Sophiat Iyike

Calgary, AB
sophiatkhadiab@gmail.com
+1(403) 891-3529

Experienced Pharmacist with successful background maintaining medication control

and patient confidentiality, as well as monitoring employee performance,
maintaining customer satisfaction and updating billing systems. Well-organized and
diligent pharmacy management professional with good verbal and written
communication skills. Highly organized, efficiency-driven and dedicated to error
prevention eager to show expertise in compounding medications, calculating doses,
dispensing and filling prescriptions and counseling patients. Team-oriented and
adapts quickly.

Work Experience

Pharmacy Assistant
Sandstone Pharmacies - Calgary, AB
December 2022 to September 2023
· Established and maintained patient profiles, updating organizational database
with current information.
· Prepared bills for insurance companies and submitted required paperwork.
· Maintained medication profiles of customers including registry of poisons and
narcotic and controlled drugs.
· Advised customers on selection and use of non-prescription medication.
· Offered health promotion and prevention activities, for example, training people
to use devices such as blood pressure or diabetes monitors.
· Checked patients’ prescriptions for proper dosage.
· Printed and distributed reports from the pharmacy computer system.

Pharmacy Assistant(volunteer)
London Drugs - Calgary, AB
September 2022 to December 2022
· Maintained accurate drug inventory including purchasing and receiving
medications and supply items, rotating stock, checking expiration dates, and
performing scheduled inventory counts.
· Selecting, counting and measuring & preparing appropriate products and
prescriptions, labeling and organizing for pharmacist checking, gaining necessary
approvals for verbal refills where authorized
· Filing prescriptions, invoices, reports, correspondence and memos and completing
any administrative support functions assigned.
· Operated the POS system in accordance with store policies such as verifying
customer receipts and issuing receipts.
· Answered phone and greeted customers in a professional manner and performed
other administrative duties as assigned.
· Maintained privacy and confidentiality of patient/customer information and
assisted in ensuring that all patient care areas are clean, tidy and organized.

Retail Pharmacist.
Tiward Pharmaceuticals Limited - Benin City, Edo State.
September 2021 to August 2022
· Ordered and purchased pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, maintaining
stock, storing and handling it properly.
· Ensured proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines,
serums, biologicals and other drugs and pharmaceuticals.
· Advised customers on selection of medication brands and health care supplies.
· Managed pharmacy operations, supervising staff and performing administrative
duties, buying of pharmaceutical merchandise.
· Consulted and referred patients to other health professionals or agencies when
appropriate.
· Compounded prescribed pharmaceutical products by calculating, measuring and
mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling
appropriate containers with correct quantity.
· Filling prescription order, counseling patients on rational use of medications
which include dosage, side effects and contradictions.
· Checked patients’ prescriptions for proper dosage and renewed existing
prescriptions in limited circumstances.
· Offered health promotion and prevention activities, for example, training people
to use devices such as blood pressure or diabetes monitors.

Hospital Pharmacist.
University Of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) - Benin City, Edo State.
August 2020 to August 2021
· Educated patients on possible drug interactions, potential side effects and
optimal methods of administration.
· Compared prescription details against safety standards and insurance
requirements to support patients.
· Communicated closely with patients, ensuring medical information was kept
private.
· Addressed customer questions regarding refills, insurance and status
prescriptions filling.
· Used pharmacy software to enter prescription and insurance information.
· Monitored inventory levels and notified pharmacy technicians of items requiring
reorder.
· Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and
medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
· Evaluated patient histories to assess medication compliance and spot issues such
as doctor shopping or excessive usage.
· On call rotation to other pharmacy departments.

Community Pharmacy Assistant (Internship)

Austin Pharmacy - Benin City, Edo State
April 2018 to May 2019
· Prepared packaging and labels for prescriptions, verifying accuracy of dosage,
side effects, interactions and refill instructions.
· Located and measured medications according to prescription information, making
modifications as instructed by pharmacists and providers.
· Completed cash register transactions by handling credit and cash payments using
pharmacy register system.
· Supported pharmacists with day-to-day activities and pharmacy office management
functions.
· Dispensed and prescribed pharmaceuticals to customers or to other health care
professionals and advised them on indications, contra-indications, adverse
effects, drug interactions and dosage.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy in Pharmacy

Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State
2019

Skills
• Pharmaceutical sales and services.
• Drug Safety.
• Medication Preparation.
• Operations Support.
• Patient education and counseling.
• Pharmacy management support.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel and Power Point. Accomplishments
• Developed marketing strategies that helped increase profits by 10% for Austin Pharmacy.
• Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all prescription and dispensing orders.
• Coordinated with insurance representatives to process claims and calculate correct co-pay
information for patients thereby reducing bogus insurance claims by 70%.
• Counted and labeled prescriptions with correct item and quantity which reduced medication errors.
• Maintained records of prescriptions filled for patients by completing pharmacy log and updating
customer accounts which helped to keep the pharmacy very organized.
• Processed incoming drug orders by checking deliveries against paperwork and updating computer
system which improved inventory.
• Boosted sales for Tiward Pharmaceuticals by 30% and delivered outstanding customer service by
assisting customers with pharmacy services, product questions and general store information.
• Strong time management ability combined with an ability to work independently to meet competing
deadlines.