Meet the Med-Link Team

Accredited Pharmacist and General Manager
Jennifer Bakija
B Pharm, MPS, Credentialed for Medication Management Review Services

I have been a Pharmacist for 30 years with the past 20 years devoted in large to the provision of medication review services to Aged Care facilities and community pharmacies.

I founded Medlink with the goal of establishing a team of likeminded professionals, to provide a high quality of medication reviews to aged care facilities and the broader community. I believe that success in promoting quality use of medicines can only be done when we work in partnership with patients, their carers and other health professionals and that our role as a pharmacist doing medication reviews is pivotal to link all so that the patient care is optimised.

I am passionate about ensuring that Medlink continues to grow and adapt to any changes in medication use and administration. To ensure that Medlink continues to be an invaluable support for patients, Carers and aged care facilities and their organisations in adapting their policies and procedures to manage these changes. I have a great team and look forward to continue to supporting them in continued growth and passion for their work.

Accredited Pharmacists

Eva Stein

BMedSci; MPharm; MPS; Credentialed for Medication Management Review Services

As a Medlink Pharmacist, I take pride in my work as I am constantly striving to achieve the best health outcomes and quality of life for my patients. I aim to improve understanding, compliance, and management of medications, through educating patients, carers, and nursing staff. I also work to reduce the adverse effects of polypharmacy such as falls, drowsiness, and confusion, by assessing the ongoing appropriateness of each medication, identifying drug interactions, and optimising medication regimens.

In my work, I often see the direct positive impact medication reviews have for the patient. I love providing medication reviews as I get satisfaction and pleasure from helping people and making a difference to their lives by improving their health outcomes and quality of life.

Ngaire Thewlis

B. Pharm AACPA Cert IV Training and Assessment

I have been involved in community Pharmacy for many years, in my role as a manager of a community pharmacy. In that time is was involved in actively promoting quality use of medications. In my expanded role as an accredited pharmacist providing HMR and RMMR reviews I can utilise all my experience to produce quality reviews of medication usage.

My role with Medlink allows me to promote the quality use of medications, I think that this will only work with collaboration of GPs, the patient, and carers. My role as an accredited pharmacist allows this and provides a high level of personal and professional achievement,

I am passionate about my role as I can see that my involvement will maximise each patient’s benefit from their medication regimen, and prevent medication-related problems through a team approach.

Michelle Totsis

Credentialed Clinical pharmacist

BPharm MPS-AACPA

My goals with Medlink are to optimize medication therapy, enhance patient safety, improve medication adherence and support chronic disease management to some of our most vulnerable patients. I enjoy promoting rotational drug use ,conducting comprehensive reviews and providing training to other healthcare professionals.

Overall I am passionate about contributing to the overall quality of patient care involving a collaborative approach with other healthcare practitioners , focusing on evidence-based practices and committed to patient education and safety.