Per Diem Pharmacy Intern; Mount Sinai West

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

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About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern prepares medications for inpatients, outpatients, and employees according to departmental policies, ensuring that a pharmacist verifies each transaction before dispensing. The intern compounds sterile and non-sterile products, dispenses medications under pharmacist supervision, maintains required records and inventory, and performs delivery, medication-round, and pharmacy-support duties. All professional functions are performed under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.

Requirements

• At least three years completed at an accredited college of pharmacy.
• English proficiency, oral and written.
• Valid New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit.

Nice To Haves

• Previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare medications for inpatients, outpatients, and employees according to departmental policies, with pharmacist verification before dispensing.
• Compound sterile and non-sterile products according to protocol and obtain final pharmacist verification.
• Dispense medications under pharmacist supervision and maintain accurate records for controlled substances, tax-free alcohol, and investigational new drugs.
• Operate required pharmacy equipment, including unit-dose repackaging equipment, a total parenteral nutrition compounder, and laminar flow hoods.
• Maintain adequate medication and supply inventory, routinely remove expired medications, and return reusable medication to stock before the end of the shift.
• Audit controlled drug disposition records for patient care units and report discrepancies and unusual use patterns to a manager or director.
• Maintain an accurate, current census, including cassette bin labels, for assigned areas.
• Fill unit-dose cassettes accurately and perform statistical counts of doses dispensed.
• Conduct deliveries and other patient care rounds promptly; obtain required signatures for controlled substance deliveries.
• Exchange unit-dose cassettes according to established schedules and maintain stat box contents.
• Maintain a safe, clean working environment and ensure drug lists are posted in the pharmacy, on transfer carts, and at patient care units.
• Inspect nursing stations monthly, instruct nursing personnel to correct deficiencies when necessary, and retrieve medications not included on floor stock lists.
• Assist pharmacists with providing drug information and profiling patient medications.
• Complete required documentation and perform other professional functions under direct pharmacist supervision, along with Technician I and Technician II related functions.

What This Job Offers

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