Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Placement Experiences
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Kai Lim

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Dynamic Grade 2 Clinical Pharmacist with extensive experience at Monash Health, excelling in emergency medicine and cardiology. Proven ability in team leadership and clinical education, enhancing patient outcomes through effective collaboration and critical thinking. Proficient in various dispensing software and committed to continuous quality improvement in pharmacy practices.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

GRADE 2 CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Monash Health
Clayton, VIC
12.2023 - Current
  • Accredited sepsis call pharmacist at the Emergency Department (ED).
  • Collaborated with Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) pharmacists to further develop and revise the sepsis call educational materials and assessments.
  • Acting team leader in emergency medicine at Monash Medical Centre Clayton, and Victorian Heart Hospital.
  • Involved in training pharmacists and rolling out Pharmacist Discharge Prescription Planning (PDPP) in the emergency department.
  • Acting team leader at Jessie McPherson Private Hospital (JMPH), part of Monash Health.
  • Site lead of a research project in the emergency department at Monash Medical Centre Clayton: Prescribing rates of alcohol dependence treatment on discharge from the ED.
  • Worked at Victorian Heart Hospital (VHH) and Monash Private Heart Hospital, providing cardiology clinical support, which includes cardiac rhythm management, cardiothoracic surgery, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, ambulatory clinics, emergency medicine, and operational roles.
  • Clinical and operational lead at the Victorian Heart Hospital (VHH) on weekends.
  • Lead of Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) at VHH Pharmacy Department. Implemented safety measures and a safety audit within the department.
  • Did a variety of different areas at Monash Medical Centre Clayton, including emergency medicine, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, gynecology, renal, urology, thoracic surgery, surgical support, general medicine, stroke, neurology, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, hematology, oncology, outpatient care, weekend clinical roles, and Jessie Mac Private Hospital.
  • Supervised placement students, foundation residents, and interns throughout their rotations.
  • Supervised pharmacists to provide sepsis call services in the ED, and supported pharmacists in completing credentialed sepsis call training.
  • Delivered a Pharmacist Continuing Education (CE) session at VHH: Heart Block.
  • Mock examiner for the interns for oral exams
  • Involved in annual performance reviews with junior pharmacists, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) meetings, and monthly meetings between team leaders.
  • Assisted in reviewing and updating Emergency Department rotation guidelines, Jessie McPherson Private Hospital protocols, and reviewing imprest items in the department.
  • Involved in S4D/S8 audit on the clinical wards.
  • Implemented ward rounds in a private hospital setting for cardiology (JMPH Cardiology team).

GRADE 2 CLINICAL PHARMACIST(Casual Since Dec 2023)

Northern Health
Epping, VIC
04.2023 - Current
  • Previously worked in neurology, stroke, and general medicine rotation on weekdays
  • Involved in cardiology, emergency, ICU, operational, pediatrics, palliative care, general surgery, nephrology, and respiratory ward on weekends.
  • Assisted team leaders in updating orientation, checklists, guidelines, and current hospital protocols, particularly in neurology and stroke.
  • Provided orientation to new pharmacists rotating to neurology, stroke, and general medicine wards.
  • Supervised clinical technicians, interns, and placement students in operational and neurology wards.
  • Collaborated with stroke nurse practitioners and nurse educators to conduct full-day seminars, and provide education to new graduate nurses and allied health professionals who are joining the neurology ward.
  • Conducted an opioid use audit, as well as S4D and S8 security audits across different wards.
  • Provided monthly Quality Risk Management (QRM) reports to the medical team
  • Conducted Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Programs (CUSP) meeting in the stroke and neurology ward.
  • Review of the imprest list and the accredited clinical technician checklist.

GRADE 1/2 SHPA RESIDENT PHARMACIST

Grampians Health Ballarat
Ballarat, VIC
03.2022 - 04.2023
  • Underwent a 2-year intensive residency training program across various medical specialties, such as respiratory, endocrinology, and renal medicine, since September 2022.
  • Involved in the cardiology pharmacist clinic, focusing on atrial fibrillation (AF) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
  • Involved in COVID-19 screening for all inpatients, outpatients, and community patients via telehealth across the Grampians region under the Hospital In The Home (HITH) team.
  • Acting pharmacist team leader in COVID-19 on calls across the Grampians region. Supervised pharmacists to conduct COVID-19 telehealth with the general practitioners across the region.
  • Collaborated with the oncology team to coordinate COVID treatment and COVID on-call consultations.
  • Managed the BHS at Home program (Hospital in the Home), medical, surgical, high-risk foot streams, and geriatric patients.
  • A rotational pharmacist in cardiology, emergency medicine, general medicine, geriatric medicine, and acute surgery.
  • Chaired medical committee group meetings and interventions of the week to help collect databases within the hospital admissions.
  • Completed the Monash Pharmacy Clinical Educator Training Program, supervising pharmacy interns and placement students.
  • Conducted pharmacy intern tutorials, Journal Club, and medical intern tutorials.
  • Assisted senior geriatric medicine pharmacists in rolling out the new pharmacy practice: self-medication assessment program (SMAP) in geriatric and rehabilitation wards.

GRADE 1 CLINICAL PHARMACIST AND INTERN PHARMACIST

Albury Wodonga Health
Albury and Wodonga, NSW And VIC
12.2020 - 03.2022
  • Provision of safe and accurate medication dispensing and counseling for inpatient, outpatient, and discharged patients.
  • Broad clinical experience across various rotations, including rehabilitation, geriatrics, palliative care, medical, surgical, emergency department, ICU, psychiatric, antimicrobial stewardship, and acute settings, through conducting clinical reviews, medication reconciliation, therapeutic drug monitoring, and counseling.
  • Participated in medical ward rounds, and collaborated with the team in the rehabilitation and acute wards to optimize patients' therapeutic outcomes.
  • Performed aseptic and sterile compounding for critical access hospital inpatients and outpatients.
  • Involved in opioid replacement pharmacotherapy for outpatients.
  • Participated in the DEKER program (Rapid Knee Replacement Program) during my surgical rotation, which was first implemented in July 2021.
  • Documented pharmacokinetics, clinical interventions, and risk management to improve patients' safety.
  • Monitored, delivered, and checked the DD balance in the safe. Liaised with other health practitioners during patient transfer across the regional hospitals.
  • Participated in extra education sessions, workshops, and webinars outside of working hours.
  • Provided education to the pharmacist team, nurses, and allied health professionals.
  • In charge of pulmonary rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, fall risk prevention, and Parkinson's disease education delivered to outpatients.

PART-TIME COMMUNITY INTERN PHARMACIST

Good Price Pharmacy Wodonga
Wodonga
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Arranged appointments, briefed patients, and gathered patient history before vaccination as well as providing information with different vaccination inquiries such as influenza, pneumonia, and whooping cough vaccination eligibility and criteria.
  • Recommended OTC devices or medication options to help mitigate individual symptoms.

STUDENT PHARMACIST

Chemist Warehouse Spencer Outlet Centre and Moorabbin
Melbourne, VIC
08.2017 - 12.2020
  • Provided counseling on S2, S3, S4, S8, and OTC medications to customers.
  • Served customers at the scripts in and out counters, addressing inquiries effectively.
  • Monitored blood pressure and performed simple compounding tasks as needed.
  • Assisted pharmacists with special order monitoring and follow-up on faxed scripts.
  • Managed stock ordering through Symbion, Sigma, and API Net Store.
  • Conducted refund reconciliation and managed till operations efficiently.
  • Executed MedsCheck and clinical interventions to support patient care.
  • Maintained retail displays, ensuring labels and catalogues were current and organized.

CASUAL PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

HPS
Coburg
08.2018 - 12.2018
  • Packed Webster Packs and sachets - Monitored due date for Webster packs and sachets to be sent to specific nursing homes and correctional facilities.
  • Prepared medication profiles for patients.
  • Performed medical reconciliation for nursing homes and prisons.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy (HONS) - Pharmacy

Monash University
Melbourne
12.2020

Cambridge A Levels- Pre-University -

Taylor College
Subang Jaya, Malaysia
12.2016

Skills

  • Dispensing software proficiency, including Merlin, iPharmacy, Fred Dispense, and MyScript
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Detail-oriented mindset
  • Team collaboration
  • Time management skills
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Adaptability to change
  • Inventory management
  • Electronic medical records and DoseMeRx
  • Microsoft Office applications

Certification

  • Accredited sepsis call pharmacist, Mar 2025
  • Certificates of Achievement in Research Skills, Feb 2025
  • Certificates of Achievement in HSR Initial OHS Training Course, Jul 2024
  • Cardiac rhythm and 12-lead ECG, Sept 2023
  • Pharmacy Clinical Educator Training Program (Monash University), Mar 2023
  • Medication management review stage 1, Nov 2022
  • Certificate of Achievement: Grampians Health NSMC Audit, Oct 2022
  • Graduate Diploma of Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Feb 2022
  • PSA-accredited immunisation course, Feb 2022
  • Standard Mental Health First Aider, Dec 2019

Accomplishments

  • Currently involved in a research project (Prescribing rates of alcohol dependence treatment on discharge from emergency department) as a site lead at Monash Medical Centre.
  • Nominated by Monash University to present at The International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2020.
  • Research paper was successfully published in the Australian Journal of Pharmacy (AJP) in 2021.

Placement Experiences

Locumco and NAPSA Scholar for Rural Pharmacy

LocumCo and NAPSA, Tasmania, Dec 2019

  • Had a rural placement in Advantage Pharmacy, Penguin
  • Tasmania for two weeks
  • Performed home medication reviews (HMR) with an accredited pharmacist
  • Drafted an HMR report under the supervision of the pharmacist after conducting a medication review at the patient's home, developed and maintained positive customer relations, and coordinated with team members to properly handle requests and questions

Footscray Hospital and Williamstown Hospital

Western Health, Melbourne, Mar 2020 - Apr 2020

Alfred Hospital and Caulfield Hospital

Alfred Health, Melbourne, Mar 2019 – Apr 2019

Box Hill Hospital

Eastern Health, Melbourne, April 2018 - May 2018

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual
Malay
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Cantonese)
Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

GRADE 2 CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Monash Health
12.2023 - Current

GRADE 2 CLINICAL PHARMACIST(Casual Since Dec 2023)

Northern Health
04.2023 - Current

GRADE 1/2 SHPA RESIDENT PHARMACIST

Grampians Health Ballarat
03.2022 - 04.2023

PART-TIME COMMUNITY INTERN PHARMACIST

Good Price Pharmacy Wodonga
01.2021 - 12.2021

GRADE 1 CLINICAL PHARMACIST AND INTERN PHARMACIST

Albury Wodonga Health
12.2020 - 03.2022

CASUAL PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

HPS
08.2018 - 12.2018

STUDENT PHARMACIST

Chemist Warehouse Spencer Outlet Centre and Moorabbin
08.2017 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Pharmacy (HONS) - Pharmacy

Monash University

Cambridge A Levels- Pre-University -

Taylor College

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