Pharmacy intern

About the Role

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system recognized for its quality and patient outcomes. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row.

Position Summary

Responsible for acting as an assistant to a Licensed Pharmacist under direct supervision. This includes filling medication cassettes, automated dispensing machines, compounding sterile and non-sterile products, doing shelf checks, and performing general organization of the pharmacy. The intern may also assist in quality assurance/performance improvement projects and patient specific data collection.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates proficiency with unit dose drug distribution
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Demonstrates knowledge of state and federal laws related to the handling of controlled substances
• Completes annual competency assessments
• Answers telephone with courtesy and promptness
• Demonstrates proficiency with automated dispensing machines
• Demonstrates proficiency in patient specific data collection and review of medical records
• Assists pharmacists with nursing station reviews, QA/PI projects when needed
• Assists with security
• Demonstrates proficiency with medication procurement, stocking, and deliveries
• Demonstrates proficiency with hospital information system
• Demonstrates proficiency in extemporaneous compounding of non-sterile products, including capsules, ointments, oral/topical solutions, and other kits
• Demonstrates proficiency in Aseptic technique IV room procedures and USP standards
• Demonstrates proficiency when repacking needed doses

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or the equivalent
• Excellent communication skills
• Enrollment or graduate of ACPE accredited college of Pharmacy or equivalent pharmacy intern permit

Required Licenses

• Pharmacy Intern Permit-NYS

Preferred Qualifications

NONE