Job Description
Job Description Provides proper and adequate pharmaceutical service, including preparation and dispensation of all drugs. The Pharmacy Intern ensures proper storage, packaging, stability, and disposition of pharmaceuticals. Performs these functions and other duties as assigned under the general supervision of the Director of Pharmacy Services and according to legal requirements and hospital policy.
Responsibilities Patient Prescriptions and Profiles
Reviews and interprets patient prescriptions and profiles in order to prevent overdoses, incompatibilities, and toxicity and to ensure the provision of high quality pharmacy services and patient care.
Weighs, measures, and mixes pharmaceuticals using graduates, balance mortars, pestles, and funnels in a prudent and efficient manner and strives to produce high quality pharmaceuticals to aid in the health care process.
Fills bottles, capsules, and other package forms with measured amounts of medication according to prescription. Types information for identification and use of medication and attaches label to container following the general dispensing format and in an effort to ensure proper medication intake by patients.
Efficiently dispenses additives for IV and irrigating solutions, and mixes IV additive solutions and chemotherapy using aseptic techniques, the laminar air flow hood, and the biological safety cabinet.
Collaboration and Partnership
Consults with physicians and nursing staff/customers concerning the availability, side effects, and possible incompatibilities of new as well as currently used drugs. Confers with physicians regarding prescription questions or irregularities in an effort to ensure patient safety.
Treats all employees with compassion, understanding, and respect, and strives to enhance performance through cooperative effort and action.
Quality and Performance Improvement
Maintains records on filled prescriptions, documents required information on the patient receipt form, and maintains inventory records on narcotics and other forms of drugs as required by law. Inspects pharmacy inventory to ensure that outdated drugs are removed from stock and replaced monthly in order to control hospital/retail pharmacy costs and ensure patient safety.
Participates in educational programs, in-service meetings, and training sessions in an effort to share his/her own expertise with others and further the quality of education and personal growth provided to new personnel, volunteers, and interning students.
Observes and adheres to all departmental and hospital policies and procedures, and follows all safety, quality assurance, and infection control standards.
Qualifications Education: Successful completion of clinical rotations toward PharmD degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy
Special Skills: Good interpersonal/human relations skills,
Good oral and written communication skills
Good problem solving and critical thinking skills
Good time management/prioritization skills
Licensure : Certification as a pharmacy intern by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
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