Outpatient Pharmacy Intern

Beth Israel Lahey Health

About The Position

The Outpatient Pharmacy Intern works under the general supervision of a Clinical Pharmacist and under the specific supervision of Pharmacy Supervisors and Clinical Pharmacist Supervisors for technical functions in the Pharmacy Department. The primary responsibility is to prepare and distribute medications and IV solutions according to established policies and procedures. The intern performs medication distribution, repackaging, inventory, and compounding tasks, including aseptic preparation of parenteral admixtures and operating-room-related items. The position requires enrollment in an accredited pharmacy degree program with the second year completed, Pharmacy Student Intern registration, and basic computer familiarity. The work involves light physical effort, including frequently moving objects weighing up to 20 pounds, standing for periods, and moving throughout the hospital campus. Staff are required to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Vocational or technical training; completion of the second year in a pharmacy degree program at an accredited College of Pharmacy is required.
Registration as a Pharmacy Student Intern is required.
0–1 years of related work experience required.
Must be enrolled in an accredited pharmacy degree program and have completed the second year.
Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications at a basic level.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies and apply them in varied situations.
Ability to work collaboratively in small teams, offer ideas, identify issues, and respect team members.
Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and respond to requests in a timely and respectful manner.
Light physical work: frequently exert up to 20 pounds of force to move objects; stand for periods and move throughout the hospital campus.
Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

Develop familiarity with medications, including generic and trade names, administration methods, usual dosages and schedules, and conversions between metric and apothecary systems.
Distribute automated dispensing cabinetry with appropriate dosage forms; monitor discharge and transfer lists; and remove and transfer bins as appropriate.
Deliver medications with appropriate labels.
Repackage tablets, capsules, and liquid medications; operate the repackaging machine; and assign expiration dates according to policy.
Handle and distribute controlled substances and investigational drugs.
Prepare topical and irrigation solutions.
Restock floor stock and automated dispensing cabinetry.
Check pharmacy and automated dispensing cabinetry for expired medications; inventory and maintain stock levels in the unit dose area and satellites.
Prepare and initiate worklists and labels, and assemble drugs and solutions for compounding.
Initiate procedures and demonstrate aseptic technique when compounding parenteral admixtures in a laminar flow hood.
Refill operating room kits and aseptically prepare operating room-related items, cardioplegia solutions, and syringes.
Maintain stock in the operating room pharmacy and complete operating-room-related charging and documentation.