Pharmacy Intern PRN

About the Role

Under direct supervision, the Pharmacy Intern will perform various tasks for the pharmacy department to prepare them for a pharmacist position in health-system pharmacy. The Pharmacy Intern will be assigned progressive responsibilities for each subsequent year of internship.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs unit dose functions, including filling patient drawers on unit dose cart with a 24-hour supply of medications.
• Fills medication orders for delivery to nursing unit by packaging and labeling doses using computer generated labels for review by pharmacist.
• Fills floor stock drugs and general requisitions accurately.
• Answers telephone calls. Provides routine information about medications or handles pharmacy problems. Refers calls to pharmacist or supervisor when necessary.
• Demonstrates effective customer relations skills, promotes a positive work environment.
• Delivers prescriptions, floor stock, medication carts, IV solutions, and emergency drugs to nursing units.
• Operates tubes system and provides prompt customer service.
• Assists in inventory control, checks inventory to ensure drugs are in date, restocks unit dose bins, bulk areas, carts used in emergency rooms, surgery and other patient care areas.
• Responsible for bulk packaging and extemporaneous medication preparation.
• Maintains narcotics accountability sheets and files daily reconciliation sheets.
• Participates in narcotic and Omnicell drug distribution.
• Requests labels for IV preparation as needed; pulls plain and premixed IVs for pharmacist check.
• Prepares IV solutions, TPNs, and parenteral products working under direct pharmacist supervision.
• Assists in pharmacy-related research projects.
• Additional duties to be performed based on a planned progression of increased responsibility at each respective internship level.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Computer generated labels
• IV solutions
• Narcotics accountability sheets
• Omnicell drug distribution
• IV preparation
• IVs
• TPNs

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a college program Pharmacy
• Preferred - No prior work experience
• Stated interest in health system pharmacy is desired.
• Demonstrated competency at each Internship Level must be achieved before progressing to the next level.

Physical Demands

• Physical activities may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
• Must have good balance and coordination.
• Light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently.
• Required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as:
• Preparing and analyzing data and figures
• Transcribing
• Viewing a computer terminal
• Extensive reading
• Job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found in general office or administrative work.