Per Diem Medication Management Pharmacy Intern; Sinai Health System

About the Role

The Medication Management Pharmacy Intern provides support to team pharmacists, patients, and clinicians to ensure effective, safe, and cost-effective drug therapy.

Key Responsibilities

• Data entry: obtaining medication histories directly from patients and scheduling visits with a pharmacist. Documents all patient encounters in the health system documentation system.
• Data analysis: such as payer data and claim.
• Support the pharmacist to implement the patient’s care plan, including navigating insurance benefits and assisting with provider communication.
• Provide medication, lifestyle, and disease state counseling.
• Coach patients, families, and/or authorized caregivers on making lifestyle behavior changes that can positively affect patient’s health. Engage them in the use of MyChart to facilitate electronic access of patient’s health care information.
• Obtain medication lists and engage with patients about medication adherence to identify and resolve patient adherence barriers that do not require a clinical intervention.
• Notify the pharmacist/provider of a missing prescription.
• Notify the pharmacist/provider of a request for a medication refill.
• Call pharmacies to confirm prescriptions were received and picked up.
• Call patients to remind them to pick up their medication.
• Request records from clinics and facilities when necessary.
• Send referrals to other disciplines to coordinate care when necessary.
• Enroll patients into criteria-based pharmacy programs and document in the electronic medical record using established formats in a timely and accurate manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• English proficiency, oral and written.
• MyChart
• Electronic medical record

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Minimum first professional year completed at an accredited college of pharmacy.

Experience Requirements:

• Previous community pharmacy experience preferred.

Licensing and Certification Requirements:

• Valid New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit required.