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PUTNAM — Jillian Mancini, staff pharmacist for Day Kimball Hospital’s Pharmacy department, has been named employee of the month for June by Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
Mancini has been a pharmacist for 10 years and began her career first working part time in the pharmacy at DKH in 2008 before coming onboard full time in 2012. In her current role as staff pharmacist in the Pharmacy department, she is responsible for preparing medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders, researching medications and detecting therapeutic incompatibilities, and dispensing medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals including chemotherapy medications. She is also responsible for tracking antibiotic usage for DKH’s antimicrobial stewardship program.
Mancini grew up in Putnam and lives in Pomfret Center with her husband, Justin, two sons, Anthony, and Thomas, and golden retriever, Gus. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from UConn School of Pharmacy. Prior to becoming a pharmacist Jillian graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) through the United States Army Military Base at Fort Gordon, Ga.