STEPHANIE WEICHOLZ

675 Fairfield Woods Road

Fairfield, CT 06825
(203) 908-2788
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PROFILE
Nineteen years of experience as a retail and hospital pharmacist in a diverse e
nvironment with a focus on total quality and service excellence.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Highly-focused, with a strict attention to detail and accuracy.
* Flexible, with the ability to multi-task and work in a high traffic environmen
t.
* Excellent supervisory skills used to communicate a clear vision and objectives
.
* Strong advocate of teamwork, job excellence and positive change.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient with PDX and Connexus Systems
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Proficient in Speaking, Reading and Writing Spanish
WORK EXPERIENCE
2000 - Present WAL-MART PHARMACY, Danbury, CT
STAFF PHARMACIST (2002 - Present)
PHARMACY MANAGER (2000 - 2001)
* Supervise a professional staff of up to four employees.
* Oversee the filling of prescriptions and regulatory compliance in a high volum
e operation.
* Ensure strict adherence to policies, procedures, HIPPA and quality standards.
* Function in a consultative role for customers to discuss drug interactions and
side effects.
* Assist customers with product knowledge covering diabetes, glucose meters and
blood pressure monitors.
* Effectively use client education to increase value to customers.
* Work in collaboration with HMOs and insurers to discuss prior authorization.
* Consult customers on money management to maximize the value of their monthly p
harmacy budget and selection of name versus generic drugs.
* Establish performance standards to increase staff accountability for results.
* Focus efforts on cost efficiencies, productivity, process flow, and customer e
xcellence.
1990 - 2000 NORWALK HOSPITAL, Yale-New Haven Health, Norwalk, CT
LICENSED STAFF CLINICAL PHARMACIST
* Performed pharmacist duties for a 400 bed teaching hospital.
* Worked in a centralized unit to address the needs of in-patients and outpatien
ts.
* Selected to work off-site at Honey Hills Nursing Home to facilitate a start-up
pharmacy that included inventory planning, forecasting, facility layout, staffi
ng, automation, policies and procedures.
* Worked in partnership with pharmacists, nurses and physicians on a Continuous
Quality Improvement Team (CQI).
Resumé (Continued)
WORK EXPERIENCE: (Continued)
LICENSED STAFF CLINICAL PHARMACIST (Continued)
* Used CQI initiatives to facilitate data collection, analysis and trends.
* Reviewed various trends to improve corrective actions for a proactive versus a
 reactive approach to problems.
* Filled medications orders, maintained patient profiles and prepared IV solutio
ns (i.e. TPN, antibiotics, chemotherapy, etc.).
1988 - 1990 NORWALK HOSPITAL, Norwalk, CT
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
* Filled unit dose medication carts.
* Prepared IV solutions and various sterile products (i.e. antibiotics, chemothe
rapy, TPN, etc.).
* Worked in the outpatient pharmacy filling employees' and clinic patients' pres
criptions.
1987 - 1988 BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL, Bridgeport, CT
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
* Filled unit dose medication carts and transcribed orders on to patient profile
s.
1986 - 1987 YORK WASTE WATER COMPANY INC., Monroe, CT
ANALYTICAL RESEARCH LAB TECHNICIAN
* Extracted organic compounds (environmental contaminants) from water and soil s
amples in accordance with EPA contracts and laboratory protocol.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Science in PHARMACY, May 1990
SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY
Bachelor of Arts in BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Thesis: "The Antimicrobial Effects of Aloe Vera". Designed and implemented an o
riginal experiment to ascertain whether Aloe Vera is effective as an antimicrobi
al agent.
LICENSES
Pharmacist, State of Connecticut (0007479)
References available upon request