Pharmacy Intern - Pharmacy Students Encouraged to Apply

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

7h

About The Position

UPMC Presbyterian Hospital is looking for pharmacy students interested in gaining valuable inpatient experience, to join their team! You will be trained to have a strong foundation in the operations of pharmacy- automation, robot, dispensing, delivery, IV room, narcotic processes, or satellite. In the summer you will have project time and shadow a Unit Base Pharmacist in P-3 year.
School Year Requirements
Every 3rd weekend commitment
One evening shift biweekly
Monthly audit shift
One major holiday and two minor holidays (begins when
training is completed)
APPE Rotations - only 2 blocks away
Summer Internship:
Training in medication delivery, compounding, narcotics, and more!
Clinical experiences: ICU shadowing, research projects, & leadership opportunities
If you are a Pharmacy Student with a desire to be a part of a dedicated inpatient team, apply today!

Requirements

• Good standing in an accredited School of Pharmacy, entering P1 year or above, and applied for intern license within 90 days of hire.
• The candidate must possess good communication and computer skills.
• Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy Intern License required
• Act 34

Responsibilities

• Assists the pharmacist with medication distribution, delivering medication, refilling automated dispensing cabinets, and exchanging emergency medication carts.
• Participate in filling of medication orders maintaining patient profiles, performing prepackaging.
• Prepare IV admixtures/chemotherapy and controlled substance orders.
• Assists the pharmacist with medication review, including but not limited to computer order entry, monitoring allergies, enforcing formulary decisions, and evaluating drug interactions.
• Accurately completes departmental documentation and billing by the end of each scheduled shift in accordance with department procedures. Examples included, but are not limited to, dispensing and compounding records, refrigerator logs, hood-cleaning records, chemotherapy compounding records, patient/department billing, and controlled substance delivery records.
• Where applicable, complete clinical workload documentation (manual or electronic) by the end of each scheduled shift in accordance with Department procedures.
• Effectively uses information systems, robotics, and other applications to prepare medication labels and assist with dispensing medications.
• Prepare drug information responses and medication use evaluations.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed