Pharmacy Intern, Inpatient Pharmacy, Per Diem

About the position

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, evaluates and clarifies physician medication orders.
• Processes orders using pharmacy computer system. Delivers patient medications to patient's rooms and medication room areas.
• Checks for accuracy of all drugs assembled or prepared by pharmacy technicians, prior to release for distribution.
• Assembles, prepares, and delivers, as necessary, drugs to patient care areas.
• Reviews physician orders and interacts with physicians and nurses, as necessary, relative to appropriateness of therapeutic regimens with preceptor oversight.
• Provides information concerning therapeutic alternatives to physicians in regards to UMMHC formulary.
• Troubleshoots technical problems of varying complexity. Serves as resource to less experienced interns in problem resolution.
• Prepares and packages all forms of medications. Prepares IV drugs using aseptic technique in compounding parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, chemotherapy and other IV drugs.
• Maintains inventory including floor stock medication, reorders, restocks, and monitors expiration dates of all medications.
• Maintains required documentation in accordance with regulatory and hospital requirements and maintains respect for patient confidentiality. Generates necessary pharmacy reports.
• Conducts medication room inspections in assigned patient care area in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Triages pharmacy calls.
• Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• Assists with yearly inventory in assigned areas.
• Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists supervisor with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
• Aids technicians, technician supervisors, and pharmacists as warranted.
• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Requirements

• Massachusetts registration as an intern with the Board of Registration in Pharmacy is required.
• Completion of two years of education within a pharmacist internship program.
• Designated status as a student beyond the second professional year, in an approved college/school of pharmacy in which the candidate is currently enrolled.
• Familiarity with pharmacy technology and equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical problems of moderate to high complexity.

Benefits

• Signing bonus may be available.