KELLY HARRINGTON
Kannapolis
Summary
Dynamic Staff Pharmacist with extensive experience at Advocate Health, skilled in medication therapy management and anticoagulation monitoring. Proven ability to enhance patient care through effective communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. Committed to quality assurance and adept at utilizing Epic charting for optimal medication dispensing and safety.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Pharmacist
Advocate Health Airport Center Pharmacy
01.2018 - Current
- Pharmacist duties entail working out of multiple computer systems- Docu-Trak, Epic, QS1, Hospice care & Homebase and Teams, and Scripture.
- Daily tasks are reviewing and dispensing prescriptions entered in Epic and reviewing Epic provider notes and pertinent labs when applicable.
- We also assess and renally dose medications as per Advocate Health Renal dosing Policy.
- Residents prescribed Warfarin are dosed as per Pharmacy Warfarin dosing consult policy.
- Other duties include medication order clarification, supplying non-compounded IV Antibiotics or coordinating with other hospitals to supply compounded IV antibiotics when needed, assessing medications removed from Omnicell versus what is ordered.
Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Advocate Health Cabarrus
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Provided clinical and distributive pharmacy services.
- Warfarin, Aminoglycoside, and Vancomycin dosing as per Pharmacy to dose protocols.
- Reviewed and verified provider orders (Cerner system) for appropriateness of medication therapy, assessing medication selection, dose, potential interactions, adverse drug reactions, therapeutic duplications and formulary adherence.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to assist with patient care management and continuity of care.
- Document clinical interventions for clinical purposes, order clarifications and departmental initiatives.
- Assist with the discharge process when a patient is to continue or is placed on warfarin.
- I left this position due to hospital pharmacy department downsizing staff. I got transferred to Airport Center Pharmacy January 2018.
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Browardhealth North
03.2010 - 12.2016
- Effectively provided clinical and distributive pharmacy services, reviewing both written orders and CPOE orders, verifying therapy for safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness and screening for allergies, adverse reactions, incompatibilities, or therapeutic duplications.
- Provided automatic renal dosing, parenteral nutrition monitoring, anticoagulation monitoring.
- Worked in compounding supervision and other IV room duties when assigned.
- Ensured correct compounding of all intravenous admixtures, including use of appropriate techniques and calculations.
- Served as a resource for drug information.
- Attended codes when assigned to the Emergency Room.
- Decentral staffing as assigned.
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Boca Raton Community Hospital
10.2003 - 03.2010
- Provided clinical and distributive pharmacy services, including renal dosing, IV to oral therapy interchanges on targeted medications and heparin monitoring/dosing.
- Profiled medications to screen for drug interactions, duplicate therapies and adverse reactions.
- Served as drug information resource to other healthcare professionals.
- Ensured accurate preparation and distribution of IV medications including, but not limited to: parenteral nutrition solutions, chemotherapy, cardioplegia solutions and epidural infusions.
- Prescribed/wrote parenteral nutrition orders.
- When consulted, monitoring and dosing of aminoglycoside and vancomycin kinetics.
- I worked in the contracted outpatient Oncology clinics overseeing the compounding of various chemotherapeutic regimens, checking appropriateness of dosing based on patient labs, screening for any interactions, checking stability, safety, and timeliness of cycle.
Clinical Coordinator / Interim Director / Staff Clinical Pharmacist
West Boca Medical Center
08.1998 - 10.2003
- Coordinated patient care activities across multiple departments and services.
- Managed scheduling and resource allocation for clinical staff.
- Assisted in the evaluation of clinical protocols and procedures.
Director of Pharmacy
Hospice Pharmacia
12.1997 - 07.1998
- (business contract not renewed by corporate)
Pharmacy Manager
Florida Medical Center South
05.1997 - 11.1997
- (facility closed)
Staff Pharmacist
Broward General Medical Center
04.1995 - 05.1997
- Provided accurate medication dispensing for diverse patient populations.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to optimize patient care plans.
Staff Pharmacist
Express Pharmacy Services
04.1992 - 01.1995
Staff Pharmacist
Children’s Hospital of Alabama
05.1990 - 03.1992
Education
APhA Immunization certification -
01.2019
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Samford University
01.1994
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy -
Samford University
01.1990
Skills
- Epic charting
- Medication therapy management
- Renal dosing protocols
- Anticoagulation monitoring
- Clinical protocol evaluation
- Patient care coordination
- Drug interaction assessment
- Formulary adherence
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Decision making
- Physician orders processing
- Flexibility in scheduling
- IV admixtures
- Prescription drug interaction assessment
- Pharmacy automation systems
- Skilled in clinical interventions
- Drug interactions monitoring
- Medication dispensing
- Drug interactions
- FDA drug safety guidelines
- Pharmaceutical calculations
- Committed to quality assurance
- Adverse reaction reporting
- HIPAA regulations compliance
Position Summary
- Collaborate with providers and other team members to assess, plan, and implement individualized safe and effective medication regimen within the patient’s plan of care which promotes optimal health and patient safety.
- Check and verify provider orders to ensure correctness, appropriateness and safety for individual patients.
- Provide drug information on dosing, adverse effects, drug interactions, and offer alternate formulary medication when necessary.
- Accept responsibility, authority and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with the current law, policies, and procedures.
- Supervise pharmacy technicians.
- 2019 immunization certification
Timeline
Staff Pharmacist
Advocate Health Airport Center Pharmacy
01.2018 - Current
Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Advocate Health Cabarrus
01.2016 - 01.2018
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Browardhealth North
03.2010 - 12.2016
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Boca Raton Community Hospital
10.2003 - 03.2010
Clinical Coordinator / Interim Director / Staff Clinical Pharmacist
West Boca Medical Center
08.1998 - 10.2003
Director of Pharmacy
Hospice Pharmacia
12.1997 - 07.1998
Pharmacy Manager
Florida Medical Center South
05.1997 - 11.1997
Staff Pharmacist
Broward General Medical Center
04.1995 - 05.1997
Staff Pharmacist
Express Pharmacy Services
04.1992 - 01.1995
Staff Pharmacist
Children’s Hospital of Alabama
05.1990 - 03.1992
APhA Immunization certification -
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Samford University
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy -
Samford University