ONUOMACHI PETROMENA OKOYE-AGU
Adelaide,Australia
Summary
A motivated, innovative, hardworking and hands-on problem solver & critical thinker. With the ability to work with teams to achieve organizational goals. To analyse and solve organisational problems and provide solutions proven through work and clinical practices.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (Student Pharmacist)
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION & CONTROL
AGULU, ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA
07.2015 - 12.2015
- Assisting pharmacists, inspecting and investigating food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical companies, participating in research programs.
- Reporting to the Senior Pharmacists, assisting pharmacists, working under supervision to inspect and investigate food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies, ensuring standard procedures are followed.
- Assisting Pharmacists to assess different medication storage, and preservation and to ensure standard procedures in companies are followed and keeping records of these inspections.
- Working under supervision to participate in research programs, and present on topics in adulteration and distribution of foods, drugs and cosmetics.
PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIST APPRENTICE/INTERN (Voluntary)
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Monitoring adverse drug reactions, collecting and documenting patient medication history, analyzing medication lapses.
- Monitoring adverse drug reactions of medications amongst the aged population based on clinical data
- Working with a team of pharmacists/Pharmacoepidemiologists to collect and document patient medication history from government hospitals and community pharmacies databases.
- Analysing medication lapses, cost-effectiveness and side effects with the senior staff
- Participate in organizing departmental seminars.
INTERN PHARMACIST
CHUKWUEMEKA ODIMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
08.2019 - 01.2020
- Dispensing and reviewing prescription drugs, counselling patients, compounding and packaging drugs.
- Working under supervision in the dispensing and reviewing of prescription drugs
- Reviewing the patient’s regimen
- Counselling and educating patients on the proper use of medications
- Compounding, packaging, labelling and dispensing of prescribed drugs
- Attending hospital weekly intern seminar
- Monitoring expiration dates and quantity of medicines
- Dispensing Antiretroviral drugs to HIV patients, giving proper medication counselling and researching documented follow-ups of drug effects of Antiretroviral on patients.
- Documenting feedback and reporting to the Head of Department for proper review.
LOCUM PHARMACIST FROM PRE-INTERN TO POST-INTERN (COMMUNITY HEALTH)
RIGHTHEALTH PHARMACEUTICALS
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
06.2018 - 01.2020
- Dispensing prescription medicines, organizing company health seminars, analyzing sales data, procuring medications.
- Dispensing prescription medicines to the public
- Organizing, coordinating and attending monthly company health seminar
- Teaching and discussing recent health problems and drugs
- Working with the team to analyse, strategize and improve company sales
- Working with government insurance to analyse insured patients' records (Data analysis)
- Working with the Manager to procure medications and other health products
- Advising the company on health and medication products to purchase
- Ensuring that different treatments are compatible
- Supervising the preparation of any medicines
- Marketing new products to clients. Meeting financial targets.
- Selling over-the-counter medicines
- Advising patients of any adverse side effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines
DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER
SPRY SUPPORT SERVICES PTY
Adelaide, SA, SA
04.2022 - Current
- Supporting clients with activities of daily living, managing challenging behavior, collaborating with the health team.
- Monitored client progress and reported any changes in behavior or health conditions to supervisor.
- Supporting clients with activities of daily living including showering, bed making, and feeding, among others.
- Managing client’s challenging behaviour
- Supporting clients with rehabilitation, development, and maintenance of independent living skills
- Collaborating with members of the multidisciplinary health team in client care. Supporting nurses to provide quality nursing care to clients.
- Providing clients with active support and the hospital and at home
- Supporting clients to attend hospital and community engagements.
- Reporting incidents or accidents to the appropriate authority.
- Providing clients with companionship and social support
- Supporting clients with various activities of daily living.
Education
Diploma of community services -
Arizona College
01.2022
Diploma of community services -
Arizona College
01.2022
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Madonna University Elele
Masters of Public Health (Advanced) -
Torrens University Australia
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Madonna University Elele
Masters of Public Health (Advanced) -
Torrens University Australia
Skills
- Great teamwork and collaborative skills
- Analytical skills, and bio-statistical skills
- Effective communication skills
- Good research skills, writing skills, dedicated team player
- Good leadership and management skills
- Ability to delegate and organise departmental tasks
- Ability to solve deadline pressures with the tendency to make critical decisions, flexible and adaptable
- Keen to learn and develop new skills, good conflict resolution skills Have a commitment to providing excellent quality service
- Ability to grasp and apply new procedures quickly; organized and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and adapt readily to new changes
- Proficiency in computer applications and technology skills
- Work efficiently independently or in a multidisciplinary team environment
- Experience with Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as internet research
Hobbies and Interests
Reading, watching badminton and participating in community events. Interested in the outdoors like visiting new places. Interested in health research and topics about healthy living.
Referrals
References would be provided upon request
Timeline
DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER
SPRY SUPPORT SERVICES PTY
04.2022 - Current
PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIST APPRENTICE/INTERN (Voluntary)
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
01.2021 - 06.2021
INTERN PHARMACIST
CHUKWUEMEKA ODIMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
08.2019 - 01.2020
LOCUM PHARMACIST FROM PRE-INTERN TO POST-INTERN (COMMUNITY HEALTH)
RIGHTHEALTH PHARMACEUTICALS
06.2018 - 01.2020
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (Student Pharmacist)
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION & CONTROL
07.2015 - 12.2015
Diploma of community services -
Arizona College
Diploma of community services -
Arizona College
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Madonna University Elele
Masters of Public Health (Advanced) -
Torrens University Australia
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Madonna University Elele
Masters of Public Health (Advanced) -
Torrens University Australia
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