Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
Volunteering
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Affiliations
Timeline
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Enemchukwu Paschal Chinedum

PHARMACIST

Summary

A patient-centered, diligent, excellence-driven, and amiable professional, possessing the competencies, skills, and values necessary to provide exceptional clinical and pharmaceutical care services, thereby contributing meaningfully to outstanding healthcare delivery in any facility I am engaged with.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Superintendent Pharmacist

Kingzy Pharmaceuticals Limited
06.2022 - Current


  • Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care services, including medication therapy review and patient-centered counseling, to over 100 customers weekly.
  • Supervise, evaluate, and ensure the training and competency development of pharmacy staff in line with ethical standards and the regulations set by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.
  • Coordinate the procurement of drugs and medical supplies in line with organizational needs and approved budgets.
  • Evaluate and select suppliers based on quality, cost, reliability, and service.
  • Manage inventory to prevent overstocking and undersupplying of medicines.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies' standard operating procedures and code of conduct.
  • Meticulous assessment of prescriptions to avert errors and potential drug therapy problems.
  • Counsel patients on diverse health issues and maintain patients' confidentiality.


Technical Assistance (Pharmacy)

Diadem Consult Initiative (Non Governmental Organization)
08.2022 - 09.2024
  • Provided patient education on medication use, emphasizing the importance of adherence to the dosage regimen.
  • Managed the quality assurance system at the OSS (one-stop shop) through monitoring of prescription patterns, pharmacovigilance, and implementing dispensing standard operating procedures to reduce dispensing errors.

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  • Collaborated with other team members of the case management team in monitoring adherence to medication.
  • Ensured timely submission of quality reports through the appropriate channels.
  • Coordinated the procurement and inventory management of medications to ensure the availability of safe, quality medicines.
  • Facilitate the integration of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services (pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis services, ART, sexually transmitted infections) to key populations in accordance with current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and national guidelines.

One Year Mandatory National Youth Service Corps

Model Primary Health Center Churchill, Rivers State
05.2021 - 06.2022
  • Assessed of patients' prescriptions and medicines refills.
  • Rational dispensing of prescribed medications and counseling of patients on drug adherence.
  • Vetting prescriptions for potential drug therapy problems and adverse drug reactions.
  • Counseled over 20 patients weekly on drug-drug interactions and drug-food interactions.

Locum Pharmacist

Chitex Pharmacy
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Improved customer service and pharmacy efficiency, increasing customer retention.
  • Led the revamp of inventory management and procurement systems, resulting in a reduction of pharmaceutical product expiries from 20% to 7%.
  • Provided pharmaceutical care and drug information services to customers.

Intern Pharmacist

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Participated in inventory management within various pharmacy units.
  • Refilled and delivered crash carts and labor and delivery carts to appropriate units in the hospital.
  • Counseled patients on special instructions for medication administration, and provided guidance on managing potential side effects.
  • Maintained a clean, organized, and well-stocked pharmacy workspace, promoting an efficient workflow for all team members.
  • Reduced medication errors by diligently verifying prescriptions for accuracy before dispensing to patients.
  • Compounded extemporaneous preparations to meet specific patients' dosages, following standardized methods.

Locum pharmacist

Abel and Jane Pharmacy
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Assisted the superintendent pharmacist in carrying out designated duties that improve patient pharmaceutical care, sales, and profits of the outlet.
  • Carried out timely interventions for actual drug interactions.
  • Rational dispensing of prescriptions to ensure zero dispensary errors.


Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Madonna University
Elele, Rivers State
05.2011 - 11.2017

Skills

Pharmaceutical care

Awards

Best patient friendly intern pharmacist of the year at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi Anambra State, Nigeria.

Volunteering

Institute of human virology of Nigeria (IHVN). 2021 – 2022

Volunteers (Pharmacy unit)

· Dispensing of ART medicines and documentation of daily activities of the pharmacy

· Intensive patient counseling and adherence to their ART medicines

· Timely submission of ART medicines monthly inventory and logistic report

· Assisted in the daily documentation of the pharmacy worksheet and ensured timely submission of weekly reports.


World HIV/AIDS day medical outreach and awareness program at Rumuodara, Rivers State., Community sickle cell awareness campaign at Oyigbo Rivers State.


Community sickle cell awareness campaign at Oyigbo, Rivers State.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

  • Superintendent pharmacist and lead pharmacist - Kingzy pharmaceutical Limited, Rivers State. (2022 - Till date)
  • DIC pharmacist and pharmacist lead - Diadem Consult Initiative, Rivers State. (2022 - 2024)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • USP WEBINAR: Pharmaceutical Compounding Essentials for the Nigeria Landscape.
  • University of Washington : Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health

Affiliations

Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria

Timeline

Technical Assistance (Pharmacy)

Diadem Consult Initiative (Non Governmental Organization)
08.2022 - 09.2024

Superintendent Pharmacist

Kingzy Pharmaceuticals Limited
06.2022 - Current

One Year Mandatory National Youth Service Corps

Model Primary Health Center Churchill, Rivers State
05.2021 - 06.2022

Locum Pharmacist

Chitex Pharmacy
01.2020 - 01.2021

Intern Pharmacist

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2020

Locum pharmacist

Abel and Jane Pharmacy
01.2017 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Madonna University
05.2011 - 11.2017
Enemchukwu Paschal ChinedumPHARMACIST