Sarah J. Maier
303-410 Ledingham Way Saskatoon, SK
Summary
I am an experienced retail pharmacist with urban and rural experience seeking full-time employment with your company. I am an organized, effective communicator with patients, colleagues and management. I have the ability to remain calm even in stressful or unexpected circumstances. I am caring, sympathetic, and supportive to patients who may be unwell, confused, or upset. As a confident team player, I thrive on challenges with a positive attitude. I am confident that my skills and abilities will be an asset to you.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Staff Pharmacist
Safeway Pharmacy #4878
08.2023 - Current
- I worked as one of four full-time community pharmacists on staff.
- Performed technical pharmacist dispensing tasks such as entering, counting and checking prescriptions, processing/sending vial and bubble pack prescriptions to our central fill facility, narcotic counts and destruction, etc.
- Performed clinical pharmacist tasks such as counseling on prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, prescribing for minor ailments, performing medication reviews, etc.
- Provided injections (flu, COVID, and others such as shingles and vitamin B12).
- Provided recommendations and alternatives during medication shortages.
- Organized a diabetes clinic which provided both in person and phone-call appointments.
Community Staff Pharmacist
Maidstone Pharmacy
06.2021 - 07.2023
- I worked as one of two community pharmacists on staff.
- Dispensed prescriptions, counseled on prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, prescribed for minor ailments, compounded prescriptions, and other pharmacist dispensary duties.
- Performed inter-professionally by providing medications and input on hospital, clinic, and lodge patients at the Maidstone Health Complex while participating in interdisciplinary rounds on a weekly basis.
- Modernized and organized the schedules and systems we used for medication reviews (community, lodge, and group home patients), compounding, the take-home naloxone program, and minor ailment prescribing.
- Provided injections.
Pharmacy Summer Student
Lloydminster Hospital Pharmacy
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Assisted with inventory.
- Assisted with filling orders.
- Participated in several projects such as information requests and organization.
- Took advantage of several shadowing opportunities throughout the hospital.
Care Aid / Summer Student
Paradise Hill Care Home
05.2016 - 08.2018
- I held dual positions of both care aid and summer student for the summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018.
- Organized activities for residents.
- Organized external excursions for residents.
- Facilitated exercise routines for residents.
- Cooking and cleaning duties.
- Bathed residents.
- Administered medication to residents.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK06-2021
Skills
- Able to work independently
- Able to collaborate with colleagues
- Detail oriented
- Critical thinker
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Works well with all age ranges
- Kind and empathetic
Certification
- WHMIS Certification (2024)
- Standard First Aid & CPR/AED Level C (Exp. 2026)
- Workplace Assessment Violence Education Training (2017)
- Toastmasters International Success Communication Series (2019)
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PLACEMENTS
- Saskatoon Shoppers Drug Mart #2465
- Saskatoon London Drugs (Lawson Heights Location)
- Saskatoon Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy #303
- Medication Assessment Centre (University of Saskatchewan)
- MedSask (University of Saskatchewan)
- Humboldt District Health Complex
- Saskatoon Royal University Hospital
- Western College of Veterinary Medicine (University of Saskatchewan)
- Jae’s Pharmacy (Shaunavon, Saskatchewan)
- Saskatoon Campus Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
Timeline
Community Staff Pharmacist
Safeway Pharmacy #4878
08.2023 - Current
Community Staff Pharmacist
Maidstone Pharmacy
06.2021 - 07.2023
Pharmacy Summer Student
Lloydminster Hospital Pharmacy
05.2019 - 08.2019
Care Aid / Summer Student
Paradise Hill Care Home
05.2016 - 08.2018
Doctor of Pharmacy -
University of Saskatchewan
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