Kevin Wangokho

Experience

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  Undergraduate Student Attachment

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  Location: Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Location: Njimia Pharmaceuticals Ltd Location: Thika Level V Hospital

  • Industrial Pharmacist Attachee

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2019

  • Community Pharmacist Attachee

    Feb 2019 - Feb 2019

  • Hospital Pharmacist Attachee

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
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  Ministry of Health, Kenya

  Dec 2019 - Nov 2020

  Location: Forest Industrial Training Center (FITC) Dispensary- Level 2FITC Dispensary is a level two health-care facility located within the industrial areas of Nakuru county that majorly deals with Primary Health Care. My duties(and not limited) included;•Processing, interpreting and dispensing the prescriptions•Clerking and management of patients with minor ailments•Together with other healthcare workers such as nurses, clinical officers,public health officers etc., participated in the community health education on various topics such as hygiene.•Monitoring and evaluating adverse drug errors in patients. Show less Location: Nakuru Provincial General HospitalIn a period of six months, I rotated through six departments of pharmacy; Comprehensive-Care-Clinic( CCC) Pharmacy Department In-patient Pharmacy Department (IPD) Outpatient Pharmacy Department (OPD) Oncology Pharmacy Department Maternity Pharmacy Department Pharmacy Bulk StoresMy duties(and not limited) included;•Interpreting, processing, dispensing and documenting of the prescription orders in the pharmacy.•Offering proper counselling to the patients about medicines and medicine use.•Extemporaneous preparations of special pediatric formulations.•Participating in ward rounds with other healthcare workers such as medical officers, nurses, clinical officers etc. •Receiving order and issuance of medicines to various pharmacy departments using the S11 issue vouchers.•Balancing the bin cards stocks after issuance of medicines to various departments.•Monitoring the temperature and humidity of the bulk store to ensure the values are within the acceptable ranges especially for the refrigerated products.•Ensuring short expired and expired drugs are monitored and used before they expire. Show less

  • Community Pharmacist Intern

    Oct 2020 - Nov 2020

  • Industrial Pharmacist Intern

    Aug 2020 - Sept 2020

  • Primary Health Care (PHC) Pharmacist Intern

    Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Hospital Pharmacist Intern

    Dec 2019 - May 2020
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  Lingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

  Feb 2021 - Jan 2023

  Community Pharmacist

  My duties (and not limited) include;•Ensured proper patient care in terms of proper prescription reviews and dispensing of medicines•Ensured patients received proper counseling in terms of medicine and medicine use.•Ensured proper supply chain and inventory management of the drugs•Ensured proper documentation within the pharmacy

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  Pharmacy and Poisons Board

  Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Research Assistant

  Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) with the support from World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health-Kenya, carried out a study on the Level of Antimicrobial Consumption (AMC) in Kenya from 2016 to 2021. The main aim was to establish the country's annual antimicrobial consumptions (2016-2021) from the data collected from the import permits and the local manufacturers.As a pharmacist and project assistant, my duties included;•Preparation of the project Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs)•Screening for antimicrobials from the import permits to get the data needed•Data cleaning to ensure conformity to the drug master file register•Data analysis using the WHO AMC GLASS methodology tool and Pivotal Tables•Interpretation and discussion of the findings for the Final Report Writing Show less

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  University of Nairobi

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2022

  Research Assistant

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)-Atlanta Georgia in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and the Ministry of Health conducted a Monitor and Prevention Antimicrobial Resistance (MAP-AMR) project at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The aim was to detect and control Candida auris (an antifungal species) in the specialised units of the hospital such as the ICU, HDU, Renal unit, Newborn Unit, Paediatric Specialised unit and Burns Unit.My duties included:• Consented to patients to inform them of the study and their willingness to be involved in the study• Carried out participants’ or guardians’ interviews on their past hospitalization history• Participated in extraction of medical information from the participant’s medical record files• Coordinated sample removals from participants• Participated in transferring of the information from the interviews, medical records, and samples into the online application tool. Show less

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  Pharmacy and Poisons Board

  Feb 2023 - Aug 2024

  As a Regulatory officer, I report to the Head,Clinical Trials unit.My duties (and not limited) include:•Support in implementation of policies, rules, regulations on clinical trials strategies of medical products and health technologies for control in human subjects.•Implement clinical trials guidelines, standards, infrastructure, tools, and procedures.•Support in conducting the activities of the Expert Committee of Clinical Trials (ECCT).•Participating in the maintenance of clinical trials database taking place in Kenya.•Screening of applications to conduct clinical trials or bio-equivalence studies in Kenya.•Participate in preparation of emerging trends in the control of clinical trials.•Support in the implementation Quality Management System within the division.• Implementation of divisional strategic plan, work plan and budgets.•Support in internal controls within the division.•Participate in screening of annual renewal request applications.,•Participate in the preparation of a list of safety reports for evaluation.•Preparing a list of protocol deviations/violations per study site for risk assessment.•Participating in the review of minor protocol amendments.•Support in preparation of annual work plans, budget, quarter and annual reports for the division. Show less As a Pharmacovigilance Technical Officer I report to the Head, Pharmacovigilance Division.My duties (and not limited) include:•Trained and sensitized around 200 healthcare professionals on pharmacovigilance and safety reporting.•Received, recorded, and reported atleast 500 Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs), Periodic Safety Update Reports / Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Reports (PSURs/PBRERs) and any other safety reports from healthcare professionals and the public •Reviewed safety reports received at the Pharmacovigilance Center for completeness, giving feedback and performing safety data cleaning, verification and uploading of data to the Vigiflow.•Assisted Technical Officers in the unit to conduct investigations regarding the safety of drugs, including follow-ups, review of ICSRs and collecting samples of medications or other materials involved in the investigation.•Participated and supported the conduct of active and passive Pharmacovigilance studies that monitor the safety of HPTs such as the CEM-Covid-19 Vaccines Study•Compiled and prepared minutes, reports, and other documents related to safety reports as directed by Senior Regulatory Officers within the unit.•Coordinated with PI, S/CHMT, and Research Assistants (RAs) to ensure that the CEM study activities were performed in accordance with the approved protocol and other governing policies and procedures.•Participated in both virtual and physical support supervision to the selected study sentinel sites Show less

  • Regulatory Officer-Clinical Trials Division

    May 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Pharmacovigilance Officer

    Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
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  Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

  Nov 2024 - now

  Assistant Research Practitioner

  As a key clinical research team member, I provide research support and its associated clinical care for participants and patients enrolling in various research studies and projects. Some of my roles and responsibilities include; •Assist with programmes for recruitment, enrolment, screening and retention of research participants in accordance with the protocol and ICH-Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and the Research Governance Framework•Assist the team in the implementation of protocols in accordance with research parameters as set out by the Chief and Principal Investigators•Obtaining informed consent from participants for qualitative or non-CTIMP trials as deemed appropriate and as delegated to do•Contribute to appropriate data collection for participant data and to monitor data in accordance with the research protocol and standard operating procedures•Ensure all data is completed within a timely manner•Assist with the development of new databases/ spreadsheets to monitor participant progress•Support the wider research team when liaising with sponsor sites regarding data queries and for checking/ resolving data queries•Assist with and maintain participant follow-up in the form of telephone/face-to-face contact for data collection ensuring study visit timescales are adhered to•Take appropriate action in the event of both adverse events and serious adverse events within the required time frame under the guidance of a clinical research nurse/ midwife or principal investigator•Assist the study management team to ensure each study has well-maintained site file•Record and assist with the entry of recruitment figures using EDGE and provide the necessary information for the NIHR CRN database•Demonstrate excellent communication skills throughout the research process by communication with face-to-face meetings and telephone discussions•Support the research team in preparing for monitoring visits Show less