Pharmacy Intern; 1st Year - Inpatient
About The Position
The Pharmacy Intern provides clinical care to patients and assists the pharmacy manager with pharmacy operations and management. The intern supports pharmacists, provides indirect supervision for support staff, and follows applicable policies and procedures. This role is based at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, and includes casual hours bi-weekly, with a day/evening schedule and one weekend per month. Hospital duties include delivering medications and supplies to patient care areas, supporting inpatient workflows such as sterile compounding, participating in multidisciplinary care discussions, and contributing to infusion therapy and direct patient monitoring. The position’s duties progress by pharmacy-school year: Year 1 focuses on immediate clinical care; later years add therapy modification, interdisciplinary collaboration, counseling, medication safety, cultural competence, personalized medicine, and mentoring. The posting also describes retail pharmacy duties and year-by-year progression, including insurance verification, prior authorizations, prescription processing, customer service, scheduling, pharmacy software, and bookkeeping. These duties are described as retail responsibilities. The position is listed as non-benefit eligible. Fairview offers employees the option to participate in its 403(b) plan, earn Sick and Safe Time, and access earned wages early.
Requirements
- Be enrolled as a student at an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy.
- Have excellent customer service skills, proficiency in English, problem-solving ability, adherence to policies and procedures, and competent mathematical skills.
- Hold active registration as a Pharmacy Intern with the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy upon hire.
- For Year 2 progression, completion of Year 1 of pharmacy school is required; for Year 3, completion of Year 2 is required; for Year 4, completion of Year 3 is required.
Nice To Haves
- Previous pharmacy experience in retail, hospital, or infusion therapies.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient counseling and prospective drug use evaluation.
- Evaluate patients in relation to prescribed therapies by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.
- Monitor patient records for allergies, drug interactions, and appropriateness of therapy.
- Dispense medications accurately and in compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
- Identify and resolve patient-specific medication-related problems.
- Support medication safety and error-management activities.
- Ensure accurate and complete billing to payers.
- Use pharmacy technologies to support accuracy and efficiency.
- Participate in team meetings and interdisciplinary discussions.
- Maintain proficiency in pharmacy practice through ongoing education.
- Demonstrate cultural competence and developmental sensitivity in patient care.
- Deliver medications and supplies to patient care areas.
- Support inpatient workflows, including sterile compounding.
- Participate in multidisciplinary care discussions with clinical teams.
- Support infusion therapies and direct patient monitoring.
- For retail pharmacy responsibilities described in the posting: verify insurance, obtain prior authorizations, and address third-party prescription issues.
- For retail pharmacy responsibilities described in the posting: process manual prescriptions, including EZ-DME, Worker’s Compensation, and breast pumps.
- For retail pharmacy responsibilities described in the posting: handle cash-register transactions and customer service.
- For retail pharmacy responsibilities described in the posting: support scheduling, pharmacy software, and bookkeeping activities.
Benefits
- Option to participate in the Fairview 403(b) plan.
- Sick and Safe Time.
- Early access to earned wages.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
