Pharmacy Intern (Per Diem/Rotating)
Pharmacy Intern (Per Diem/Rotating)
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Job Description
When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.
Job Summary: Supports the mission of the department by ensuring that the right patients receive the right medication in a safe and timely manner under the direct supervision of an inpatient pharmacist. Develops a full understanding of the drug distribution system and demonstrates competency in carrying out all duties associated with delivering medications to the patient care units.Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
- Delivers medication to the patient care units in accordance with departmental policies and procedures and MA Board of pharmacy regulation
- Accurately fills medications from the list provided by the automated dispensing machine.
- Delivers medications to the automated dispensing machines on the patient care units in an accurate and timely manner including checking for errors such as expiration dates and wrong strengths.
- In conjunction with other pharmacy colleagues ensures that all drug distribution functions are completed in a safe and timely manner. Informs pharmacist and/or Director of Pharmacy of any workflow issues.
- Repackages and compounds medications as needed in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Interview patients to obtain medication histories (including OTC medications and herbal supplements) on all assigned patients; may interview patient family members and perform outreach to other pharmacies and healthcare facilities to confirm medication regimens or investigate discrepancies as necessary from timetotime
Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required .
- License required: Pharmacy Student Intern
- 01 years related work experience required.
- Must be a Doctor of Pharmacy student enrolled in an accredited college or university OR a graduate of a nonapproved school of pharmacy who meets the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy requirements for registration.
- Experience with computer systems required including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint or Access.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience in a hospital pharmacy practice setting preferred.
Competencies:
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff patients families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts practices procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to interact respectfully with other employees professional staff and/or external contacts to offer ideas identify issues obtain information or deliver services.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients visitors staff and external customers in a professional serviceoriented respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Age based Competencies:
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6 months Youth: 6 months to 16 years Young adult: 1630 years Middle Age: 30 60 years Elderly: 60 .
Physical Nature of the Job:
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campus
As a health care organization we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
More than 35000 people working together. Nurses doctors technicians therapists researchers teachers and more making a difference in patients lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
