Katherine Signorella
Naperville,IL
Summary
Experienced with preparing and dispensing medications accurately and efficiently. Knowledge of working collaboratively with pharmacists and healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacy Technician
Northwestern Central Dupage Hospital
06.2021 - Current
- Refill and maintain Omnicell including outdating, stockouts and loading
- Prepare orders and maintain inventory for the pharmacy department
- Prepares IV solutions in accordance with USP 797 guidelines for all units including pediatrics, NICU and PICU
- Daily cleaning of the IV room using sterile water, Peridox and alcohol
- Daily cart fill from Talyst Carousel drug storage system
- Prepacking oral medications
- Non-sterile compounding
- Replenishing crash carts, RSI boxes and hemorrhage kits
- Assisted in writing workflow for Overnight Pharmacy Technicians
- End of shift handoff to appropriate parties on a daily basis
- Enhanced pharmacy workflow by assisting pharmacists with medication dispensing, labeling, and packaging.
- Performed various pharmacy operational activities with strong commitment to accuracy, efficiency, and service quality.
Pharmacy Technician
AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center
05.2021 - 06.2021
- Refill and maintain Pyxis
- Prepare orders and maintain inventory for the pharmacy department
- Prepares IV solutions in accordance with USP 797 guidelines
- Non-sterile compounding
Pharmacy Technician
Ascension Living/Ascension Rx
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Fulfilled automated medication orders using the TCGRX ATP
- Accurately filled manual orders and maintains inventory for the pharmacy
- Repacks bulk medications
- Replenishes Omnicell inventory at various long term care facilities
- Facilitates deliveries at both regularly scheduled intervals and STAT requests as required
- Prepares IV solutions in accordance with USP 797 guidelines.
Pharmacy Floor Technician/Narcotics Technician
Pharmscript
10.2018 - 03.2020
- Labels, scans and otherwise prepares the finished prescription for final verification by a pharmacist.
- Used Framework to print labels and perform NDC changes
- Fills daily drug orders accurately and efficiently in a timely manner, under the supervision of a pharmacist
- Pull/pick medications from shelving
- Applies labels to blister cards then scans product for accuracy check
- Alerts pharmacist on duty of any medication/product or procedural irregularities
- Worked in toting area preparing for prescriptions to be sent to LTC facilities
- Maintains designated workstation areas and replenishes all stock supplies as needed
- Organized emergency kits including Nexsys drawers and made sure that they went out with the appropriate delivery
- Assisted with training of new employees
- Accurately filled and toted Controlled Substance Prescriptions
- Filled Pass Med prescriptions
- Filled orders for compounded products
- Assisted with the setup of Med carts for new facilities
Pharmacy Technician Externship
WALGREENS
01.2017 - 02.2017
- Accurately & expeditiously pulled medications from the stock shelves on behalf of customer orders.
- Retrieved, counted, measured and dispensed capped drugs and capped and uncapped vials and bottles.
- Labeled all products appropriately, including the cautionary and auxiliary labels.
- Organized and archived filled prescriptions for subsequent processing in alphabetically labeled bins.
- Stocked shelves, rotated stocked and checked current pharmacy inventory for expired medications.
- Hand counted control medications and measured liquids.
- Coordinated handoff of the dispensed orders to the resident licensed pharmacist for final verification.
Food Service Worker
ARAMARK
12.2015 - 01.2017
- Monitored food temperatures to maintain safety in accordance to the FDA Food Code standards at all times and documented results in the operations log.
- Perform daily inventory to ensure accurate food counts and document in production log.
- Covered cashier duties as needed to complete daily point of sale transactions.
- Cleaned and sanitize all food preparation and serving areas throughout the day as needed
Education
Pharmacy Technician Program
College of DuPage
01.2017
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL05.1997
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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL05.1996
Skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Team collaboration
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Workflow optimization
- Medication dispensing
- Labeling accuracy
- Pharmaceutical calculations
- Manual and automated medication dispensing
- Compounding techniques
- Intravenous admixture preparation
- Dispensing medications
- Certified pharmacy technician
Certification
- Illinois Pharmacy Technician License No. 049.244607
- Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
- Certification No. 30035294
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician
Northwestern Central Dupage Hospital
06.2021 - Current
Pharmacy Technician
AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center
05.2021 - 06.2021
Pharmacy Technician
Ascension Living/Ascension Rx
03.2020 - 05.2021
Pharmacy Floor Technician/Narcotics Technician
Pharmscript
10.2018 - 03.2020
Pharmacy Technician Externship
WALGREENS
01.2017 - 02.2017
Food Service Worker
ARAMARK
12.2015 - 01.2017
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Loyola University Chicago
Pharmacy Technician Program
College of DuPage
Waubonsee Community College
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