Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Affiliations
Timeline
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Chioma Nnamdi

Chioma Nnamdi

Doncaster,South Yorkshire

Summary

Qualified Pharmacist with extensive background in clinical and advanced management strategies. Utilises superior communication skills to build meaningful, trusting relationships that exceed demands of stakeholders. Highly skilled project manager with outstanding team leadership abilities to meet targets consistently . Organized team leader who builds positive rapport, inspires trust and guides teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Excellent trainer and mentor.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Medicines Optimisation Team Lead

NHS South Yorkshire, ICB
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
04.2022 - Current
  • Leading a team of pharmacists and technicians to influence multiple stakeholders in health and social care service in rational prescribing and to provide guidelines on medicines Optimisation, patient safety, and experience.

Medicines Governance Pharmacist

NHS South Yorkshire ICB
Sheffield
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • One year secondment working with all the medication safety officers nationwide to ensure effective and safe use of medicines.

Locality Lead

NHS Doncaster CCG
05.2019 - 01.2022
  • Provide Prescribing Support to 12 GP practices in the Doncaster North Locality to deliver rational, high quality, cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing through expert pharmaceutical advice
  • Utilise practical communications skills to maintain and build positive client relationships.

Primary care Lead Pharmacist

Mansfield and Ashfield CCG
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Work in collaboration with the Nottinghamshire Shared Medicines Management team and the CCG Service Development Team to ensure that policies, guidance, and protocols related to interface and medicines optimisation service provision are implemented within GP practices and healthcare establishments.

Area Pharmacist

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Doncaster
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Promoting rational prescribing in line with national, and CCG guidelines and policies
  • Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the key performance indicators

Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Trust
03.2011 - 01.2017


  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals.
  • Provided excellent care with focus on patient safety, comfort and dignity.
  • Facilitated reviews through patient chart audits, inventory and supply management.

Rotational Pharmacist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds
05.2008 - 03.2011

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Yorkshire NHS Trust
Wakefield
09.2007 - 05.2008

Specialist HIV

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
Huddersfield
08.2006 - 07.2007

Pre-registration Pharmacist

Lloyd's Pharmacy
Doncaster
07.2005 - 07.2006

Pharmacy Technician

HM Prison Pharmacy
Bristol
04.2004 - 08.2004

Pharmacist Technician

Southmead Hospital
Bristol
01.2004 - 03.2004

Pharmacy assistant

BNB Pharmacy
London
11.2003 - 01.2004

Hospital representative

Roche Nigeria Limited, Swiss Pharma Nigeria
03.1998 - 04.2003

Clinical Pharmacist NNPC

Medical Centre
11.1996 - 12.1997

Pre-Registration Pharmacist

National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research
10.1995 - 11.1996

Education

Master of Science - Pain Management

Cardiff University
Cardiff
09.2020 - 03.2023

Certificate in Independent Prescribing -

University of Bradford
Bradford
09.2014 - 06.2015

MSc - Clinical Pharmacy

Queens University
Belfast
09.2007 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

University of Benin
Nigeria
01.1990 - 08.1995

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Outstanding time management
  • Employee coaching and mentorship
  • Key Performance Indicator (KPI) management

Accomplishments

    2023 - MSc Research on Opioid Tapering for patients with chronic non-cancer pain in primary care. This involved investigating robust updated evidence to support the most effective opioid tapering strategies and their possible effects on patient outcomes.

    2016 - conducted an audit titled 'Appropriate Use of Parenteral Nutrition (PN) ' which involved the Prospective and Retrospective data analysis of 100 patients in Doncaster Royal Infirmary over a one-year period with emphasis on re-feeding risks and prompt transition to enteral feeding where possible.

    2009 - MSc research on ‘Promoting rationale prescribing in HIV clinics in St. James University Hospitals Leeds'. This involved the analysis of prescription patterns over a period of one year in 350 patients, reviewing the factors influencing the choice of various treatments and auditing if treatments choices were in line with national guidelines.

Additional Information

  • Awards and recognitions - Highly commended award for project on Opioid prescribing in Doncaster (Prescqipp National Awards for Excellence, 2022)

Affiliations

Memberships

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Timeline

Medicines Optimisation Team Lead

NHS South Yorkshire, ICB
04.2022 - Current

Medicines Governance Pharmacist

NHS South Yorkshire ICB
01.2022 - 01.2023

Master of Science - Pain Management

Cardiff University
09.2020 - 03.2023

Locality Lead

NHS Doncaster CCG
05.2019 - 01.2022

Primary care Lead Pharmacist

Mansfield and Ashfield CCG
01.2018 - 05.2019

Area Pharmacist

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
01.2017 - 01.2018

Certificate in Independent Prescribing -

University of Bradford
09.2014 - 06.2015

Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Trust
03.2011 - 01.2017

Rotational Pharmacist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
05.2008 - 03.2011

MSc - Clinical Pharmacy

Queens University
09.2007 - 12.2009

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Yorkshire NHS Trust
09.2007 - 05.2008

Specialist HIV

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
08.2006 - 07.2007

Pre-registration Pharmacist

Lloyd's Pharmacy
07.2005 - 07.2006

Pharmacy Technician

HM Prison Pharmacy
04.2004 - 08.2004

Pharmacist Technician

Southmead Hospital
01.2004 - 03.2004

Pharmacy assistant

BNB Pharmacy
11.2003 - 01.2004

Hospital representative

Roche Nigeria Limited, Swiss Pharma Nigeria
03.1998 - 04.2003

Clinical Pharmacist NNPC

Medical Centre
11.1996 - 12.1997

Pre-Registration Pharmacist

National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research
10.1995 - 11.1996

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

University of Benin
01.1990 - 08.1995
Chioma Nnamdi