Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

As an integral member of the pharmacy team, the pharmacy student intern, under supervision and work direction of the pharmacist helps prepare and distribute medications to patients within the hospital. Student interns are responsible for filling patients’ orders, medication stock, ancillary department supplies, and unit dose medication bins for final verification by the pharmacist. Student interns also participate in researching drug therapies, searching for drug information, retrospective reviews, and literature searches, as well as additional tasks to the level of their current education.

Duties & Responsibilities

Participate in medication preparation and delivery (35%)

• Under supervision of the pharmacist, fills patient medication orders.
• Assists the pharmacist in medication preparation of sterile and non-sterile compounds, labeling, prepackaging, unit dosing and storage of medications under proper conditions of refrigeration and security.
• Under supervision of the pharmacist, prepares unit dose medication bins for pharmacist verification.
• Deliver medications to patients and nursing stations.

Participate in pharmacy operations (35%)

• Assist with manage inventory of medications and pharmacy supplies in the hospital,
• Provide required pharmacy services during hours appropriate for necessary contact with medical and nursing staff.
• Respond to questions or requests of medical staff, nursing, etc. when appropriate.
• Participate in quality improvement activities related to all aspects of drug therapy preparation.
• Assist with the management of medication and pharmacy supply inventory including ordering, stocking, and returns.
• Assist the pharmacist in managing controlled substance records, invoices, and reconciliation.
• Medication area inspections.
• Other duties as assigned.

Pharmacist skill development under direct supervision (30%)

• P1/Fourth Year Students-in addition to above duties: Under pharmacist supervision-actively participate in retrospective reviews, adverse drug reaction reporting.

• P2/Fifth Year Students-in addition to above duties: Under pharmacist supervision-research drug information questions, develop wean plans, perform medication history review, and assist with discharge planning and education.

• P3/P4/Sixth/Seventh Year Students-in addition to above duties: Under pharmacist supervision-review patient profiles, assist with antibiotic dose monitoring, research drug therapies and make recommendations, assist with parenteral nutrition dosing and monitoring.

Qualifications:

• Required: Currently licensed as a Pharmacy Technician or Intern Pharmacist in the state of Missouri
• Required: Currently enrolled in an ACPE accredited pharmacy school and must have completed a minimum of 1 year
• Required: Detail-oriented with strong math and organizational skills

Physical Demands

These include walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, grasping, pulling, pushing, standing, carrying and lifting of light loads (up to 35 lb.) as necessary.

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