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Sonia Simon Losada

Honours Degree in Pharmacy

Summary

   Exceptionally organised and enthusiastic professional with over ten years experience providing services in community pharmacy and private clinic settingsOutstanding interpersonal skills with a track record for establishing positive relationships with patients and staff. Strong attention to detail and time management. Dedicated to providing quality patient care with confidentialy and respect. Looking for a dynamic role  in a friendly, upbeat and motivating environment.

Work experience overview

Pharmacy Technician

2016
International Medical Clinic.
  • Worked as part of a cohesive team to provide exceptional client care
  • Dispensing medicines and giving advice to children's carers about how to take their medication, explaining about adverse side-effects and interaction with other drugs
  • Administering oral and inhalation medicines to babies and children. Measurement of children's weight and height. Assisting nurses while they collected blood from children and administered vaccines.
  • Liaising with paediatrician and nurses to provide best care to patients and carers
  • Giving advice regarding children vaccines.
  • Directly training new Pharmacy Techs and nurses
  • Assisting other pharmacy staff with drug inventory and stock checks
  • Correctly completing pharmacy paperwork, including daily and weekly reports. Participating in team meetings.

Locum Pharmacist

April 2005August 2013
Self-employed. Bristol. UK
  • Dispensing medicines to patients or their carers to make sure they receive clearly and correctly labelled medicines and understand how and when to use and how to store  the prescribed medicines and to ensure the safe and effective use of the product.  This process involved:
         

1. Professional and clinical reviewing the prescription:

      - Assess the prescribed dosage to ensure it is safe and appropriate   
     - Review patient’s specific factors: age, allergies and other health conditions,  pregnancy/lactation
     - Evaluation of the legal requirements set by the General Pharmaceutical Council

 2. Dispensing   

      - Selection of products (appropriate drug, brand, strength, form, quantity and repacking if needed (non-standard quantity)
      - Dispensing check:  correct drug, brand, strength, form, quantity correct formula/methodology for compounded products
       

3. Suppling prescription to patients/carers: Re-check:

      - Correct patient and medicines election of products (appropriate drug, brand, strength, form, quantity and repacking if needed (non-standard quantity)
      

4. Counselling  patients or their carers to ensure they have sufficient information to enable an understanding of their medicines and the intended therapeutic effect 

 

  • Liaising with doctors in the situations where the prescriber should be contacted regarding  prescribing issues
  • Undertaking Medicine Use Reviews (MUR) and NMS (New Medicine Service) to help patients understand about their current or new treatment, respectively. 
  • Keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice, attending workshops and completing CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
  • Carrying out consultations with patients in a private consultation area or over the counter, to diagnose and treat common ailments and diseases in adults, children and the elderly
  • Daily dispensing and supervision of treatment of drug misuse (methadone and buprenorphine)
  • Keeping a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
  • Preparing dose administration aids (DAA) for the elderly and those with memory/ learning difficulties 
  • Managing needle and syringe exchange, measuring and fitting compression hosiery
  • Monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol level and diabetes screening service
  • Stop smoking service
  • Emergency contraception service
  • Provision and supervision of "Over the Counter" and "P-medicines" sales

Hospital Pharmacist

20042005
Southmead Hospital. NHS. Bristol. UK

  • Working closely with medical and nursing staff on the wards to ensure patients receive the most appropriate treatments, and provide help and advice to patients in all aspects of their medicines
  • Offering advice on dosage and suggest the most appropriate form of medication such as tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler
  • Advising patients with conditions such as heart, kidney or liver disease, and pregnant or breastfeeding women, working with patients to help select the most appropriate therapy, taking account of factors such as existing medication, medical history, lifestyle, patient’s beliefs and wishes, and their ability to understand and adhere to a treatment plan
  • Providing information about potential side effects and ensure that new medicines are compatible with any existing medication and monitor the effects of treatment to ensure that it is safe and effective
  • Using electronic databases and the internet to provide detailed information to healthcare professionals and patients about medicines usage

Pharmacy Manager

2002 2004
Moss Pharmacy. Salisbury. UK
  • Responsible for controlling, dispensing and distributing medicine, working to legal and ethical guidelines 
  • Management, supervision and training pharmacy support staff.

  • Budgeting and financial management. Balancing inventory levels that satisfy patient ́s needs while minimizing cost
  • Meeting medical representatives, preparing publicity materials and displays and marketing services

Education

Certificate in Infectious Disease

01/10/2017Currently studying
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Broad understanding of infectious diseases through the core modules in public health, biostatistics and epidemiology, and the biology and control of infectious diseases.

References

Claire Rebentrost .

Paediatrician. International Paediatric Clinic. Singapore 

Phone: 0451491205

mail: drclairerebentrost@gmail.com

Rachel Jenkins

Paediatric nurse in charge.  International Paediatric Clinic. Singapore

Phone: 0412215079


mail: rachelswhite@yahoo.com