GIGI CHUNG
San Mateo
Summary
Skilled Pharmacist with a solid background in collaborating with healthcare team members to optimize patient care, focusing on safety, accuracy and confidentiality. Effective communicator with all levels of staff, clients, management and healthcare administrators.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
STAFF PHARMACIST
Kaiser Permanente
04.1998 - Current
- Work within protocol, collaborate with cardiologist and infectious disease specialists on COVID therapeutic outreach, determine eligibility via comprehensive chart review, educate patients and care givers on treatment plans.
- Conduct patient interviews, obtain past medical history and document lists of medications, triaging patient referrals based on labs and symptoms, work within protocol convert non-formulary medications to formulary medications, perform comprehensive medication review.
- Furnish Narcan for high opioid use patients, monitor high MME, coordinate chronic pain management referrals
- Furnish nicotine replacement therapy, educate patient on smoking cessation resources
- Desktop medicine collaborative practice- address patients' medical concerns and medication-related needs, approve refills and adjust dosage according to primary care providers' documentation in charts, identify barriers to adherence
- Check prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.
- Interpret prescriptions from healthcare providers to properly dispense medications and health products.
- Communicate regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.
- Supervise Pharmacy Technicians, interns and support staff while on duty.
- Comply with all federal laws, company policies and procedures and state regulations regarding intern, technician and assistant training and licensure.
- Supervise and coach team of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
- Check prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications.
CONSULTANT PHARMACIST
Nursing Care Pharmacy
10.2013 - 10.2017
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the neededingredients, and to evaluate their suitability
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, sideeffects, dosage, and proper medication storage
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, chargesystem files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, orregistries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors anddentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients,or oversee these activities
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor,review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drugregimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics
- Perform semi-annual Medication Therapy Management for nursinghome residents
- Review prescriptions in bubble packs , cassettes and robot to assureaccuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate theirsuitability
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, sideeffects, dosage, and proper medication storage
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, chargesystem files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, orregistries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such
Pharmacist
Walgreens
07.1996 - 09.1999
- Review prescription to confirm appropriate selection of drug, dose and check for interactions with other medications.
- Interpret prescription orders, dispensed medications, and counseled patients on drugs.
- Maintain appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary.
- Educate patients about possible drug interactions and gave special administration instructions.
- Educate patients on medication, tools and equipment to promote patient-centered care and increase adherence to treatment.
- Assist other pharmacy staff with drug inventory, purchasing and receiving.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D -
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Stockton, CABachelor of Science (B.S - Biochemistry
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS, CASkills
- Drug Utilization Evaluation
- Drug Therapy Selection
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient Medical Histories
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Patient Care Optimization
- Patient Education
- Treatment Monitoring
- Medication Dispensing
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Pharmacy Policies and Procedures
- Assessing Patient Health
- Prescription Counseling
- Order Transcription
- Treatment Assessments
- Prescription Interpretation
- OTC Recommendations
Certification
Certified Asthma Educator
- CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator
Timeline
CONSULTANT PHARMACIST
Nursing Care Pharmacy
10.2013 - 10.2017
STAFF PHARMACIST
Kaiser Permanente
04.1998 - Current
Pharmacist
Walgreens
07.1996 - 09.1999
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D -
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Bachelor of Science (B.S - Biochemistry
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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