ANDREW ABINCHA OKIKO
NAIROBI
Summary
Experienced Pharmacy Specialist/Clinical with 15 years of experience in the health industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Specialized in broad complex clinical and public health issues and a key contributor to pharmaceutical and health care policy.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Chief Pharmacist/Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Kenyatta National Hospital
01.2005 - Current
- Overall in charge of the hospital’s Specialist Clinical Pharmacy services(Critical care, Internal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology & Pediatrics).
- Provided guidance on all special medicines, vaccines and biologicals for the hospital team.
- Team member in immunological's, biologic's and vaccine policy development.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
Lead Pharmacist
HIV\TB Pharmaceutical care
10.2009 - 06.2015
- Chief Pharmacist –Clinical Pharmacy practice
- Member of Hospital infectious disease team
- Member drug inspection team overseeing compliance to regulation (PPB)
- Pharmacist in charge clinical trial drugs in the hospital
- Oversee drug distribution to medical wards in the hospital including Critical Care Units
- Member of the hospital Medicine and Therapeutic Committee overseeing new drug application and ethical use of drugs in the hospital
- Member of hospital cardiac transplant and renal transplant team
- Supervise and coordinate pharmacy interns and students on elective rotation in the hospital including supervising their hospital projects
- Participate in clinical ward rounds to the internal medicine and infectious disease units
- Monitor use of restricted antimicrobials in the hospital and develop reports on sensitivity patterns
- Hospital liaison Pharmacist for Multi Drug Tuberculosis drugs
- Achievements
- Participated in formulating guidelines for antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit
- Successful completion of kesho bora clinic trial
- Drug therapy interventions in the medical wards and intensive care unit
- Monitoring use of restricted antimicrobials in the medical wards ad intensive care unit
- Participated in re-designing new in-patient treatment sheet, KENYA Aphia Plus-NARESA
- Supervised and coached team of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
- Educated patients on proper medication use.
- Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
- Assisted other pharmacy staff with drug inventory, purchasing, and receiving.
- Monitored medication dispensing machines within hospital pharmacy to make supplies readily available to clinical staff.
- Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects and specified use.
Trial Pharmacist
kesho Bora
08.2005 - 12.2008
- WHO/University of Nairobi Project
- Responsibilities
- Pharmacist in charge of project drugs and records
- Ensuring relevant drug legislation and providing drug information.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
Pharmacist Mater Hospital
01.2005 - 03.2005
Pharmacist
Belladonna Chemist
02.2004 - 01.2005
- Overall in charge of daily running, drug registration and staff training
- Trained staff on customer care leading to increase in prescription turnover.
Pharmacist in charge
High Ridge Chemists
01.2003 - 02.2004
- Overall in charge of daily running, regulatory duties, drug registration and detailing training to medical representatives
- Trained staff on customer care leading to increase in prescription turnover
Intern Pharmacist
Kenyatta National Hospital
01.2002 - 12.2002
- Six months
- Cosmos manufacturing industry - Three months
- Rup Pharmacy - Three months
Education
Masters of Pharmacy Clinical - Pharmacy
M.Pharm - Clinical Pharmacy
University of Nairobi Nairobi
2017
B. Pharm., Bachelor of Pharmacy - undefined
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
2000
K.C.S.E., Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
St. Peter’s Boys’ High School Mumias
1994
Skills
- Senior Leadership Support
- Senior Management Updates
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Monitoring
- Clinical Skills
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Medicine
- Clinical Interventions
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved clinical pharmacist reporting which led to work streamlining in the hospital.
Certification
Nationality Kenyan
Languages English, Swahili, French – passable
Passport No A1674980, Training in Pharmaceutical care in pediatric ART- MSH/PSK.
Certificate of Human Participant Protections Education For Research, National Cancer Institute, US.
Certificate of Good Clinical Practice –Westat, Nairobi, Kenya & IAVI.
Certificate of appreciation By KNH/AMREF during obstetric Fistula camp.
Certificate of Participation in national level student congress, Ministry of Education Nairobi Kenya.
Certificate of training in safe and effective use of pesticides, training in diagnosis and management of
Affiliations
Pharmaceutical society of Kenya.
Hospital Pharmacist Association of Kenya.
Registered Pharmacist with Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Kenya. Participant in Co-artem stand alone symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Participant in Meronem Critical Care seminar in Lisbon, Portugal.
Participant in 1st and 2nd Critical Care symposium at Nairobi Hospital, Kenya.
Presentations
Pharmacovigilance report –Martindale, Uganda.2011.
O. A. Abincha, Herbal drugs Pharmacology – School of Nursing Mater Hospital, Nairobi Kenya.
O. A. Abincha, Antimicrobial drug use in Kenyatta National Hospital Critical Care units - KNH intensive care clinicians.
O. A. Abincha, Critical care Pharmacy practice experience, 3rd Hospital Pharmacists Symposium, Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi Kenya.
PUBLICATIONS
O. A. Abincha, Critical care pharmacy experience, Pharm. J. of Kenya 16(2):38.
O. A. Abincha, Antibiotic drug resistance, KNH newsletter 2007.
TRAININGS & CERTIFICATES
Management of Multi drug resistant TB –WHO/Regional Centre for quality of Healthcare.
Employee excellence Award for the year 2008 –Kenyatta National Hospital Pharmacy department.
Training in Improving Pharmaceutical care in Kenyan Hospitals –PSK/HOPAK. pesticide poisoning, Agrochemicals Association of Kenya.
Operation smile certificate for participation
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member Seventh Day Adventist church health awareness group.
Participant in free medical camps with Actionaid, Operation smile, Mater hospital etc
Member to various committee for the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya.. Playing rugby, excursions, swimming, dancing, reading magazines etc.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
A reader on Tuberculosis and Malaria.
PERSONAL PROFILE
I believe in management by objectives and that every worker has a stake in overall performance of every firm.
Quote; “foresight judgment knowledge and courage maketh a leader.”
Languages
Swahili, Kisii
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Lead Pharmacist
HIV\TB Pharmaceutical care
10.2009 - 06.2015
Trial Pharmacist
kesho Bora
08.2005 - 12.2008
Deputy Chief Pharmacist/Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Kenyatta National Hospital
01.2005 - Current
Pharmacist Mater Hospital
01.2005 - 03.2005
Pharmacist
Belladonna Chemist
02.2004 - 01.2005
Pharmacist in charge
High Ridge Chemists
01.2003 - 02.2004
Intern Pharmacist
Kenyatta National Hospital
01.2002 - 12.2002
Masters of Pharmacy Clinical - Pharmacy
M.Pharm - Clinical Pharmacy
University of Nairobi Nairobi
B. Pharm., Bachelor of Pharmacy - undefined
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
K.C.S.E., Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
St. Peter’s Boys’ High School Mumias
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