Aaron Kinnear

• Consistently meet clinical pharmacy KPIs for medication histories, reviews and discharge medication summaries.
• Educate patients on medication and administration devices and provide advice on medication administration and potential drug interactions to promote patient-centred care and increase adherence to treatment.
• Assess patient knowledge of medication therapy to tailor education to meet individual needs.
• Review and evaluate inpatient and outpatient medication orders to ensure safe and appropriate therapy including appropriate drug selection, dosage, formulations, administration mode and frequency.
• Evaluate and monitor observational and laboratory data to drive safe and effective medication therapy.
• Communicate medication issues and potential reactions to specific medications promptly to rectify potential errors and improve patient outcomes.
• Provide appropriate and evidence-based medicines advice and education to medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health staff to promote quality use of medicines.
• Work as preceptor to provide practice and evidence based instruction to pharmacy students and interns.
• Prepare dose administration aids when appropriate to promote medication safety and adherence.
• Work with electronic medication administration records to provide accurate and informative medication histories, reconciliations and reviews.
• Work with automated dispensing and imprest systems systems to accurately dispense and securely store medication.
• Contributed to The Royal Adelaide Hospital outpatient pharmacy achieving it's fastest average discharge medication turnaround time.

Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist:

• Educated patients on medications including indication, possible drug interactions, potential side effects, and optimal methods of administration.
• Used iPharmacy software to dispense medications to hospital inpatients and outpatients.
• Used electronic medication administration software to compile patient medication histories, reconciliations and reviews to assess medication compliance and identify medication related issues
• Communicated medication issues to medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health staff where appropriate.
• Answered inquiries from patients and medical, nursing and healthcare professionals regarding medications.

• Contributed to an industry partnered research project that resulted in increased access to a biological medicine for the Australian Public.
• Utilized advanced pharmacokinetic modelling software to analyze data and conduct modelling and simulations.

• Greeted customers and responded to questions in a friendly and knowledgable manner.
• Received incoming supplies and stocked in correct locations.
• Answered telephones and provided information about order status, store hours and pharmacy procedures.
• Assisted pharmacists by assembling prescriptions for customers and responding to patient questions regarding prescription and medication-specific issues.
• Kept front of shop and dispensary areas clean, neat and organised.

• Responsible for the management of up to 15 tradespeople in busy repair facilities both in Australia and on operational deployments and earned a commanders commendation.
• Initiated investigation and engineering change of critical electronic countermeasure systems deployed in the Middle East
• Led a deployed maintenance team servicing eight locations across three countries in the Middle East
• Scheduled and oversaw maintenance, repair and installation activities.
• Delegated tasks to employees in alignment with resource management goals.
• Provided guidance to management regarding projects and specialist maintenance tasks.
• Monitored daily progress and work quality to provide guidance and direction to technicians.
• Monitored safety compliance to maintain strict standards and protect team members from harm.
• Monitored equipment, tools and systems to compile data into detailed reports for leadership personnel.

• Maintained a diverse range of electronic and medical equipment and instrumentation using schematics, wiring diagrams, and testing instruments.
• Worked as part of a multidisciplinary technician team to maintain a variety of complex systems such as armoured vehicles and protected mobility vehicles.
• Troubleshot and resolved equipment failures to reduce operational disruption.
• Reviewed and interpreted service manuals, specifications, wiring diagrams, and blueprints.
• Calibrated electrical components and systems to optimize performance.
• Developed and maintained technical documentation for compliant records.
• Responded quickly to emergency calls, limiting risk and equipment downtime.