I am writing to express my enthusiasm for the Clinical Pharmacist (Point-of-Care) position at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. I enjoyed speaking with you during our Phone Interview, in which you spoke of the quality and well-rounded experiences of your clinical pharmacists. Johns Hopkins Medicine is known for its prestigious global health enterprise and superior standards of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Moreover, the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has been consistently ranked highest in both national and state levels. I am most drawn to this position for its opportunities to interact with the interdisciplinary members of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Nursery (NICN) and the Neonatal …show more content…
My clinical rotations presented unique opportunities to improve an existing workflow for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) rounding with an electronic hand-off tools, to present a proposed premedication protocol for premature infants undergoing non-emergent endotracheal intubation, to provide evidence-based recommendations on post-operative pain management for infants after surgical procedures, and to conduct multiple educational sessions for pharmacy students and residents, medical residents and fellows, clinical pharmacists and other health care providers.
Besides being well-experienced in the clinical settings, I am also proficient in the areas of operational and administrative. During my administrative rotation, I implemented an efficient IV workflow technology for the technicians, facilitated an installment of the automated medication dispensing cabinet in the NICU, provided in-depth tutorials on the dilution of selected medications to the neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs), and participated in numerous administrative decision-making sessions with my Operation