Intern Pharmacy, Retail Outpatient

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Intern, under the direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist and in accordance with all State and Federal laws, assists with the selection, procurement, storage, preparation, distribution, record keeping, and financial reconciliation of all medications dispensed to inpatients.

Key Responsibilities

• Answers the telephone in a timely and courteous manner, answering queries or directing the call to the appropriate person for resolution.
• Processes Epic messages in a timely and accurate manner.
• Adheres to the ICARE principles and exhibits the AIDET principles.
• Assists the pharmacist in the dispensing of medications in a timely and accurate manner by filling medication bins, filling labels, restocking Pyxis med stations, and ancillary departments.
• Adheres to regulatory guidelines outlining the scope and role of the Intern position.
• Ensures timely receipt and delivery of all patient medication-related information and products by making rounds as designated or necessary.
• Properly distributes medications and processes ADT.
• Assists in assuring medications on nursing units are compliant with regulatory guidelines.
• Ensures proper departmental accounting of all patient billable and floor stock supplies by processing charges and credits in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assists the pharmacist in the production of sterile preparations for patient use by aseptically compounding, labeling, and storing products, in a timely and accurate manner as defined in departmental procedure.
• Processes returned IVs in a timely and accurate manner.
• Minimizes waste in the IV room.
• Assists in ongoing efforts to improve the quality of patient care through development and participation in the Process Improvement Program and compliance with all policies and procedures related to Infection Control and Safety.
• Meets departmental goals for inventory management by placing daily, weekend, and evening orders.
• Participates in expiration date checking in assigned areas.
• Ensures that all expiration dates for medications refilled/loaded in Pyxis Med stations have been checked and stock rotated to ensure the shortest date is used first.
• Assists with cycle counts in Talyst on a monthly basis.
• Processes returns correctly while checking expiration dates before returning items to stock.
• Enhances career development through attendance and participation in Departmental meetings, educational in-services, and communication tools.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Typing / computer keyboarding
• MS Office
• Metric System and Pharmacy Calculations
• IV Admixture Experience
• Hospital pharmacy technician or intern experience

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited College of Pharmacy
• Registered Intern with Board of Pharmacy in the state where work is performed
• Degree in a related area of studies (Chemistry, Biology or Mathematics)