Pharmacy Intern

Purpose

Responsibilities

• Communicate with medical providers’ offices for order clarification and coordination of care to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes
• Communicate with patients regarding prescribed therapies to promote patient outcomes
• Participates in building and maintaining respectful, collaborative team relationships, exercising and encouraging positivity
• Assist pharmacist(s) and pharmacy technicians with pharmacy fulfillment activities
• Dispense medications and process orders, including accurately and efficiently filling prescription orders by retrieving medications, counting quantities, selecting lots, labeling, and packaging products appropriately , utilizing prescription information systems to enter and process prescription orders, and reviewing prescription information to confirm completeness and accuracy
• Support inventory management, including receiving drug orders, checking in and restocking medications, and assisting with regular cycle counts
• Assist with development and maintenance of pharmacy work instructions and clinical materials
• Identify areas of improvement and assists with solution development/implementation
• Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to all relevant privacy regulations
• Adhere to established safety and quality assurance protocols related to medication storage and handling
• Support pharmacy rotation students through guidance on assigned projects and tasks as well as provides training on various daily tasks such as conducting drug utilization reviews
• Provide reliable staffing support according to an assigned schedule as dictated by the Manager, Pharmacy Operations
• Complete additional projects and activities as assigned