Ibrahim Muchiri
Ruiru
Summary
Dedicated Pharmacovigilance professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Experienced PV/drug safety specialist with over 6 years of experience in Pharmacovigilance. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Trainee drug safety associate
Medipharm solutions ltd, ADR
Jersey
06.2021 - Current
- Triaging of ADR reports
- Case data entry into ARGUs safety databases
- MedDRAra coding
- Literature search for,
- Case reports QC
- Generation of spontaneous reports ICSR
- Ministry of Health
Kenya Medical Training College, MACHAKOS
01.2019 - Current
- Lectured Pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, and supervised research projects
District Pharmacist
Murang’a District Hospital
03.2010 - Current
- Developed the hospitals' medicines operation procedures and supervised the enforcement of the government health policy and directives in the district
- Carried out drug consumption, quantification and forecasting reports
- As a Member and Secretary of the hospital’s Medicines and Therapeutic Committee, developed the district and hospital drugs formulary and essential drug list, prescribing and dispensing guidelines and medicines use SOPs Carried out investigational drug activities; Pharmacovigilance, drug utilisation and safety studies
- ART Pharmacist/Pharmacoepidemiologist;
- Monitor patients’ responses to ARV medications and look out for safety issues
- Conducted pharmacovigilance activities including ADR assessment, reporting and ADR mitigation at the hospital
- Supervised and ensured appropriate medicine use and conduct medical interventions to ensure optimal use of drugs
MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY, THIKA
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Gave lectures and tutorials in pharmaceutical microbiology
Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital
11.2008 - 02.2010
- Monitor patients’ responses to medications and look out for safety issues.
- Conducted pharmacovigilance activities including ADR assessment, reporting and ADR mitigation at the hospital
- Supervised and ensured appropriate medicine use and conduct medical interventions to ensure optimal use of drugs
- Worked with patients to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
Mosoriot Hospital. ELDORET
04.2005 - 08.2006
- Monitor patients’ responses to medications and look out for safety issues.
- Supervised and ensured appropriate medicine use and conduct medical interventions to ensure optimal use of drugs
- Worked with patients to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
Education
Master of Science Degree - Medical Virology
Bachelor’s Degree - undefined
B.Pharm - undefined
Certification. >strategic leadership development program (Kenya school of government - undefined
Leadership and management in Health - undefined
PATH International - undefined
>Advanced Research Methodology (Geographic Information System and Analysis
Certificate in computer applications: Ms Excel, Windows2000 and Msdos - undefined
KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Master of Science - Pharmacovigilance And Pharmacoepidemiology
07.2019
European programme in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology
- Eu2P Scholarship Recipient
- Completed AP course in Medications benefits assessment, signal validation and elucidation
- Relevant Coursework: Medicines risks-benefits assessment & safety signal management (elucidation and validation)
- Professional Development: Pharmacovigilance
- Study Abroad: New jersey, Argus safety
- Thesis:
UTILIZATION OF PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN MURANG’A DISTRICT HOSPITAL
- Research Project:
UTILIZATION OF PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN MURANG’A DISTRICT HOSPITAL , There is a need for improvement in the uptake and utilisation of PrEP in the hospital, especially among the Key population at risk of HIV transmission
- Dissertation:
UTILIZATION OF PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN MURANG’A DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree - undefined
2015
Healthcare waste management
No Degree - Computer Applications
01.1999
No Degree - High School Certificate
02.1994
Skills
- Pharmacovigilance case processing,
- Argus safety, MedDRA coding and DBS search,
- data Analysis and interpretation (SPSS, STATA)
- Drugs Benefit-risks analysis
- medicines literature monitoring (MLM)
- drug safety reports quality control
- ICSR reporting,
- ADR signal management, detection and quantification
- aggregate report writing
- Medication dispensing and immunizing
- Customer service, education and counseling
- Educating patients
- webADT trained
- Quality review processes
- Directing pharmacy operations
- Drug utilization review
- Regulatory standards
- Identifying Counter-Indicated Drugs
- Medication Therapy Management
- Dispensing medications
- Board inspections familiarity
- Drug inventory management
- Audit Support
- Drug safety
- Reviewing prescriptions
- Preparing Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounds
- Promotion of Health and Disease Prevention
- Pharmacy Inventory and Recordkeeping
- Patient education and counseling
- Monitoring therapeutic effectiveness
- Pharmacy operations management
- Compounding skills
- Safety understanding
- USP 797 and USP 800 knowledge
- FDA Drug Safety Guidelines
- Interpreting and Processing Medication Orders
- Company policy compliance
Accomplishments
- Publication
- Sero-prevalence of HAV, HBV, and HCV AND HEV among acute hepatitis patients at Kenyatta
- National Hospital, Nairobi
- East African medical journal
- Vol 89, No
- 6 (2012)
- Http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/10283
- Internship (March2004-Feb2005)
- Belladonna Pharmacy
- Community pharmacy Training
- Nairobi, village market
- Thika District Hospital
- Hospital pharmacy training
- Cosmos Manufacturers (Pharmaceutical Industry)
- Industrial Pharmacy training on, pharmaceutical production, GMP, Pharmacovigilance, and Quality assurance
- Pharmacovigilance specialist
- Research on health technologies utilisation and safety studies
- Health policy development
- Target
- Company:
- Government, Pharmaceutical, Medical Research and Training Institutions and
- Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authorities
Affiliations
Registered Pharmacist by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya, Member of the
Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya. Member of the International Society of
Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE). International Aids Society (IAS)
Certification
Drug safety associate
- Certified Drug safety associate, Medipharm solutions - 6 months
- Drug safety, Medipharm - 6 months
Hiking, reading
Hiking a long nature trains and hills and valleys gives me a break from the monotony of work. Reading fictional and investigate books like novels broaden my imaginative skills
Languages
Kiswahili, Kikuyu
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Trainee drug safety associate - Medipharm solutions ltd, ADR
06.2021 - Current
- Kenya Medical Training College, MACHAKOS
01.2019 - Current
District Pharmacist - Murang’a District Hospital
03.2010 - Current
- MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY, THIKA
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital
11.2008 - 02.2010
- Mosoriot Hospital. ELDORET
04.2005 - 08.2006
Institute of Tropical Medicine
and Infectious Diseases (ITROMID) - Master of Science Degree, Medical Virology
- Bachelor’s Degree,
The University of Nairobi - B.Pharm,
- Certification.
>strategic leadership development program (Kenya school of government,
The University of Washington - Leadership and management in Health,
- PATH International,
University of Washington/University of Nairobi - Certificate in computer applications: Ms Excel, Windows2000 and Msdos,
- KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education,
University of Bordeaux EU2P - Master of Science, Pharmacovigilance And Pharmacoepidemiology
- Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree,
Strathmore College - No Degree, Computer Applications
Thika High School - No Degree, High School Certificate
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