Qualified professional with proven ability to accurately and efficiently fill medication prescriptions while adhering to safety and quality control. Experienced in delivering excellent customer service, resolving issues and managing inquiries. Skilled in working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to provide patient care.
Dedicated Pharmacist offering 18 years of experience ensuring accurate review, processing and dispensing of medications in alignment with orders. Skilled in collaborating with team members to expedite urgent requests while maintaining impeccable focus on safety, accuracy and confidentiality. Advanced communicator with all levels of staff, clients, management and healthcare administrators.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
· Participated in verification processes of medicine imports at the ports of entry and appreciating processes that ensure availability of efficacious drugs to the population.
· Participated in drug analysis of samples of medicines and medical supplies sampled from the ports of entry and appreciated processes of drug analysis at the NDA quality control laboratory.
· Participated in drug assessment and drug registration processes in the department of drug assessment and registration.
Participated in inspection and regulatory processes of drug distribution outlets to ensure that they comply with drug regulatory requirements for drug outlets.
· Participated in the production of external preparations in an external production line.
· Appreciated the management of a commercial warehouse and processes involved in distribution of medicines for both individual customers and large hospitals.
Mentoring and training
§ Conducted a consultancy assessment and reported on the Assessment of Inventory management and control systems in Nurture Africa, Nansana, Wakiso district. May 2017
§ Set up and managed three private retail pharmacy outlets, two in Kampala and one in Namugongo, Wakiso district.
§ Received an Award from Y-save SACCO as the member with the highest product utilisation in 2015.
§ Reduced patient waiting time from 30 minutes to less than 10 minutes in the JCRC outpatient HIV clinic in 2013-2015
§ Headed the recruitment and screening of healthy volunteers for a clinical research study in department of pharmacology and therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, in a study entitled “Concomitant HIV/TB Therapy Among Ugandan patients: MDRI, CYP3A4/3A5 and CYP2B6 Polymorphism, Treatment Outcomes and Sputum Culture Conversion rates as predictors of sub therapeutic Drug Levels in 2006
§ Initiated the recognition of signatures of medical officers and consultants for the issue of fluconazole to cancer patients in the Cancer Institute of Mulago Hospital in 2006
§ Initiated the idea of training nurses of Cancer Institute on the significance of reconstituting dry powder for injection with water for injection instead of using Normal Saline as they were originally doing in 2006
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda
Affiliate member of the common Wealth Pharmacists Association
1. Mr. John Obicho,
Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain and Logistics,
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation,
P.O Box, 881 Mbarara, Plot 7 Galt Road, Boma
Mobile contact: +256 774221791 Email: jobicho@pedaids.org or obichous@gmail.com
2. Mr. Titus Ochieng
Managing Director, Cabin Uganda,
Mobile contact : +256752495192
Alternative mobile contact : +256772495192
Email : titusochieng@gmail.com
3 Mr. Fred Byaruhanga
Manager Human Resources & Development
Joint Clinical Research Centre (http://www.jcrc.org.ug)
Plot 101 Lubowa off Entebbe Road
P.O.Box 10005,Kampala, Uganda-East Africa
Office Tel: 256414-201146/47/48; +256417-723 000
Mobile: 256-772-369117, 256-704-942647, +256-777064057
Alternative address: gfbyaruhanga@gmail.com
Skype: gfbyaruhanga@gmail.com
4 Mr. Ronald Kiguba,
Research coordinator, College of health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala,
P.O Box 7072 Kampala
Mobile contact: + 256 712 840 683 / 0701840683 E-mail: kiguba@yahoo.co.uk