Pharmacy Intern - Germantown Job

Summary

Under direct supervision, the Pharmacy Intern will perform various tasks for the pharmacy department that will prepare them for a pharmacist position in health-system pharmacy.  The Pharmacy Intern will be assigned progressive responsibilities for each subsequent year of internship.  Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values. 

Education/Experience/Licensure

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• 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 (in addition to those listed above) based on a planned progression of increased responsibility at each respective internship

Key Job Responsibilities

Physical Requirements

• The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
• Must have good balance and coordination.
• The physical requirements of this position are: light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently.
• The Associate is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading.
• The conditions to which the Associate will be subject in this position: The Associate is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found in general office or administrative work.