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KAYLEN HENDRICKS
PHARMACIST
Cape Town
Summary
Qualified professional with proven ability to accurately and efficiently deliver pharmaceutical services while ensuring medicine safety and quality care for patients. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, and the ability and willingness to adapt and deliver high quality outputs. Experienced in delivering excellent pharmaceutical care whilst maintaining legislative compliance, and resolving issues and managing inquiries. Skilled in working collaboratively with colleagues and other healthcare professionals to provide pharmaceutical care. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Community Service Pharmacist
Medipost Pharmacy
04.2023 - 03.2024
- Reviewed prescriptions and evaluated drug interactions to confirm rational medicine use and drug safety.
- Ensured accuracy in the capturing of prescriptions by the pharmacist assistants, through quality assurance in the form of blind checking.
- Provided clinical guidance to pharmacist assistants in line with Pharmaceutical Practices, GPP and Provincial Rational Prescribing Policies and Notices.
- Applied SOPs, policies and relevant legislation for effective quality assurance.
- Effective time management of high workload volumes towards efficiently meeting company targets and deadlines.
Pharmacist Intern
Mediclinic Cape Gate
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Maintained patient and medication records in compliance with relevant legislation and regulations, as well as company policies and SOPs.
- Navigated operational systems, i.e. Unisolv for retail-based dispensing, and AS-400 for in-hospital dispensing.
- Effectively executed phases of dispensing in-hospital dispensary and in retail under pharmacist supervision.
- Effectively managed controlled medicines (S5 and S6) and was responsible for replenishment of controlled ward stock in hospital.
- Completed accurate stock-takes, cycle counts, inventory management and quarterly balancing of schedule 5 and 6 drugs.
- Assisted pharmacy team with drug inventory, purchasing and receiving, and handled stock and ordered medicines (including S6 and Section 21).
- Participated in maintaining streamlined inventory and low overhead, so as to lower stock valuation and maintain appropriate inventory days.
- Verified safe and secure storage of medicines and hospital supplies to minimize loss and incidents (incl. controlled medicines, fridge items).
- Verified safety and accuracy of physician orders, and responded to queries regarding dosages, indications and drug availability.
- Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
- Assisted in management of the emergency medicines cupboard.
- Properly disposed waste and medicines according to GPP and company SOP.
- Provided patient education and medicines counseling on medications, appropriate dosage and potential side effects in retail sector of hospital.
- Compounded mixtures, reconstituted antibiotics and prepared morphine solution whilst maintaining good recordkeeping.
Education
Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
University of The Western Cape
Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa 02.2017 - 12.2021
Skills
Effective Quality Management Systems
Patient Education and Counseling
Effective Financial Management
Compounding Experience
Effective People Management
Pharmacy Inventory and Recordkeeping
Effective Medication Safety Management
Unisolv and AS400 Trained
Effective Asset Management
Effective Product Management
Affiliations
- University of the Western Cape Association for Pharmacy Students (UWCAPS) || 2017-2022
- South African Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (SAPSF) Presidential Executive Committee || 2019
- Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA) || 2017-Present
Software
AS400
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Fall seven times; stand up eight.
Japanese proverb
Timeline
Community Service Pharmacist
Medipost Pharmacy
04.2023 - 03.2024
Pharmacist Intern
Mediclinic Cape Gate
01.2022 - 03.2023
Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
University of The Western Cape
02.2017 - 12.2021