present

Pharmacy Manager Experience Certified CAMH Methadone trained dispensing pharmacist Specialty Compounding Expert PCCA trained in London ON Injection and Immunizations trained Expert Diabetes training and specialization C.D.E. and EMR trained Preceptor for pharmacy students and interns Medication Reviews Expert Pharmaceutical Research trained Patient Counseling Expert Health Watch, Kroll Windows, Fillware and Nexxsys trained MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) trained

• MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP AWARD May 2016
• 25 years Volunteer award by the Hon. Michael Chan, MP, for outstanding community service.
• CAPSI Patient Counseling Award September 2001

• Supervised team of 40 staff members.
• Collaborated with team of 12 in the development of Canadian Diabetes Expo 2005.
• Achieved store profitability after taking over a pharmacy franchise in distress, through effectively recovering and mending lost relationships with former doctors and associates in the building.
• Achieved 100% retention by introducing "Staff Care Days" and benefits for part-time and casual workers.
• Saved the lives of two patients in distress In Stouffville and Niagara Falls from quick action and the use of Nitrogylcerin and Naloxone respectively.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets to enhance loss prevention in our store.
• Documented and resolved a medication error by a doctor which prevented an adverse event, including preventing hospitalization and death.