Felistas Tafadzwa Tarugarira
21 Lee Avenue Bongaree,QLD
Summary
Experienced with medication management, patient counselling, and pharmaceutical care. Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of drug interactions and prescription standards to enhance patient safety. Track record of successful collaboration with healthcare professionals to optimize treatment plans.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacist
Star Pharmacy Group-Priceline Pharmacy Bribie
Bellara, QLD
12.2025 - Current
- Managing medication therapy and patient consultations to optimize health outcomes.
- Overseeing inventory management, ensuring accurate stock levels and timely replenishment.
- Implementing quality assurance protocols to enhance pharmacy operations and compliance standards.
- mentoring junior pharmacists on best practices in pharmaceutical care.
- Collaborating with healthcare professionals to develop personalized treatment plans for patients.
- Managing high volume of prescriptions daily while maintaining excellent customer service and attention to detail.
- Vaccinating patients to provide immunity against influenza, pneumonia, and other diseases.
- treating and diagnosing minor ailments
- blood pressure monitoring
- patient information services with regards to contraceptives
- management of drug misuse
Pharmacist Intern
Star Pharmacy Group (full Time)
Banksia Beach, QLD
01.2025 - 12.2025
- Assisted pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medications accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to optimize patient medication regimens.
- Conducted medication therapy management consultations to enhance patient outcomes.
- Educated patients on proper medication usage, side effects, and safety precautions.
- helped with patient counselling
- making webster packs
- doing vaccination
- Utilized pharmacy management software to maintain accurate inventory records.
- Participated in quality assurance initiatives to improve pharmacy operations and compliance.
- Utilized strong communication skills to educate patients on proper medication usage, potential side effects, and drug interactions.
- Contributed to a positive work environment through effective teamwork and collaboration with pharmacy staff members.
- Used pharmacy software to enter prescription and insurance information.
- Conducted regular audits of expired medications, ensuring proper disposal according to established protocols.
- Prepared packaging and labels for prescriptions, verifying accuracy of dosage, side effects, interactions, and refill instructions.
- Provided support during immunization clinics by preparing vaccines under direct supervision of licensed pharmacists.
Pharmacy Manager (fulltime)
Avmed Health Pharmacy
Chipinge
06.2020 - 12.2024
- Supervision of dispensary assistants and all pharmacy personnel
- Overseeing day-to-day tasks within the pharmacy
- Recruitment and supervision of staff
- Ordering and management of stock
- Dispensing of prescriptions from a recognized prescriber
- Furnishing of information and advice to patients regarding the correct use of medicine
- Provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy
- Determining patient compliance with regards to therapy and following up with patients to make sure their needs are being met.
- Management of the dangerous drugs register and the dispensing of such medicines.
- Compounding, manipulation and preparation of any medicine or scheduled substance and the supervision such activities
- Work 45 hours per week
- +263 774805285
Pharmaceutical wholesale supervisor (part time)
Jogmart pharmaceuticals
Mutare
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Supervising the pharmaceutical wholesale staff
- Ensuring compliance with good wholesale practices
- Cross checking correspondence of the invoiced batches with the dispatched goods
- Ensuring maintenance of cold chain for all vaccines and insulins
- Destruction of expired medicines using the proper procedures
- Worked 20 hours per week
- +263 773 769 080
Locum pharmacist (part time)
Chipinge pharmacy
Chipinge
04.2019 - 12.2019
- Supervision of dispensary assistants and all pharmacy personnel
- Management of the dangerous drugs register and the dispensing of such medicines.
- Reading and preparation of prescriptions, manipulation and compounding of the medicine, labelling and dispensing of medication and the supervision thereof
- Manufacturing and compounding of sterile and non-sterile medicines according to standard operating procedures approved by council and the supervision thereof.
- Packaging and/or pre-packing of pharmaceutical products and the supervision thereof
- Provision of instructions and raising awareness on the correct use of the dispensed medicines
- Promotion of health care by providing information to patients
- Worked 22 hours per week
- +263 775487006
Pharmacy manager (full time)
Medibeal pharmacy
Chipinge
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Supervision of dispensary assistants and all pharmacy personnel
- Management of the dangerous drugs register and the dispensing of such medicines.
- Reading and preparation of prescriptions, manipulation and compounding of the medicine, labelling and dispensing of medication and the supervision thereof
- Packaging and/or pre-packing of pharmaceutical products and the supervision thereof
- Provision of instructions and raising awareness on the correct use of the dispensed medicines
- Promotion of health care by providing information to patients
- +263 772 934 061
District pharmacy manager (full time)
Chipinge district Hospital
Chipinge
06.2017 - 12.2017
- Inventory control
- Procurement
- Proper destruction of expired medicines
- Preparing ward stocks
- Sale of scheduled medicines and related substances
- Chairing the Hospital Medicines and Therapeutics committee
- Part of the district health executive committee
- Worked 45 hours per week
- +263272901-5
Community service pharmacist (full time)
Greetings pharmacy Ruwa
12.2016 - 06.2017
- Supervision of dispensary assistants and all pharmacy personnel
- Management of the dangerous drugs register and the dispensing of such medicines.
- Reading and preparation of prescriptions, manipulation and compounding of the medicine, labelling and dispensing of medication and the supervision thereof
- Manufacturing and compounding of sterile and non-sterile medicines according to standard operating procedures approved by council and the supervision thereof.
- Worked 45 hours per week
- +263 273 213 2203/ 263774466506
Intern pharmacist (full time)
Lynfield pharmacy Mutare
Mutare
09.2015 - 09.2016
- Working under the pharmacist's supervision to aid in all pharmacist duties
- Receiving prescriptions, checking patients' medicine histories, and ensuring optimal dosage and methods of administration and drug compatibility before dispensing
- Preparing the preparation and labelling of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications to fill prescriptions.
- Advising prescribers on drug incompatibility and contra-indications
- Worked 45 hours per week
- +263 202065600
Education
Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours Degree -
Harare Institute of Technology
Skills
- Extensive knowledge dispensing several prescriptions and pharmaceutical care
- Very alert and understanding of potential interactions, proper dosage and offer counselling to patients on dispensed medications
- Customer service and communication skills
- Prescription verification
- Drug inventory management
- Medication dispensing
Accomplishments
- Harare institute of technology 2011-2015
- Zimbabwe Pharmacy Students Association Member
- Pharmacists Council of Zimbabwe registration number 600014
- Retail Pharmacists Association of Zimbabwe Member.
- Knowledge of Assessment of Pharmaceutical Sciences (KAPS) Nov 2023 Pass
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) Dec 2023 PASS: 83% Overall
- Aphra General registration for Pharmacists
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Pharmacist
Star Pharmacy Group-Priceline Pharmacy Bribie
12.2025 - Current
Pharmacist Intern
Star Pharmacy Group (full Time)
01.2025 - 12.2025
Pharmacy Manager (fulltime)
Avmed Health Pharmacy
06.2020 - 12.2024
Pharmaceutical wholesale supervisor (part time)
Jogmart pharmaceuticals
01.2020 - 06.2020
Locum pharmacist (part time)
Chipinge pharmacy
04.2019 - 12.2019
Pharmacy manager (full time)
Medibeal pharmacy
01.2018 - 12.2019
District pharmacy manager (full time)
Chipinge district Hospital
06.2017 - 12.2017
Community service pharmacist (full time)
Greetings pharmacy Ruwa
12.2016 - 06.2017
Intern pharmacist (full time)
Lynfield pharmacy Mutare
09.2015 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours Degree -
Harare Institute of Technology
Disclaimer
This curriculum vitae is true and correct as at 19 February 2026