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Amanda  Wood

Amanda Wood

Christchurch,CAN

Summary

I am an experienced healthcare retail professional and skilled pharmacy technician with 15+ years in pharmacy. Working in both retail and hospital pharmacy environments, I build working relationships with suppliers, healthcare professionals, assisted living facilities, patients, and retail customers.

Results-driven with a proven track record of implementing efficient systems in the dispensary to increase prescription volume capabilities, revenue, accuracy and retention of patients. Attentive to operational factors of stock control, turnover, turnaround time and out of stock impact.

I am comfortable working towards KPI's particularly sales targets, product growth and customer engagement.

I am proactive re looking for ways to increase revenue, upsell, recommend.

Having led supplier relationships and purchasing decisions I understand what qualities make a good sales representative.

From working in aviation I learnt the importance of brand representation, a high level of personal presentation, was expected to deliver a very high level of customer service.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Pharmacy Technician

Papanui Pharmacy Ltd
, Christchurch
12.2022 - 08.2023
  • Small team.
  • Supplying COVID tests and masks.
  • Community blister packing.
  • Managing deliveries.

Pharmacy Technician and Retail Assistant

QEII Pharmacy
, Christchurch
02.2017 - 12.2021
  • Welcoming customers, offering to help locate items, and providing excellent customer service and experience.
  • Monitoring the sales floor to identify customers in need of assistance.
  • Sales of a large range of pharmacy products, providing the appropriate advice.
  • Day-to-day organisation and smooth running of the retail area, including stock management, ordering, and display merchandising.
  • Maintaining stock accuracy by accurately counting stock on hand, and reconciling discrepancies.
  • Cash register operations using the POS system, including processing sales and returns.
  • Answering calls pleasantly and assisting the customer with medication repeats or their inquiries.
  • Training of junior employees.
  • Liaising with company representatives to discuss product deals, new products, and product inquiries.
  • Handling of post, post-shop, passport, and visa photography.

Dispensary

  • Assisting with processing and dispensing prescriptions in a timely manner.
  • Receive, review, dispense, and label prescriptions daily with accuracy.
  • Counseling patients on the appropriate use of over-the-counter and prescription medications.
  • Restocking of shelves and expiry checking.
  • Preparing of blister packs.
  • Accounts: Creating, Billing, and Monthly Invoicing.
  • Organizing weekly deliveries.
  • Home visits to help and counsel the elderly with their medications.
  • Paperwork and batch to MOH for payment.
  • Introduced cycling for all our blister pack customers to increase efficiency and streamline our workload.
  • Introduced a staff roster system.

Pharmacy Technician

Parkside Pharmacy
, Christchurch Hospital
03.2016 - 11.2016
  • Received, reviewed, dispensed, and labeled prescriptions daily with expert accuracy in a very busy environment.
  • Rostered turn as daily contact for all 7 rest homes. All liaison with nurses, doctors, and getting all the required drugs on the courier by 5pm that day.
  • Compounding.
  • Dispensing end-of-life prescriptions with pump calculations.
  • Accounts - responsibility of charging and editing all rest home accounts.
  • Responsibility of ordering the drugs and pumps not available from our wholesaler in a timely manner.

Flight Attendant

Virgin Australia
, Base - CHCH/BNE
07.2015 - 03.2016
  • Maintaining airline and federal aviation regulations at all times to ensure passenger and crew safety.
  • Ensured prompt communications between the flight deck and cabin crew.
  • Followed safety, passenger, and pre-flight checklists.
  • Politely greeted incoming passengers during the boarding process and provided seat directions.
  • Cleaned and serviced all areas of the aircraft, including the cabin, galleys, and lavatories.
  • Offered answers to passengers questions, and resolved issues that arose during flights.
  • Comforted and provided reassurance to passengers during unforeseen or stressful events, e.g., turbulence, flight delays, traveling for treatment, or because of a death.
  • Ensured a controlled flight environment for all by responding to disruptive or disrespectful passengers.
  • Training includes RSA, first aid, fire, and terrorism.

Pharmacy Technician

Parkside Pharmacy
, Christchurch Hospital
10.2014 - 07.2015

OE and Locum Technician

Self employed (LOCUM)
05.2013 - 10.2014

Pharmacy Technician

QE11 Pharmacy
, Christchurch
12.2010 - 05.2013

Pharmacy Technician and Senior Retail Assistant

The Pharmacy@192Gloucester St
, Christchurch
01.2010 - 12.2010

Retail Assistant and Retail Manager

QE11 Pharmacy
, Christchurch
03.2005 - 01.2010

Garden Center Hand

Riverside GP
, Christchurch
01.2002 - 03.2005

Education

Air New Zealand
2022

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Wellington

Douglas Pharmaceuticals
Auckland

St John

Express Online Training

Virgin Australia
Auckland

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Bay Of Plenty

Avonside Girls High School
Christchurch

Lotto Swimsafe

Skills

From Retail

  • Inventory management
  • Visual merchandising
  • Employee training
  • Display maintenance
  • Brand awareness/ Product knowledge
  • Stock audits
  • Sales analysis
  • Revenue growth
  • Customer retention

From Pharmacy

  • Medication counseling
  • Sales support
  • Team collaboration
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Ordering and stocking medications
  • OTC recommendations
  • Prescription processing & dispensing
  • Patient confidentiality
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Ability to work under high pressure

From Aviation

  • Company culture and values
  • Problem solving
  • Time management
  • Inventory control
  • Professional appearance
  • Safety procedures
  • Reliability and punctuality
  • Empathy and patience
  • Calm under pressure
  • Conflict resolution

Prompt, efficient, and dedicated

  • Introduced new systems and rosters to improve efficiency and customer care
  • Work to a high standard
  • Very accurate in my dispensing
  • Excellent time management and prioritising of workload under pressure, or when short-staffed
  • Able to foresee and delegate due to experience
  • Resolution-oriented
  • Met deadlines

Fast learner, computer literate

  • I have learned new software systems quickly and assisted other staff in their learning
  • Hired by other pharmacies to come in and train staff on the pharmacy software, resulting in increased profit margins and better stock control

Other

  • First aid trained
  • Strong situational awareness and proactive in supporting team members
  • Approachable
  • Compassionate
  • Part of a small team that served the public throughout the earthquakes with limited resources
  • Worked through Covid lockdowns customer facing and all that entailed

Business driven and minded

Pitched idea of getting an Alpaca (automated dispensing machine) To reduced staff overheads and reliance, increase blisterpack output, increase dispensing accuracy Boss went with pitch, I trained the dispensary team on using the Alpaca and engaged new patients Negotiated with Douglas free trials for all new patients Resulting in growth in revenue, ability to offer the service to more patients and no errors leaving the pharmacy in blisterpacks under my management and protocols for years

Reference

Steve Hanmer

QE11 Pharmacy 

Pharmacist/owner

388 9286

021 224 3133

Please phone during business hours

Monday – Friday

9 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Timeline

Pharmacy Technician

Papanui Pharmacy Ltd
12.2022 - 08.2023

Pharmacy Technician and Retail Assistant

QEII Pharmacy
02.2017 - 12.2021

Pharmacy Technician

Parkside Pharmacy
03.2016 - 11.2016

Flight Attendant

Virgin Australia
07.2015 - 03.2016

Pharmacy Technician

Parkside Pharmacy
10.2014 - 07.2015

OE and Locum Technician

Self employed (LOCUM)
05.2013 - 10.2014

Pharmacy Technician

QE11 Pharmacy
12.2010 - 05.2013

Pharmacy Technician and Senior Retail Assistant

The Pharmacy@192Gloucester St
01.2010 - 12.2010

Retail Assistant and Retail Manager

QE11 Pharmacy
03.2005 - 01.2010

Garden Center Hand

Riverside GP
01.2002 - 03.2005

Air New Zealand

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

Douglas Pharmaceuticals

St John

Express Online Training

Virgin Australia

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic

Avonside Girls High School

Lotto Swimsafe
Amanda Wood