Martha Mathuki

Stedam pharma manufacturing industry: Key responsibilities

• Provide quality leadership through development and implementation of Quality Management
• Conduct regular check on analysis results of Raw material, finished goods and packaging materials.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, and all applicable local laws, rules, and regulations.
• Reviewing manufacturing processes, product release, quality control, audits both internal and external, documentation and training.
• Reviewing and approval of QA controlled documentation such as SOPSs, Batch records and working instructions.
• Establishing guidelines and procedures on cGMP and good laboratory practices
• To liaison with regulatory authorities for new products manufacturing licenses and renewals of the same and other regulatory activities
• Maintain a controlled documentation system
• Support for development of appropriate Corrective and Preventive Actions and continuous improvement activities.
• Implemented new quality assurance and customer service standards
• Inspected products and worker progress throughout production
• Reported production malfunctions to managers and production supervisors
• Assured consistent quality of production by implementing and enforcing automated practice systems
• Recorded, analyzed, and distributed statistical information
• Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily functionality
• Created and maintained quality management systems to align with industry standards
• Conducted process and system audits to identify areas of improvement and enforce compliance with industry standards
• Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance plans to monitor product quality and adherence to regulatory standards
• Investigated customer complaints and performed corrective actions to resolve quality issues
• Evaluated interactions between associates and customers to assess personnel performance
• Assessed product quality by monitoring quality assurance metrics, reports and dashboards
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process and system improvements
• Conducted risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential quality issues
• Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve quality issues and defects
• Applied coaching techniques and tools to support managers and team members in improving performance
• Established and tracked quality department goals and objectives
• Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of performance mitigating risk, improving throughput and achieving customer satisfaction
• Collaborated with audit clients and action owners to apply root cause analysis guidance and establish effective corrective action plans
• Maintained appropriate quality assurance records and completed reports as necessary.
• Interviewed, hired and trained staff, enabling organization get skilled staff.

• Pharmaceuticals: Key responsibilities
• Interpreted prescription orders, dispensed medications, and counseled patients on drugs
• Educated patients about possible drug interactions and gave special administration instructions
• Maintained appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary
• Assessed patient knowledge of chosen therapy to tailor counseling to meet needs of individual patients
• Evaluated drug therapy to drive appropriate medicine use
• Reported adverse drug events to comply with regulatory policies and procedures
• Reviewed prescription to confirm appropriate selection of drug, dose and check for interactions with other medications
• Interviewed, hired and trained staff, enabling business to serve more patients

• KNH, Damco pharm, Medivet products: Responsibilities
• Filing prescriptions and compounding medicines
• Documenting reports of advanced drug reactions.
• Undertaking extemporaneous preparations.
• Shadowed senior pharmacy staff to learn proper procedures
• Worked as part of team of 23 pharmacy interns
• Counseled customers on medications, appropriate dosage and potential side effects
• Performed blood pressure and blood glucose tests on patients
• Entered patient information into computer system
• Identified safety hazards and unsafe practices and notified supervisor of problems
• Prepared packaging and labels for prescriptions, verifying accuracy of dosage, side effects, interactions, and refill instructions
• Provided friendly customer service at drop-off and pick-up counters
• Followed department policies, procedures and best practices for pharmacy operations

• High pharm pharmaceuticals: Responsibilities
• Dispensing to wholesalers
• Performing administrative duties
• Maintaining accurate records of controlled drugs dispensed.
• Manage drug database and record
• Performed safety checks when dispensing medications to optimize patient safety
• Gathered and bagged prescriptions and prepared extemporaneous pharmaceuticals
• Processed incoming drug orders by checking deliveries against paperwork and updating computer system
• Prepared bills for clients and submitted required paperwork to insurance companies
• Counted and labeled prescriptions with correct item and quantity
• Counseled customers on medications, appropriate dosage and potential side effects
• Tracked pharmacy inventory and reported medication numbers to lead pharmacists