Per Diem Pharmacy Intern; Sinai West

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares medications for inpatients, outpatients, and employees.
• Compounds sterile and non-sterile products as per protocol.
• Dispenses and maintains accurate records of controlled substances, tax-free alcohol, and investigational new drugs (with pharmacist supervision).
• Operates required equipment (e.g., unit-dose repackaging, total parenteral nutrition compounder, laminar flow hoods).
• Maintains adequate inventory of medications and supplies.
• Routinely checks for and removes expired medications.
• Audits controlled drug disposition records and reports discrepancies.
• Maintains an accurate, current census, including cassette bin labels.
• Returns reusable medication to stock before the end of the shift.
• Fills unit-dose cassettes and performs statistical counts of dispensed doses.
• Conducts required deliveries and patient care rounds.
• Obtains required signatures for controlled substance deliveries.
• Assures effective exchange of unit-dose cassettes.
• Maintains a safe, clean working environment.
• Maintains stat box contents and posts drug lists.
• Conducts monthly inspections of nursing stations and retrieves non-floor stock medications.
• Assists the pharmacist in providing drug information and profiling patient medications.
• Conducts other professional functions under direct pharmacist supervision.
• Completes all required documentation.
• Performs all other Technician I and Technician II related functions.

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum completed at an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• English proficiency, oral and written.
• Valid New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit required.