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Ada Ejiofor

Ada Ejiofor

Registered Nurse (UK), Registered Pharmacist (Nigeria)
Wakefield,WKF

Summary

Experienced health professional, now working as a UK Registered Nurse in an Acute and Urgent care setting, with a demonstrated history of working across multi-functional teams in diverse health care organizations as a pharmacist in Nigeria. Adept clinical knowledge and therapeutic treatments. An accomplished and fluent communicator with excellent investigation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Looking for opportunities to put my broad-ranging expertise to use to overcome health issues with technological solutions that facilitates quality care in service users

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Nurse

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield
, AAU
01.2022 - Current
  • Provided Urgent care
  • Documented nursing services provided and uploaded to comprehensive tracking systems for health records.
  • Help promote better quality of life and wellbeing of service users
  • Maintain good professional relationships with external Multidisciplinary team
  • Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
  • Protected confidentiality of information related to patient care activities and EMS operations.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
  • Educated patients and families on diagnosis, neurological conditions and processes, treatments and expected outcomes.

Student Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Stevenage
03.2020 - 09.2022


  • Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures in Trauma & Orthopaedic Ward, Stroke Ward, Elderly Care, Interventional Radiology, Orchard Nursing Home, Acute Medical Unit, Plastics & Surgery Ward
  • Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
  • Administered close patient care, checked vital signs, and monitored telemetry.
  • Performed regular rounds to check on well-being of patients.

Pharmacist

Leap Pharmacy Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
03.2019 - 09.2020
  • Dispense prescription medicines to the public
  • Recommend and sell over-the-counter devices or medication options to help mitigate individual symptoms
  • Educate patients on possible drug interactions, potential side effects and optimal methods of administration
  • Participate in consultation sessions
  • Interpretation of medical records
  • Maintained appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary.
  • Worked with automated dispensing systems to securely store medication and track narcotics and other controlled drugs.
  • Remained knowledgeable about health insurance and other third-party payment programs to facilitate purchases.
  • Educated patients on medication, tools and equipment to promote patient-centered care and increase adherence to treatment.
  • Complied with pharmacy regulations to increase quality of health care and inhibit criminal abuse of drugs.
  • Reviewed prescription to confirm appropriate selection of drug, dose and check for interactions with other medications.
  • Offer specialist health checks, such as blood pressure and blood glucose monitoring
  • Ensure proper patient documentation (filing), follow-up and evaluation with emphasis on medication therapy management
  • Ensure procurement of special orders to meet patients' urgent need
  • Monitor ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead
  • Supervise work of pharmacy technicians' and other pharmacists to optimize service quality.

Production/ Regulatory Pharmacist

Tyonex Nigeria Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
03.2018 - 01.2019
  • Drive productivity and efficiency in all processes while ensuring the highest levels of quality and safety in each process
  • Initiate and carry out process and cleaning validations of production relevant processes and equipment
  • Provide assistance efforts in calibration and qualification of facility and equipment
  • Control correctness/completeness of batch documentation and production records
  • Review at prescribed intervals data entries of production documents
  • Production of high-quality pharmaceutical products in accordance with GMP principles
  • Direct management of manufacturing and regulatory activities in compliance to company goals and objectives
  • Update and enforce GMP, compliance, safety, security and ecological regulations
  • Medical device and/or investigational product/drug accountability and inventory
  • Regulatory document review
  • Medical record and research source documentation verification against case report form data, including informing the staff of any entry errors, ensuring good documentation practices are being adhered to and communicating protocol deviations appropriately per SOPs, GCP and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Establishing excellent working relationships with all levels of government and health care organisations

Clinical Pharmacist

Lagoon Hospitals Ikeja Nigeria
Lagos , Nigeria
03.2017 - 02.2018
  • Review patient prescription and check prescriptions for errors, ensuring that they are appropriate and safe for the individual patient
  • Dispense medications in a high-pressure environment
  • Provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler
  • Interpretation of medical records
  • Liaise with other medical staff to ensure optimal patient care
  • Supervise the work of less experienced and less qualified pharmacists' interns and trainees
  • Keep accurate documentation of medication plans and patient progress
  • Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
  • Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending and presenting at educational workshops on the introduction to epidemiology of disease in global health.
  • Partnered with physicians and other members of healthcare team to optimize patient care through effective use of medications.

Locum Pharmacist

Sante Forte Pharmacy
Lagos , Nigeria
11.2015 - 01.2017
  • Recommend and sell over-the-counter devices or medication options to help mitigate individual symptoms
  • Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.
  • Educate patients on possible drug interactions, potential side effects and optimal methods of administration
  • Participate in consultation sessions
  • Ensure proper patient documentation, follow-up, and evaluation with emphasis on medication therapy management
  • Ensure procurement of special orders to meet patients' urgent need
  • Monitor ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead
  • Supervise work of pharmacy technicians' and other pharmacists to optimize service quality.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
  • Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
  • Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.

Pharmacist

Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba
Lagos , Nigeria
11.2015 - 12.2016
  • Reviewed patient prescription and checked prescriptions for errors, ensuring that they are appropriate and safe for the individual patient
  • Dispensed medications in a high-pressure environment
  • Medical Record Evaluation
  • Provided advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler
  • Liaised with other medical staff to ensure optimal patient care
  • Verified patient data and billing information to discover and resolve erroneous bills due to calculation errors
  • Completed pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' workflow; verifying their preparation and labelling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, carrying out monthly inventories, charges, and inspections
  • Ensured medicines were stored appropriately and securely
  • Participated in ward rounds to take patient drug histories
  • Provided pharmacy information's to other health professionals and clients within the hospital
  • Worked in AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN) Clinic pharmacy where I evaluated and monitored laboratory data to drive safe and effective medication therapy.
  • Worked with automated dispensing systems to securely store medication and track anti-retrovirals and other controlled drugs.

Regulatory Pharmacist (Internship Placement)

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Lagos, Nigeria
08.2014 - 08.2015
  • Vetting company applications for permit authorization by deputy director
  • Generate permits to import for authorization by deputy director
  • Receive samples for laboratory analysis
  • Prepare notification for sample registration
  • Vetting of company applications for advertisement of regulated products
  • Generate compliance directives for company applications found wanting
  • Pre-registration processing of sample products
  • Raise payment advice for renewal, new registration, notification and import permit
  • Warehousing of submitted drug sample for registration or for renewal prior to bulk dispensing to the laboratory units that have the facilities to carry out the required quality assurance tests
  • Editing and distribution of SOPs to laboratories, Dishing and recording of reference standards, record keeping, documentation, internal audits
  • Participated in various inspections for routine inspection, advisory inspection, pre-registration and pre-production, surveillance, follow up inspection, GMP assessment and sampling inspection in pharmaceutical companies
  • Conduct laboratory analysis and tests on foods, drugs and other regulated products
  • Update laboratory SOP and GMP documents
  • Evaluate dossiers of drug products intended for registration by the Agency
  • Review of clinical data submissions for new chemical entities and generic medicines
  • Participate in Good Clinical Practice inspection (GCP) of clinical trial sites for compliance with approved protocols
  • Prepare GMP Reassessments documents (Licence Renewal, unsatisfactory laboratory analysis & Product re-formulation)
  • Review documents of clinical trial protocols of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biologics, herbal medicines, nutraceuticals as well as cosmetics and medical devices.
  • • Establishing excellent working relationships with all levels of government and health care organisations

Pharmacist Student

Lagos University Teaching Hospital Pharmacy, LUTH, Initiative
Lagos , Nigeria
01.2013 - 10.2013
  • Shadowed the senior pharmacist to learn the rudiments of hospital pharmacy practice
  • Assisted in properly assessing patients' treatment sheets
  • Assisted in dispensing patient prescribed drugs
  • Attended monthly clinical meetings held by senior colleagues
  • Participated in the monthly stocktaking
  • Introduction to Patient medical records and documentation
  • Worked in AIDS Prevention, Nigeria (APIN) Clinic pharmacy

Pharmacist student Trainee

Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH
Lagos, Nigeria
04.2012 - 10.2012
  • Shadowed the senior pharmacist to learn the rudiments of hospital pharmacy practice
  • Assisted in properly assessing patients' treatment sheets
  • Assisted in dispensing patient prescribed drugs
  • Attended monthly clinical meetings held by senior colleagues
  • Participated in the monthly stocktaking
  • Maintained safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
  • Presented to the in-patient pharmacy unit on asthma
  • Medical documentation and filing
  • Worked in AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN) Clinic pharmacy

Education

MSc - Nursing (Adult)

University of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire, UK
09.2020 - 2022.09

B Pharm (Hons) degree - Pharmacy

University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
10.2008 - 2014.04

West African Senior School Certificate Examination - GCSE Equivalent

Federal Government Girls College (F.G.G.C) Sagamu
Ogun state, Nigeria
05.1999 - 06.2005

Skills

    Analytical skills & Critical thinking

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Affiliations


  • Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) 2024
  • Royal College of Nursing (RCN) 2024
  • Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) 2014-till date

Timeline

Nurse

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield
01.2022 - Current

MSc - Nursing (Adult)

University of Hertfordshire
09.2020 - 2022.09

Student Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
03.2020 - 09.2022

Pharmacist

Leap Pharmacy Nigeria
03.2019 - 09.2020

Production/ Regulatory Pharmacist

Tyonex Nigeria Limited
03.2018 - 01.2019

Clinical Pharmacist

Lagoon Hospitals Ikeja Nigeria
03.2017 - 02.2018

Locum Pharmacist

Sante Forte Pharmacy
11.2015 - 01.2017

Pharmacist

Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba
11.2015 - 12.2016

Regulatory Pharmacist (Internship Placement)

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
08.2014 - 08.2015

Pharmacist Student

Lagos University Teaching Hospital Pharmacy, LUTH, Initiative
01.2013 - 10.2013

Pharmacist student Trainee

Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH
04.2012 - 10.2012

B Pharm (Hons) degree - Pharmacy

University of Lagos
10.2008 - 2014.04

West African Senior School Certificate Examination - GCSE Equivalent

Federal Government Girls College (F.G.G.C) Sagamu
05.1999 - 06.2005
Ada EjioforRegistered Nurse (UK), Registered Pharmacist (Nigeria)