Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Pharmacy intern
provides pharmacy products and services to Customers in accordance with local, state, and federal laws and Company policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Intern Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Contact preparers of source documents (manufacturers, distributors, ) to resolve questions, inconsistencies, or missing product-specific data
Enter invoices
Perform all supporting duties to contribute to the safe and efficient dispensing of all patient medication/durable medical equipment by following all quality assurance policy and procedures including selecting and counting medication
During the school year, a weekend rotation of every other exists at United Outpatient with additional casual shifts
During the school year, a weekend rotation of every other exists at ANW Heart Hospital pharmacy with additional casual shifts available
Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Intern may perform all duties of a licensed pharmacist, including the compounding of patient-specific medication
Under the general supervision of a Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Intern prepares medications for dispensing pursuant to a Pharmacist-reviewed medication order or computer-generated list
Fills new medication orders for first doses
Processes floor stock emergency drug and drug transfer requisitions
Maintains appropriate levels of inventory in work area
Pharmacy Intern Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pharmacy Intern
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, PTCB
Education for Pharmacy Intern
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pharmacy intern job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, Education, School of Pharmacy, Graduate, College of Pharmacy, Communication, Mathematics, Chemistry, Technical, Health
Skills for Pharmacy Intern
Desired skills for pharmacy intern include:
Company asset protection techniques
Damaged goods involving Rx drugs
Files claims for warehouse overages
Order errors
Automation
Registers
StoreNET to provide support to customers pharmacy staff
Applicable state and federal controlled substance laws
Advanced math
Addition
Desired experience for pharmacy intern includes:
Currently enrolled in an accredited school program
May require appropriate documented education in related classes specific to the department needs
Maintains proper medication storage
When assigned, delivers medications and I.V
When assigned, completes patient care unit inspections
Maintains awareness of and follows all rules, policies and procedures of the department
Pharmacy Intern Examples
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Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a pharmacy intern. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pharmacy intern
- May be assigned to supervise Pharmacy Students
- Medication Management.Properly operate the ADMs (Automatic Dispensing Machines)
- Computer Utilization.Properly operate EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system
- Interpret orders and/or prescriptions for all intravenous (IV) medications and infusions to be provided for patients
- Dispense IV solutions and ancillary supplies required for the proper infusion of the product
- Coordinate the transition of patients from the hospital to the home setting along with the physician, floor nurse, infusion nurse clinician, and other professionals as needed
- Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and patients under the supervision of a pharmacist
- Under the direct supervision of a staff pharmacist, has the responsibility to integrate the provision of pharmaceutical care with other elements of the patient care process to provide a collaborative, cooperative effort with other members of the health care team to assure optimal drug therapy outcomes and to improve the patient''s quality of life
- Performs dispensing responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner while adhering to departmental policies and procedures and regulatory agencies (e.g., MN Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, CMS) under the guidance of a pharmacist
- Provides drug education to physicians, nurses, pharmacy staff and other hospital staff and patients to enhance drug information and promote rational drug therapy under the guidance of a pharmacist
Qualifications for pharmacy intern
- The candidate has completed at least one year in a Bachelor of Commerce program
- Must have interest in the field of Finance
- Ability to verbally communicate
- Ability to push, pull, roll, and transfer/lift 40 pounds
- Experience with typical office equipment (e.g., computers, dispensing cabinets
- Experience with various computerized and mechanical devices necessary for product preparation and dispensing (e.g., scales, micromix, strip packer, web site resources, general compounding, laminar air flow hoods, biological safety cabinets)
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Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a pharmacy intern. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pharmacy intern
- Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental rules and practices
- Interacts with pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to ensure that medications are prescribed appropriately to avoid drug allergies, drug interactions, drug contraindications, drug duplications, and drug dosages outside established guidelines
- Reports, reviews and assesses suspected adverse drug reactions, provides accurate written and verbal drug information to health care professionals, patients and family and follows formulary management policy and procedures
- Current enrollment in ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
- Completion of first professional year of pharmacy school
- Current Montana Pharmacy Intern Registration
- Accurately completes departmental documentation and billing by the end of each scheduled shift in accordance with department procedures
- Accurate computer entry of orders
- Accurate compounding, labeling checking and dispensing of all medications
- Controlled Substances management on patient care area
Qualifications for pharmacy intern
- Current Washington State Registered Pharmacy Intern license
- Affiliation with a professional organization
- State Board of Pharmacy Intern license
- High school diploma or successful completion of general educational development (GED) exam required
- Current enrollment in a PharmD degree program at an accredited school of pharmacy required
- Completion of ASHP accredited (or comparable) pharmacy technician training program preferred
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Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of pharmacy intern. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for pharmacy intern
- Investigational drug shortage
- ADU stock selection specific to unit
- Central pharmacy process flow management
- Prepare, check and dispense medications and supplies under the supervision of a pharmacist
- Perform medication outdate checks and organization
- Procures and distributes medication orders per physician or pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols
- Continuously maintains pharmacy inventory and supplies according to established policies and procedures through assigned inspections, use of automated dispensing units and medication supplies depending on facility
- Compounds, stocks, repackages and batches from bulk medications
- Maintains competence required for current position and has ability to perform all technician duties to assist in training of new employees and students
- Contributes to the effective operation of the department through all activities including computer functions, process cart fill lists, pick lists, refill medications, generation of labels, and answers phones appropriately
Qualifications for pharmacy intern
- Previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred, but other pharmacy experience will be evaluated for hospital equivalency
- Enrollment in an accredited pharmacy school program
- Licensed by the state (if applicable) as a pharmacy intern
- Students graduating in 2021, and 2020 are preferred
- Must be enrolled in a school of Pharmacy program
- Prefer six months of experience in a retail environment
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Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a pharmacy intern. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for pharmacy intern
- Perform monthly station checks, medication room outdate checks and organization as assigned
- Participates in continuous performance improvement and regulatory compliance efforts
- Maintains an attitude that promotes and fosters an environment of safety
- Assist in the maintenance of monthly formulary publications
- Document processes and procedures for the day-to-day management of Clinical Pharmacy
- Monitor and track clinical decisions made as part of the Market Watch Clinical Committee
- Evaluate process flows and make recommendations for improvement
- Develop and maintain SharePoint site
- Assist in various project management activities
- Performs computer activities to maintain patient profiles, entry of charges and credits and generation of unit dose fill lists
Qualifications for pharmacy intern
- Prefer good math skills so you can fill prescriptions accurately, including counting, measuring and weighing medications
- Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services
- Develops strong relationships with most valuable customers by anticipating customer needs and proactively offering services
- Willingness to obtain BS in Pharmacy or Pharmacist Degree from an accredited educational institution prior to start date
- Willingness to obtain pharmacist licensure in the states within the district within 90 days of hire per district guidelines
- At least 1 year experience as a pharmacist in a retail setting including prescription filling and verification, records and legal compliance, pharmacy operations, pharmacy software and technology systems and insurance
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Pharmacy Intern Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a pharmacy intern. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for pharmacy intern
- Reviews and assesses medication orders to identify potential and actual drug related problems
- Provides drug information and education to patients
- Compounds medications for retail sales and/or delivery to patient care areas
- Attend clinical and pharmacy business meetings
- Evaluation of drug literature and utilization review
- Formulary management
- Specialty medication
- Benefit design
- Enter medication orders, including entering charges and credits, to ensure up to date patient medication and billing records
- Fill routine orders from computer generated medication labels
Qualifications for pharmacy intern
- At least 1 year of experience as a pharmacist in a retail setting including prescription filling and verification, records and legal compliance, pharmacy operations, pharmacy software and technology systems and insurance
- Perform math calculations
- Accurately read, transcribe, speak, and understand verbal and written pharmaceutical terminology
- Computer skills -- use PC software, automated dispensing technology, and other computer applications
- Ability to self-motivate and work cooperatively with others as a team, priortizing work to meet customer need
- Cognitive problem solving