Michael Idu
Maidstone
Summary
A dedicated Pharmacist Manager/Locum possessing the skills and knowledge essential for managing a team in a clinical setting. I am looking for a post as a pharmacist Manager/locum where I can use my experience and interpersonal skills towards patient safety, meeting goals and achieving targets. In my time so far as a pharmacist Manager, I have been responsible for implementing staff training, Travel Health Clinics and Professional service for the pharmacy. I lead a highly motivated, well-trained team of staff to deliver excellent customer services. Also, I have built and enjoyed excellent relationships with my customers and the GP practices.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work history
Pharmacist Manager
Lloyds Pharmacy
Ringwood
10.2018 - 03.2023
- Managing and supplying medicines to three Nursing homes in the area
- Working closely with the resident nurses to optimize medication for patients in nursing homes and making suitable recommendations for GPs and Independent Prescribing Nurses after visits. This especially applied to patient Nil by mouth or when there was a supply issue with medications
- Pre- registration Tutor/Designated supervisor -Successfully trained 3 pharmacist who went on to pass their GPHC exams
- Workplace training supervisor - trained Pharmacy Technicians under the Buttercups Pharmacy technician Training programme (Apprenticeship pathway)
- Working closely with Drug and alcohol abuse clinic (Inclusion) in Ringwood and New Forest area to provide pharmacological, harm reduction interventions and structured treatment plans tailored to individual needs of vulnerable patients
- Providing health promotion interventions when running NHS Flu vaccination clinics, Covid vaccination clinics, Pneumonia and Hepatitis B vaccination clinics, Diabetes and Cholesterol check
- Owned legal and ethical decision making within pharmacy.
- Prioritised patient safety by conducting continual reviews through audits, observations and clinical risk assessments.
- Providing training/induction for new colleagues/Pharmacist joining the company (one week induction in branch)
- Set up new Weight loss service in branch (Saxenda) and provided training for colleagues.
- Oversaw service expansion initiative since 2018 to offer 3 additional services including Lateral flow testing, emergency contraception, BP testing.
- Managing prescription request, clinically checking of prescription and dispensing of medication
- Providing minor ailment services for patients in agreement with local PGDs and GP surgeries.
Pharmacist Manager
Day Lewis Pharmacy
Bournemouth
09.2015 - 05.2018
- Increased NHS time from 7500 to 11500 till date
- Increased Pharmacy retail sale profit by 50%
- Implementation of Private and NHS Patient Group Directive (PGD) - Emergency Hormonal Contraception, Smoking cessation, NHS Flu service
- Implementing Health promotion strategies like weight management and blood pressure monitoring
- Delivering MUR and NMS
- Training and Recruitment of staff: Medicines counter assistant, Dispensers and Accredited Checking technician
- Maintaining a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with all relevant GPHC Standard Operating procedures, rules, and regulations
- Maintaining the pharmacy inventory by checking pharmacy stock, verifying receipts and removing outdated drugs.
Brand Executive Manager
Ranbaxy Nigeria Ltd
11.2013 - 01.2014
- Responsible for brand building, liaising with agencies, production of in - house promotional materials and publications, preparing press releases, organizing promotional activities
- Understanding market and customer
- Preparation of brand plan-marketing, quarterly promotional strategy-input finalization and input implementation plan
- Brand sales analysis and follow up for strategy implementation
- Ensuring brand profitability
- Piloting the innovations and creating new indications and expanding markets
- Keep up to date with market trends and new developments utilizing information for business improvement
- Accountability for Brand's performance & working closely with sales team
- Formulating and implementing trade/marketing strategies
- Providing market analysis information pertaining to competitors, trends and activities
02.2013
- Lloyds pharmacy (Ryde, Isle of Wight)
- Preregistration pharmacist training- Community pharmacy cross sector training
- Maintaining controlled drugs (CD) register and handling CD scripts
- Interviewed customers for Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC)
- Dispensing scripts
- Ordering stock
- Patient counselling
- Dealing with phone queries
- Checking Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS)
- Observed and Carried out NMS
Pre-registration Pharmacist trainee
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Newport
08.2012 - 01.2013
- Dispensing, checking of dispensed items, stock management, maintaining controlled drugs (CD) register, screening of prescriptions, patient counselling, and dealing with phone queries
- Ward based services such as medicines reconciliation, patients - own - drugs (POD) assessment, endorsing and screening electronic prescriptions via the hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system, attending multidisciplinary ward rounds
- Following up on interventions and staff queries whilst on clinical rotations
- Being aware of own limitations and able to refer when appropriate
- Applying clinical learning to practice by undertaking clinical audit and preparing for registration exam.
- Applied clinical knowledge to provide helpful and reliable customer service.
- Owned mistakes and worked hard to action written and verbal feedback.
- Supported team of pharmacists and technicians to deliver smooth clinical and distributive service-Worked on weekends
Clinical Pharmacist
Beta Pharmacy
01.2014 - 09.2014
- Informed patients regarding medicine ingredients and dosages to gauge allergic symptoms.
- Referred patients to designated doctors and health professionals to meet health and wellness.
- Evaluated condition and health problems to verify medications prescribed met patient needs.
- Consulted with doctors and health care providers to choose ideal medication therapy.
Lloyds pharmacy
Portsmouth
01.2011
- University community placement programme
- Handling prescriptions
- Responding to OTC queries
- Answering phone queries
- Observed and carried out MURs
- Dispensing of prescription medicines
- Attending to customers
- Assisted in preparing MDS
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Newport
06.2011 - 08.2011
- Summer Placement Programme
- My role as a summer student under supervision included;
- Dispensing of prescription medicines
- Providing counselling advice
- Clinical screening of drug charts
- Carrying out medicines reconciliation
- Carrying out drug history taking
Education
Allergic skin disease - Dermatology
Imperial College of science
London 06.2021 - 06.2021
MSc - Public Health
University of Bournemouth
Bournemouth, England 09.2014 - 09.2015
Master of Pharmacy (MPHARM) -
University of Portsmouth
2012
Diploma - Pharmacy
Inti International University
Nilai/Malaysia2008
BSc - Chemistry
Benue State University
2006
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
2001
Skills
- Managing OTC sales and achieving targets
- Dispensing NHS prescriptions
- Providing NHS commisioned services- EHC, Hypertension case finding services, New medicines service, Smoking cessation,
- Vaccination- Covid vaccination, NHS flu vaccination, Hepatitis B vaccination (adults) and Pneumonia vaccination
- Managing travel clinics
- Dispensing and Clinical check of prescriptions
Affiliations
General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Member Royal Pharmaceutical society
Member Royal Society for Public Health England
Interests
INTERESTS and HOBBIES
, My interest includes playing sports, mainly basketball; we currently meet on Sundays and I am responsible for organising and bringing the team together. It is a sociable weekly routine which I consider a fun way to meet new people. I also enjoy cooking and have always felt cooking is a unique form of therapy. The excitement that comes with sourcing the freshest produce in the market, to filling the house with the aroma of cooked, fried and grilled all add to the pleasures which I derive from cooking.
Timeline
Allergic skin disease - Dermatology
Imperial College of science
06.2021 - 06.2021
Pharmacist Manager
Lloyds Pharmacy
10.2018 - 03.2023
Pharmacist Manager
Day Lewis Pharmacy
09.2015 - 05.2018
MSc - Public Health
University of Bournemouth
09.2014 - 09.2015
Clinical Pharmacist
Beta Pharmacy
01.2014 - 09.2014
Brand Executive Manager
Ranbaxy Nigeria Ltd
11.2013 - 01.2014
02.2013
Pre-registration Pharmacist trainee
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
08.2012 - 01.2013
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
06.2011 - 08.2011
Lloyds pharmacy
01.2011
Master of Pharmacy (MPHARM) -
University of Portsmouth
Diploma - Pharmacy
Inti International University
BSc - Chemistry
Benue State University
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
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