Tonny Elemu
Niagara Falls,ON
Summary
Experienced pharmaceutical professional with a proven track record of coordinating core activities and collaborating with stakeholders to achieve strategic goals. Specializes in medication management and patient safety within hospital settings. Excels at fostering team collaboration and delivering reliable results in dynamic environments. Strong analytical skills and effective communication ensure high standards of care. Equipped with comprehensive clinical knowledge, adept at medication management, patient counseling, and regulatory compliance. Consistently collaborates effectively with healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes and adapt to evolving healthcare needs. Known for reliability, precision, and a patient-focused approach.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Hospital Pharmacist
MOH-CHINA - UGANDA FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL- NAGURU
04.2018 - 01.2025
- Developed effective relationships with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal communication and collaboration in patient care.
- Verified safety and accuracy of physician orders.
- Maintained strict compliance with relevant laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to hospital pharmacy practice.
- Dispensed and procured medicinal products and supplies used in hospital.
- Served as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents, helping them develop vital clinical skills and knowledge.
- Provided accurate drug information to healthcare providers on the safe use of medications within the hospital setting.
- Actively participated in hospital committees focused on enhancing patient safety through continuous performance improvement efforts.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient care plans, resulting in improved therapeutic outcomes.
- Assisted in the procurement process for medications, ensuring cost-effective purchasing decisions were made while maintaining high standards of quality assurance.
- Performed technical processes required to dispense medications to patients.
- Monitored medication dispensing equipment within hospital pharmacy to make supplies readily available to clinical staff.
- Displayed patient-oriented and comprehensive clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care.
- Reconstituted oral liquids.
- Completed accurate cycle counts and inventory management.
- Carried out mass community de-worming and met with patients for medication consultations, effectively improving awareness of pharmacy's health services.
- Closely monitored department performance metrics.
- Implemented various medication therapy management services, such as drug therapy monitoring, pharmacokinetic dosing, and therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Streamlined pharmacy operations by implementing efficient workflow strategies and inventory control measures.
- Assisted with the development of clinical practice guidelines and protocols to ensure evidence-based medication use across the institution.
- Contributed to formulary management decisions, evaluating new drugs for safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness before inclusion into hospital formulary system.
- Optimized drug therapy outcomes for patients by providing comprehensive medication management services.
- Participated in medication utilization evaluations to identify areas for potential improvement in prescribing practices among clinicians.
- Kept abreast of new developments in pharmacotherapy by regularly attending professional conferences and workshops.
- Provided ongoing mentorship and guidance to pharmacy staff members, fostering a collaborative work environment that prioritized patient care.
- Worked as preceptor to provide practice-based instruction to students at pharmacy practice sites.
- Performed critical medication reconciliations upon patient admission and discharge to minimize adverse drug events associated with transitions of care.
- Improved patient adherence to treatment plans by providing detailed consultations and tailored medication counseling.
- Played key role in multidisciplinary teams, offering expert pharmaceutical advice that shaped patient care strategies.
- Elevated standard of pharmaceutical care by staying abreast of and implementing current best practices and guidelines.
- Played pivotal role in emergency response efforts by ensuring prompt and accurate distribution of medications during critical situations.
- Streamlined pharmacy operations by implementing efficient inventory management practices, ensuring availability of essential medications.
- Optimized patient safety by identifying and substituting medications with high-risk side effects with safer alternatives.
- Cultivated supportive and educational environment for pharmacy interns, guiding them through practical, hands-on training experiences.
- Boosted team productivity through development and facilitation of continuing education sessions on latest pharmaceutical advancements.
- Enhanced patient safety with meticulous review and verification of prescriptions for accuracy and appropriateness.
- Enhanced patient education and understanding of complex medication regimens with clear, concise, and empathetic communication.
- Fostered culture of safety and vigilance within pharmacy, leading by example in adhering to regulatory standards and practices.
- Drove improvements in medication dispensing accuracy, meticulously organizing and overseeing pharmacy's dispensing processes.
- Reduced medication errors, conducting rigorous cross-checks and collaborating closely with healthcare teams for accurate patient records.
- Achieved and maintained top customer satisfaction and retention by cultivating productive relationships with patients.
- Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
- Advised patients on medication side effects and contraindications and explained proper administration.
- Managed drug and supply inventories.
- Educated patients on proper medication use.
- Hand counted controlled medications, measured liquids and reconstituted antibiotics.
- Enhanced efficiency and reduced waiting times for patients by streamlining prescription filling process.
- Counseled patients regarding proper intake of medications.
- Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, and specified use.
- Dispensed and verified patient prescription orders, conducting necessary utilization reviews.
- Assisted other pharmacy staff with drug inventory, purchasing and receiving.
- Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
- Supervised and coached team of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
- Contributed to public health initiatives by organizing and participating in community health fairs, offering medication reviews and health advice.
- Achieved significant cost savings for pharmacy by negotiating better rates with suppliers, without compromising on medication quality.
- Improved patient satisfaction and trust by consistently delivering compassionate and knowledgeable service.
- Conducted thorough medication therapy management to identify and resolve medication-related problems, improving patient outcomes.
Pharmacist Director
Afro Asia (U) Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2018
Pharmacist
Kiruddu Hospital
01.2016 - 03.2018
- Plan, budget, monitor and evaluation of Pharmacy units
- Assist in ensuring availability of drugs, maintain stock levels and advice clinicians and other health professionals on prescriptions
- Participate in preparation of medicines
- Liaise with relevant clinical units and wards to ensure that medicines are properly recorded and stored
- Liaise with the National Drug Authority in ensuring that all medicines conform to prescribed standards
- Advice patients and communities on the proper use and storage of drugs
- Participating in drugs and clinically related research
- Imparting knowledge and skills to staff and students
- Supervising and appraising of staff and students under my jurisdiction
- Promote observance of the professional code of conduct and Ethics by staff under me
- Managing and accounting for all allocated resources
- Compiling and submitting all periodic reports
- Generating monthly updates on the hospital list of drugs and consumables, based on procurement plan on regular basis through consumption reports
- Recording and reporting all medicines supplied on periodic basis detailing medicine’s name and strength, dosage, quantity supplied
- Day-to-day advice on pharmaceutical issues including evaluating different antibiotics impact on the local microbiological situation, and secures that mission personnel do not unnecessarily influence the ecological balance through the use of antibiotics;
- Advising the medical staff about available restricted and non-restricted antibiotics in response to the recommended treatments for the hospital patients (IN & Out Patients);
- Periodically updating doctors and nursing staff on the drugs formulary list and antibiotics drugs recommended by WHO guidelines to provide basic and emergency treatments
- Day-to-day check on pharmaceutical issues, drugs, medical supplies, medical consumables, vaccines, condoms (male and female) and blood in the mission (Item description /stock number, unit form, total quantity available, expiry date, and bin location of each item is physically checked and clearly verified)
- Ensure that minimum and maximum stock levels are established either according to the packing form or the unit form in respect to each expendable item;
- Daily physical check of pharmaceutical products to ensure that shelves are cleaned off the expired drugs and can handle consumption of short-expiry items
- Advise the medical doctors on the specification of drugs to be requisitioned, and for offers a prudent scale of issue for the planning of re-supply;
- Identify /determine efficiency and punctuality in the pharmacy requisitions in regards to drugs, laboratory reagents, medical consumables and other miscellaneous supplies;
- Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Sections for follow-up of approved requisitions, technical evaluations, and purchase orders related to the medical warehouse/Pharmacy Unit;
- Orders, receives, stores, and distributes pharmaceutical medications to adequately meet needs of clinics in an efficient manner;
- Responsible for preparation of the list of expired drugs and consumables for write-off and disposal according to the National Drug Authority guidelines/policies on waste management
- Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Pharmacist
Mulago NRR Hospital
01.2011 - 03.2018
- Plan, budget, monitor and evaluation of Pharmacy units
- Assist in ensuring availability of drugs, maintain stock levels and advice clinicians and other health professionals on prescriptions
- Participate in preparation of medicines
- Liaise with relevant clinical units and wards to ensure that medicines are properly recorded and stored
- Liaise with the National Drug Authority in ensuring that all medicines conform to prescribed standards
- Advice patients and communities on the proper use and storage of drugs
- Participating in drugs and clinically related research
- Imparting knowledge and skills to staff and students
- Supervising and appraising of staff and students under my jurisdiction
- Promote observance of the professional code of conduct and Ethics by staff under me
- Managing and accounting for all allocated resources
- Compiling and submitting all periodic reports
- Generating monthly updates on the hospital list of drugs and consumables, based on procurement plan on regular basis through consumption reports
- Recording and reporting all medicines supplied on periodic basis detailing medicine’s name and strength, dosage, quantity supplied
- Day-to-day advice on pharmaceutical issues including evaluating different antibiotics impact on the local microbiological situation, and secures that mission personnel do not unnecessarily influence the ecological balance through the use of antibiotics;
- Advising the medical staff about available restricted and non-restricted antibiotics in response to the recommended treatments for the hospital patients (IN & Out Patients);
- Periodically updating doctors and nursing staff on the drugs formulary list and antibiotics drugs recommended by WHO guidelines to provide basic and emergency treatments
- Day-to-day check on pharmaceutical issues, drugs, medical supplies, medical consumables, vaccines, condoms (male and female) and blood in the mission (Item description /stock number, unit form, total quantity available, expiry date, and bin location of each item is physically checked and clearly verified)
- Ensure that minimum and maximum stock levels are established either according to the packing form or the unit form in respect to each expendable item;
- Daily physical check of pharmaceutical products to ensure that shelves are cleaned off the expired drugs and can handle consumption of short-expiry items
- Advise the medical doctors on the specification of drugs to be requisitioned, and for offers a prudent scale of issue for the planning of re-supply;
- Identify /determine efficiency and punctuality in the pharmacy requisitions in regards to drugs, laboratory reagents, medical consumables and other miscellaneous supplies;
- Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Sections for follow-up of approved requisitions, technical evaluations, and purchase orders related to the medical warehouse/Pharmacy Unit;
- Orders, receives, stores, and distributes pharmaceutical medications to adequately meet needs of clinics in an efficient manner;
- Responsible for preparation of the list of expired drugs and consumables for write-off and disposal according to the National Drug Authority guidelines/policies on waste management
- Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Pharmacist Director
Alveen Pharmacy Ltd
01.2016 - 12.2017
Pharmacist Director
Bluestar Pharmacy
01.2014 - 12.2015
Pharmacist Director
Pell Pharmacy Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2013
Pharmacist Director
Polet Pharmaceuticals Ltd
01.2010 - 12.2011
Intern Pharmacist
Mulago NRR Hospital
08.2008 - 07.2009
Education
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY -
Mbarara University Of Science & Technology
01.2008
U.A.C.E -
Ntinda View College
01.2003
U.C.E -
Teso College Aloet
01.2000
P.L.E -
Pioneer Primary School
01.1996
Skills
- Patient education and counseling
- Pharmaceutical compounding
- Medication Therapy Optimization
- Pharmaceutical Dispensing
- Pharmaceutical Management
- Professional Workplace Conduct
- Accountability
- Proficient Written Communication
- Interpersonal and Team working skills
- Field Operations Management
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills
Accomplishments
- Achieved reduced patient waiting times by completing prescription dispensing with accuracy and efficiency.
- Coordinated the drugs and sundries inventory management cycle to ensure desired stock levels in the hospital setting while minimizing expirations and stockouts, which improved treatment outcomes.
- Implemented pharmaceutical care practices through routine ward rounds while emphasizing on clinical pharmaceutical skills.
- Collaborated with a team of ten in the development of Hand sanitizer manufacturing project and the private pharmacy project that led to an increase in non taxable revenue income generation in the hospital.
- Achieved controlled sepsis out breaks through effectively helping with coordinated drug administration, compliance and adherence to antibiotic use.
- Used ICT software to manage inventory and pharmaceutical care.
- Trained other junior staff i.e. Intern Pharmacists, Dispensers, Pharmacy students on hospital electives.
Languages
English
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/23/85
- Nationality: Ugandan
- Marital Status: Married
Affiliations
- Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda
Interests
- I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
- I like working with my hands and fixing things
- listening to Music
- watching sports and current world news
Certification
- Pharmacist Licensure -Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda.
Work Availability
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Quote
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Timeline
Hospital Pharmacist
MOH-CHINA - UGANDA FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL- NAGURU
04.2018 - 01.2025
Pharmacist Director
Afro Asia (U) Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2018
Pharmacist
Kiruddu Hospital
01.2016 - 03.2018
Pharmacist Director
Alveen Pharmacy Ltd
01.2016 - 12.2017
Pharmacist Director
Bluestar Pharmacy
01.2014 - 12.2015
Pharmacist Director
Pell Pharmacy Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2013
Pharmacist
Mulago NRR Hospital
01.2011 - 03.2018
Pharmacist Director
Polet Pharmaceuticals Ltd
01.2010 - 12.2011
Intern Pharmacist
Mulago NRR Hospital
08.2008 - 07.2009
U.A.C.E -
Ntinda View College
U.C.E -
Teso College Aloet
P.L.E -
Pioneer Primary School
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY -
Mbarara University Of Science & Technology