Intern Pharmacy - Retail Outpatient at St. Elizabeth… · Edgewood

Summary: St. Elizabeth Healthcare is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to assist with the selection, procurement, storage, preparation, distribution, and record keeping of medications. This position provides students enrolled in the College of Pharmacy with valuable pharmacy experience while completing their degree. 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 - Adhere to the ICARE principles and exhibiting the AIDET principles - Assists the pharmacist in the dispensing of medications in a timely and accurate manner 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 unit are compliant with regulatory guidelines - Ensures proper departmental accounting of all patient billable and floor stock supplies by processing charges, credits, in a timely and accurate manner - Assists the pharmacist in production of sterile preparations for patient use by Aseptically compounding, labeling and storing product, in a timely and accurate manner as defined in departmental procedure - Processes returned IV’s in a timely accurate manner - Minimize waste in the IV room - Assists in the 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 resulting in improved patient safety - Meets departmental goals for inventory management by placing daily order, weekends and evenings 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 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 - Projects a positive and professional image commensurate with the intern position - Enhances career development through attendance and participation in Departmental meetings, educational in services and communication tools - Performs other duties as assigned Required Qualifications: - Enrolled in an accredited College of Pharmacy - Registered Intern with Board of Pharmacy in the state where work is performed - Typing / computer keyboarding Preferred Qualifications: - Degree in a related area of studies (Chemistry, Biology or Mathematics) - Experience with MS Office - Understanding of Metric System and Pharmacy Calculations - IV Admixture Experience - Previous experience as Hospital pharmacy technician or intern Required Skills: Registered Intern, Pharmacy Calculations Important Skills: IV Admixture Experience, MS Office Nice-to-Have Skills: Typing, Chemistry Degree, Biology Degree, Mathematics Degree, Hospital Pharmacy Experience