This document provides a summary of Crystal Taylor's experience and qualifications as a pharmacy technician. It includes her contact information, licenses, skills, and professional experience working as a lead pharmacy technician and IV/Chemo pharmacy technician from 2015 to present in Newport News, Virginia and as a pharmacy technician from 2008 to 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky and from 2006 to 2008 at an Army community hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The pharmacy technician supplies medicines with prescription or without prescription to the patient and assemble different medicines for administering them to patients, offering info to the healthcare professionals and patients reading the dosage and the medicine brands.
Very determine and hardworking individual looking for stability in Health Care industry. Consider myself as a team player, enjoy helping others and looking for opportunities to obtain my long term goal to becoming one of the best Certified Professional Coders in Health Care.
The pharmacy technician supplies medicines with prescription or without prescription to the patient and assemble different medicines for administering them to patients, offering info to the healthcare professionals and patients reading the dosage and the medicine brands.
Very determine and hardworking individual looking for stability in Health Care industry. Consider myself as a team player, enjoy helping others and looking for opportunities to obtain my long term goal to becoming one of the best Certified Professional Coders in Health Care.
1. CRYSTAL TAYLOR
7 Curle Rd., Hampton, VA 23669
Home: 757-224-1560
crystaltaylor658@yahoo.com
Obtain a career as a Pharmacy Technician utilizing a diverse educational and medical background.
Virginia Registered Pharmacy Technician: 0230005886
Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB): 10041780
Friendly & Professional demeanor
HIPAA trained
Extensive medical terminology knowledge
Pyxis system
Pharmaceutical storage awareness
Medication compounding expert
Abbreviations comprehension
Counting and pouring expertise
Inventory management
Staff training
Computer-savvy
TPN Compounding
Chemotherapy IVPB
USP 797
Proper Sterilization Techniques
Stocking supplies
Using a scale
Operating automated equipment
Works well independently
06/2015 to 11/2015
MARY IMMACULATE OUTPATIENT/ GOOD HEALTH PHARMACY
Newport News, VA
Lead Pharmacy Technician
Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
Establish. maintain and update patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
Maintain proper storage and security conditions for medications. Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current
inventory and recalled medications.
Order, label, and count stock of medications, over the counter medications, and enter inventory data into
computer.
Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
Deliver medications to patients, nursing stations, or surgery units.
Prepares DEA reports, provides cash reconciliation reports, makes deposits and applies electronic funds to
Pharmacy account.
Communicated directly with doctors' offices via telephone, fax and email.
Provided friendly customer service at prescription drop-off and pick-up counters.
Efficiently answered multi-line phone and processed high volume of order requests from nurses, doctors and
pharmacists. Strictly maintained customer and patient confidentiality.
Provided critical information and advice to customers regarding possible drug interactions, side effects, dosage
and proper medication storage.
Calculated, weighed, measured and mixed ingredients with expert precision.
Advised customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment or healthcare supplies.
09/2013 to 06/2015
MARY IMMACULATE INPATIENT PHARMACY
Newport News, VA
IV/Chemo Pharmacy Technician
Prepares Intravenous bags and Intramuscular injections for Chemotherapy patients for our Out-patient Infusion
Center.
Maintains supply and restock of Pyxis med-stations. Troubleshoots any problems that arise and assist Cardinal
Health in resolving any and all Pyxis system issues.
Insures IV and Chemotherapy Clean rooms are kept to USP 797.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
LICENSES
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2. Trained Technicians with no previous IV experience and trained technician in Chemotherapy preparation using
PhaSeal.
Prepares Adult and Baby TPNs with both Baxter compounding equipment and by hand.
Handles control orders by receiving inventory to vault, dispensing controlled medications, and prepacking unit
doses for dispensing to med stations.
10/2008 to 10/2009
NORTON HEALTHCARE
Louisville, KY
Pharmacy Technician
Prepares IV Piggyback using aseptic techniques and procedures. Maintains and prepares pharmacy equipment
such as Pyxis medication stations on various hospital units.
Utilizes proper sterile techniques, manufactures complicated parental admixtures and delivers to nursing units in
the form of large volume IV bags, infusion syringes, IM injections, etc.
Assist Pharmacist on Code Blue/Cardiac Arrest Calls, which included rushing back up crash carts to the code,
retrieving and delivering anything necessary from the Pharmacy needed for the code per Pharmacist
instruction.
10/2006 to 09/2008
IRELAND ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Fort Knox, KY
Pharmacy Technician
Concealed patients on new prescription directions, cautions, side effects, etc. with Pharmacist supervision.
Used computerized computerized filling systems to fill fast moving and high volume medications such as
Mckesson robots and other related equipment.
Filled and maintained proper documentation and inventory on Controlled Narcotics.
Trusted with alarm codes and vault combinations for pharmacy access to perform opening and closing
procedures with no other assistance from pharmacy staff.
10/2003 to 10/2006
WALMART PHARMACY
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Pharmacy Technician
Input hand written prescriptions for Pharmacist verification.
Troubleshoot insurance issues by communicating with patients and calling insurance companies.
Transcribed new prescriptions and received clarification from doctors over the phone with Pharmacist
supervision and verification.
Filled and maintained pharmacy inventory and outdates of medications, ordered daily inventory, rotated stock
and prepared outdated medications for shipment and reimbursement.
Assisted in remodle to become HIPAA compliant.
2006ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE: MEDICAL ASSISTING
National Collge of Business and Technology, Harrisonburg, VA
Dean's List fall semester 2004
EDUCATION AND TRAINING