Trenton Jenks is recognized for his efforts to teach his community about the hazards of misusing prescription drugs
Trenton Jenks, RPh, owner of The Prescription Pad Pharmacy in Fruitland, Idaho was named the winner of the National Community Pharmacists Association 2017 Prescription Drug Safety Award. Sponsored by Computer-Rx, the award recognizes pharmacists who have reached out in their communities to provide education about the benefits of the correct use of prescription drug products and the hazards associated with their misuse. Jenks received the award during the NCPA 2017 Annual Convention held Oct. 14-18, 2017.
“We are pleased to name Trenton Jenks the winner of the NCPA 2017 Prescription Drug Safety Award. His comprehensive approach to patient care is what the future of pharmacy looks like.”
“We are pleased to name Trenton Jenks the winner of the NCPA 2017 Prescription Drug Safety Award,” said NCPA President DeAnn Mullins, Pharmacist, CDE, and owner of Mullins Pharmacy, WeCare Wellness, and the WeCare Diabetes Education Program in Lynn Haven, Florida. “His comprehensive approach to patient care is what the future of pharmacy looks like. Whether it’s his collaborative work with other health care providers, utilizing medication adherence-drivingprograms, or his proper disposal of unused medications, Jenks is making a profound difference in his community.”
Committed to community safety
Jenks obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Idaho State University in 2006. After six years in traditional retail pharmacy, he decided to pursue a clinical pharmacy position at a local hospice. Two years later, Jenks partnered with the hospice owners to purchase the Prescription Pad Pharmacy. His pharmacy has already been recognized for its work as one of three independent pharmacies in the nation to be nominated as the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pharmacy of the Year in 2016. Jenks is a member of NCPA, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and the pharmacist section of the NHPCO steering committee. He is a Regional Leader for WSPC and became a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist in 2015 while practicing in hospice.
Trenton Jenks is committed to premier community healthcare services, medication education and building community safety. As owner of The Prescription Pad, he’s developed a pharmacy team dedicated to providing community healthcare education and lasting safety services/programs. The pharmacy utilizes multiple platforms and resources, including:
- Working with healthcare providers
- Medication therapy management (MTM)
- Adherence programs
- Implementing professional staff development education
- Conducting outreach community education programs such as; preventive healthcare, disease awareness, medication safety/education and proper disposal of unused prescription medications
Jenks and his team embrace a forward-thinking philosophy
The Prescription Pad embraces a forward-thinking pharmacy philosophy where staff develop important relationships and provide community service. Social media is key in their healthcare education helping to connect with multi-age groups and demographics. Here are some of the ways they seek to achieve their mission:
The Prescription Pad pharmacy mission is: As your trusted community pharmacy, we affirm health, wellness, and life through legendary customer service and quality education.
- Building Key Relationships: The pharmacy works and coordinates with healthcare providers and organizations to connect community members with resources along multiple access points. Including working with hospital transitions of care programs, law enforcement, and actively working with legislators to improve patient healthcare access and educate decision makers.
- Safe Disposal of Medication: Since 2015, The Prescription Pad has provided a MedSafe disposal container in the lobby for customers to dispose of unwanted/unused prescription medications. Social media helps publicize the MedSafe disposal bin and promotes safe medication disposal.
- Community Roots: The pharmacy MedSafe program was started in support of the local Boy Scouts of America troops and in collaboration with an Eagle Scout. The scout wanted to start a community medication safe disposal program. He helped implement the MedSafe program and participated in a health fair to educate regarding medication safety and proper disposal.
- Community Partnerships: A yearly drug takeback day is hosted inn partnership with the St. Luke’s Coalition for Drug Free Youth and the City of Fruitland. The pharmacy donated drug/medication at home disposal bags and helped educate/promote drug safety. In addition, the medication disposal bags are available for community members by the pharmacy. These bags are helpful in serving their home delivery/housebound and hospice patients. It helps both patients and their family/caretakers dispose of medication in a safe manner thus preventing diversion and drug abuse.
- Utilizing Multi-Resources and Information Platforms: Hosting programs like Smoking Cessations, a Substance Free Community Night and teaching medication safety during Poison Awareness week are other ways The Prescription Pad is making a difference. Each year a pharmacy healthcare education agenda is developed and implemented to bring healthcare education to the forefront of The Prescription Pad pharmacy services. Trenton and his team utilize industry resources and programs from Good Neighbor Pharmacy®, Creative Pharmacist™ and participate in local organizations like the Idaho and Oregon Drug Free Coalition to improve community health.
