Title/Position: Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experiences: Introduction to Clinical Practice (required), Integrated Practice (required)
Jaime Andres Rivera is a Clinical Staff pharmacist, and has been with AdventHealth Altamonte Springs since March of 2011. He has served as a preceptor for General Hospital rotation for 4th year PharmD candidates of the University of Florida School of Pharmacy.
Mr. Rivera attended the School of Pharmacy of the University of Chile. He graduated in 1995 with Bachelor degree in Chemistry and in 1996 was licensed as Pharmacist. He practiced pharmacy in a community chain pharmacy for a year and move into the Public Health System, spending three years in the clinical laboratory in the Hematology section until 2002.
Mr. Rivera has been working for AdventHealth since December of 2003. Initially, he served as a Clinical Technician, he was involved in several projects within the pharmacy department, including assisting with medication research projects and roll out of the CERNER computer system for AdventHealth. He was part of the team that tested and launched the current software system in 2005, and has served as an instructor and Superuser for all computer upgrades.
Mr. Rivera was licensed as a pharmacist in the US in June 2008 and served as a Clinical Staff Pharmacist at AdventHealth Orlando before transferring to the Altamonte Campus.
For personal and professional reasons, Mr. Rivera feels patients as part of his life, devoting any and every effort for their well-being.