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Carson

Summary

Diligent and attentive to detail Pharmacy Technician with 18 years of experience and success in working within fast-paced inpatient and outpatient pharmacy setting. Highly proficient in accurately filling and labeling prescriptions, maintaining drug inventories, updating pharmacy records, and knowledgeable in both medicare and commercial insurances and financial assistance resources available to patients. In addition, a hardworking pharmacy technician with strong expertise in sterile and non-sterile medication preparation, inventory management, and collaborative interactions with variety of departments. Brings solid understanding of pharmaceutical calculations, prescription processing, and safety protocols. Demonstrates accuracy and speed in daily tasks, ensuring minimal errors and optimal results. Seeks role as Prior Authorization and Medication Assistance Pharmacy Technician to apply comprehensive skills and knowledge for effective patient care and pharmacy operations.


Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Investigational Drug Pharmacy Technician

Cedars Sinai Medical Center Investigational Drug Pharmacy
01.2020 - Current
  • Medication preparations via aseptic and extemporaneous techniques for various routes of administration including but not limited to intravenous, intrathecal, and oral
  • Medication Delivery to various investigational clinic sites and hospital patient units
  • Maintain comprehensive, detail, accurate, and timely records and reports including usage and dispensing records via Vestigo, an online electronic accountability software
  • Investigational Drug and Supply inventories management with the aid of Vestigo software and order investigational products
  • Temperature or storage condition management of all investigational products via Cetani and Centrak, along with preventative maintenance of all hardware
  • Monthly billing and investigational products expiry list projects

Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Inpatient Pharmacy
01.2015 - 01.2020
  • Dispense medications in central and satellite pharmacies for patient care
  • Patient Care Technician functions include delivering medications to nursing stations, ordering and restocking floor stocks, and refilling Poxis machines
  • Perform non-sterile compounding, both oral and topical, and unit dosing using Liquid Unit Dose Machine, Euclid, and Swisslog
  • Manage Cedar Sinai Medical Center's compounded medications, medications inventory through CPM Carousel, and provide services for all Cedars Sinai Medical Center's pharmacies
  • Intravenous Drug Preparations, Sterile Compounding, and Investigational Drug Services

Outpatient Pharmacy Technician

Harbor UCLA Medical Center, LADHS
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Process incoming prescriptions and physician drug orders, including analyzing and measuring pharmaceuticals for dispersion
  • Guide patients and providers on how to properly initiate prior authorizations for specialty medications compliance with insurance policies and eligibility criteria. This includes calling insurances to help expedite and follow up on Prior Authorizations and Appeals
  • Assist uninsured patients on how to apply for insurance (specifically Medi-cal patients)
  • Provide guidance to patients on what type of financial assistance they may qualify depending on their type of insurance
  • Cross-trained to cover inpatient pharmacy when coverage is needed
  • Working with pharmacy information systems and automations
  • Specifically, CareFusion's Pyxis, Cardinal, Talyst, Autopharm, Autopack, QuadraMed, Affinity Live, PSCAS, Parata Minis, Pharmacy 2000, and Cerner Etreby
  • Maintaining and troubleshooting these pharmacy systems and automations


Pharmacy Assistant

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2011
  • Organized and delivered intravenous and unit dose medications from satellite pharmacies to nursing stations for patient care
  • Retrieved returned and expired medications from nursing stations

Intern

The Burnham Institute Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Assisted the principle investigator and post-doctorals, Ph.D
  • In researching neurodegenerative diseases through various molecular biology techniques such as protein assays and cell cultures

Student Researcher

The Salk Institute
06.2003 - 09.2003
  • Studied and analyzed acute promyelocytic leukemia and molecular biology laboratory techniques under the guidance of a Ph.D
  • Researcher

Education

Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA

Skills

  • Bilingual (Vietnamese and English)
  • Technology and Automation Proficient
  • Confidentiality and HIPAA
  • Insurance billing
  • Prescription filling
  • Pharmacy ethics
  • Workflow optimization
  • Team collaboration
  • Financial assistance programs
  • Prior authorization processing
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Dependable and responsible

Certification

  • Pharmacy Technician Certification Board [PTCB], Active
  • California State Board of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Technician, Active

OFFICEPHONE

310-423-6580

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Vietnamese
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Investigational Drug Pharmacy Technician

Cedars Sinai Medical Center Investigational Drug Pharmacy
01.2020 - Current

Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Inpatient Pharmacy
01.2015 - 01.2020

Outpatient Pharmacy Technician

Harbor UCLA Medical Center, LADHS
01.2012 - 01.2015

Pharmacy Assistant

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2011

Intern

The Burnham Institute Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory
01.2005 - 01.2006

Student Researcher

The Salk Institute
06.2003 - 09.2003

Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

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