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Mei Pang

Mei Pang

Hospital Pharmacist
Melbourne,Victoria

Summary

Motivated pharmacist with extensive knowledge in medication management and regulatory compliance, dedicated to delivering quality, timely care to patients through effective communication, working as a team in a multidisciplinary pharmacy across general dispensary, Clinical Trials, Aseptic Preparations, Sexual Health and HIV. Proven ability to enhance therapeutic outcomes through collaboration and implementing quality improvement projects. Maintain continuing professional development and provide effective staff training and educational presentations.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Pharmacist

Alfred Health
02.2024 - Current
  • Mentored pharmacists, technicians and students, fostering a supportive learning environment including providing online training of the Omnicell Automated Dispensing Machine.
  • Managed high volume of prescriptions and distributions daily, without errors and attention to detail, while maintaining excellent communication in a team of 300 pharmacists, technicians and other healthcare professionals.
  • Streamlined the prescription workflow to reduce processing time by an average of 15 minutes per discharge prescription while enhancing clarity in task delegation.
  • Counselled patients on the proper administration of their medications, side effects, interactions and contraindications.

Pharmacist Manager

Alfred Health
04.2023 - 01.2024
  • Project managed pharmacy inventory by implementing strategies to reduce waste by 25%, maximize cost savings by up to $10,000 a month and improve efficiency in procurement.
  • Optimized workflow processes with increased efficiency and productivity, reducing overtime of up to 1 hour for 2 pharmacists .
  • Increased prescription accuracy with over 98% barcode scanning and ensuring timely delivery of medications.

Pharmacist

Alfred Health
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Collaborated with the manager to develop and implement strategies for improvement in the Omnicell dispensary workflow.
  • Project management in collaboration with stakeholders to expand the inpatient's Lamson tube service to Emergency and ICU.

Pharmacist Manager

Melbourne Sexual Health
02.2022 - 09.2022
  • Introduced changes to improve KPI from 86% to 96%.
  • Accurately managing a large database of over 300 patients on compassionate stock collaborating with stakeholders.

Senior Pharmacist

Alfred Aseptic Services
01.2010 - 01.2022
  • Quality Use of Medicine, Melbourne, 02/01/22- Implemented changes to the aseptic manufacturing of IV tacrolimus to improve the safety and accuracy of doses by over 900% through collaboration with Astellas Pharma, Alfred Medical Information, Formulary Manager, Aseptic Senior Pharmacist and the Royal Children's Hospital.
  • Quality Assurance on Equipment, Melbourne, 05/01/21- Updated new minimum accurately weighable mass for all weighing scales in manufacturing to align with the new APF recommendation of a 2% maximum error rate and the individual sensitivities of the scales.

Pharmacist Manager

Alfred Centre Pharmacy
01.2017 - 01.2017
  • Initiated strict stock control of HIV medications, ensuring adequate supply, rotating inventory and utilising or relocating short-dated stock, which was essential due to the high cost.

Pharmacist Manager

CGMC Pharmacy
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Successfully piloted the launch of eTQC (electronic Timely Quality Care) through training, effective communication within the team, accuracy and overcoming challenges, in the dispensary.
  • Facilitated the training of prescribers for PBS Botox prescriptions.

Medicines Information Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2010 - 04.2010
  • Provided timely, evidence-based advice on drug queries from the hospital and external organisations.
  • Updated the AH drug guidelines and cautionary label recommendations in i-pharmacy.

Clinical Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2009 - 01.2009
  • Reviewing and reconciling patient medications, recording MRFs and counselling on discharges.

Clinical Trials Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2008 - 01.2008
  • Excellent accountability with a high level of accuracy in maintaining dispensing records, inventory receipts and returns according to ICH CGP guidelines
  • Attended initiation meeting with the Ethics Committee.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

Monash University

Introduction To Epidemiology And Biostatistics Course -

Monash University

Certificate IV - Training And Assessment

RMIT University

Graduate Diploma - Clinical Pharmacy

University of Tasmania
Tasmania
10-2026

Skills

  • Training and Assessment
  • Presentation Skills
  • Patient education and counselling
  • Collaboration, Communication and Teamwork
  • Excellent Time Management
  • Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
  • Project Management
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Cantonese
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

Pharmacist

Alfred Health
02.2024 - Current

Pharmacist Manager

Alfred Health
04.2023 - 01.2024

Pharmacist

Alfred Health
10.2022 - 03.2023

Pharmacist Manager

Melbourne Sexual Health
02.2022 - 09.2022

Pharmacist Manager

Alfred Centre Pharmacy
01.2017 - 01.2017

Pharmacist Manager

CGMC Pharmacy
01.2012 - 01.2016

Senior Pharmacist

Alfred Aseptic Services
01.2010 - 01.2022

Medicines Information Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2010 - 04.2010

Clinical Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2009 - 01.2009

Clinical Trials Pharmacist

Alfred
01.2008 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

Monash University

Introduction To Epidemiology And Biostatistics Course -

Monash University

Certificate IV - Training And Assessment

RMIT University

Graduate Diploma - Clinical Pharmacy

University of Tasmania

Presentations

  • Dispensing and In-Patient order: Product selection, i-pharmacy dispensing, preparing the product, label and scan, present for checking.
  • Dispensing Discharges and Medication orders- Screen a prescription, understand the PBS and present for checking.
  • ADM Omnicell Inventory Management- Introduction to ADM and how to restock and destock.
  • Introduction to Medical Teminologies-BSBMED301 Interpret and apply pharmacological terminologies in Hospital Pharmacy.
  • Medical Eponyms and Application of Medical Terms in Hospital-BSBMED301 Medical Eponyms, origins and application in the hospital
  • Medical Terminologies in the Clinical Setting-BSBMED301 Medical terms, the composition and human physiology.
  • Introduction to Pharmacology-HLTPHA029 Apply knowledge of chemical principles to pharmacy activity and Pharmacokinetics.
  • Basic Pharmacology-HLTPHA029 Apply knowledge of chemical principles to pharmacy activity and Pharmacodynamics.
  • Clinical Pharmacology-HLTPHA029 Apply knowledge of chemical principles to pharmacy activity and Principles of Pharmacology in medication management.
  • Blood Cancers and Treatments- Types of blood cancers, causes, epidemiology, prognosis and treatment with chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
  • Aseptic Compounding for Paediatrics- Paediatric dosing, measurements of small volumes, dead spaces, inherent errors and minimum accurately measurable volumes of syringes.

Collaborations

  • Operational Rotation Working Group, 07/01/21 - 08/31/21 Discussed and collated ideas for the next operational rotation on the duration, preferences given versus allocated, fixed sequential rotation and staggering start times for pharmacists and technicians.
  • Near Miss Working Group, 06/01/21 - 09/30/21 Updated near miss recording procedure and discussed types of errors to be recorded. Reviewed ipharmacy intervention and investigated a new online recording. Rewrote the procedure in Sharepoint.
Mei PangHospital Pharmacist