LAURIE JEAN CHU
Cebu City, Province Of Cebu
Summary
Dedicated Philippine-registered Pharmacist offering seven years of both retail and hospital experience ensuring accurate processing, filling, and dispensing of medications. Skilled in collaborating with team members, healthcare professionals, and other hospital staff to provide high-quality patient care. Passionate about patient education on drug use, safety, and adherence while maintaining efficiency in a fast-paced work environment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacist II - Officer-In-Charge
Chong Hua Hospital
09.2023 - Current
- Provides transcription training on newly-hired employees
- Inventory management. Leads annual physical inventory to account for variances
- Monitors stock level of high-alert and life-saving medicines and performs regular ordering of stocks.
- Leads or directs the team to identify performance gaps and formulate strategic interventions to identified areas of improvement
- Supervises day-to-day activities in the pharmacy
Pharmacist I
Chong Hua Hospital
09.2021 - 08.2023
- Transcribes and conduct medication appropriateness review of physician’s order from patient care units.
- Prepares and fills “Stat”, “To start”, and Unit-dosing medication orders from hospital stations.
- Medication dispensing to in-patients and walk-in patients ensuring valid and complete prescription. Verifies orders to physicians at clinics when necessary.
- Patient counseling on drug-food interaction and possible side-effects.
- Notifies physicians of any therapeutic incompatibilities, potential drug interactions, drug availability, and drug duplication. Verification of drug stability and IV compatibility.
- Performs extemporaneous IV compounding and admixing, paper tablets, and methotrexate aspiration.
Senior Pharmacist
MedExpress Drugstore
02.2018 - 09.2021
- Prepares, fill, and dispenses medicines in a retail setting
- Ensures validity and completeness of prescription
- Performs patient counseling on possible drug-food interactions and possible side-effects
- Gives advice on generic alternatives and therapeutic equivalents
- Reviews medication history profile possible drug-drug interaction
- Enrolls patients to patient compliance program
- Maintains organized filing of prescription, prepares daily and monthly reports
- Handles reports of adverse drug reaction and gives advice on possible intervention.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Centro Escolar University
Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Philippines04-2017
Skills
- Customer service and communication skills
- Good command in English language - both written and oral
- Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office
- Drug Inventory Management
- Detail-oriented, efficient, and organized
- Committed team-player
Affiliations
- Philippine Society of Hospital Pharmacists
- Philippine Pharmacists Association
Timeline
Pharmacist II - Officer-In-Charge
Chong Hua Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Pharmacist I
Chong Hua Hospital
09.2021 - 08.2023
Senior Pharmacist
MedExpress Drugstore
02.2018 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Centro Escolar University
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