MARGARET KANYIRI
Chogoria
Summary
Driven Pharmacy Technician with 13 years of experience and success in working within fast-paced pharmacy settings. Highly proficient in accurately filling and labeling prescriptions, maintaining drug inventories and updating pharmacy records. Excited to bring talent and record of excellence in customer service to growing pharmacy.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIST
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF THARAKA NITHI-KENYA
01.2016 - Current
- Placing orders and follow up with suppliers, receiving, checking product quality and quantity and pricing as well as signing delivery notes and invoices
- Vetting prescriptions, Preparing, packaging, labeling, and dispensing medicine to patients with clear instructions on usage
- Inventory control with more emphasis of ensuring that consumables are insufficient amounts at all times in order to avoid stock outs or overstocking
- Prepare monthly consumption rates of all consumables to determine re-order level
- Extemporaneous preparation, storing equipment in good storage conditions and conducting regular checks and calibrations of equipment's for proper functioning
- Conducting regular stock takes and regular checks on consumables to ensures that expiries are avoided or kept at minimal levels at all times
- Maintaining pharmacy layout, ensuring medicines are stored in good storage conditions and that operations are done in a clean and safe working environment
- Overseeing operations of other pharmacy staff.
Pharmaceutical Technologist
St Anne Mission Hospital Kenya
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Processing and dispensing prescriptions, treatment sheets and medication orders correctly and accurately
- Giving accurate drug information to all doctors, nurses, patients and other user departments
- Following the laid down security and safety systems and procedures in all transactions including not sharing computer log-in and password with other staff
- Participating in the drug stocking process i.e
- Stock requisition, reception from stores, prompt shelving and keeping a tight control of pharmacy stock items
- Following up to conclusion all stock issues requiring attention such as the pricing of drugs, patient credits, replacement of damaged or expired stocks
- Participating in stock takes and actively take part in stock variance reconciliation
- Checking the expiry dates of medicines, making sure that the Short expiry drugs are tagged and returned back to the store in compliance with the Short Expiry Drug Policy.
Pharmaceutical Technologist
East End Chemists
01.2010 - 01.2015
- Collaborated with the pharmacist in charge in ordering, receiving, pricing and storing pharmaceuticals in good storage conditions
- Under supervision of the pharmacist prepared and dispensed medicines to clients
- Prepared extemporaneous preparations under the supervision of the pharmacist
- Conducted monthly stock take and ensured medicines are stored in good storage conditions
- Performed all pharmacy duties as assigned by the pharmacist.
Education
Diploma in Pharmacy -
The Mombasa Polytechnic (Currently Technical University of Mombasa), Kenya
01.2002 - 05.2004
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - undefined
Chogoria Girls High School
01.1996 - 05.1999
Skills
Medication and prescription administration
undefinedCertification
Certfied by the Pharmacy and poisons Board (PPB) of Kenya
References
- Dickson Gitonga, +254720 571 836, Enrolled Pharmaceutical Technologist
- Floridah Makena, +254727941948, Kenya Registered Nurse
Timeline
PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIST
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF THARAKA NITHI-KENYA
01.2016 - Current
Pharmaceutical Technologist
St Anne Mission Hospital Kenya
01.2015 - 01.2016
Pharmaceutical Technologist
East End Chemists
01.2010 - 01.2015
Diploma in Pharmacy -
The Mombasa Polytechnic (Currently Technical University of Mombasa), Kenya
01.2002 - 05.2004
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - undefined
Chogoria Girls High School
01.1996 - 05.1999
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