Pharmacy Intern - UPMC Shadyside

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Shadyside Hospital is seeking pharmacy students to join their team as a Pharmacy Intern, gaining valuable hands-on experience in an inpatient setting. Interns will receive training in various pharmacy operations, including automation, robotics, dispensing, delivery, IV room procedures, narcotic processes, and satellite pharmacy functions. During the summer, interns will have dedicated project time and the opportunity to shadow a Unit Base Pharmacist in their P-3 year. This casual intern position involves performing a wide range of functions to support pharmaceutical care for patients at UPMC, all in compliance with state and federal regulations, Joint Commission Standards, and hospital policies. The internship is designed to provide a challenging environment for progressive development of operational and clinical pharmacy skills.

Requirements

• Good standing in an accredited School of Pharmacy, entering P1 year or above.
• 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

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees