Outpatient Pharmacy Intern

What You Will Do

• Fills patient drawers on unit dose cart with a 24-hour supply of medications.
• Fills medication orders for delivery to nursing units by packaging and labeling doses using computer generated labels for review by pharmacist.
• Fills floor stock drugs and general requisitions accurately.
• Answers telephone calls and provides routine information about medications or handles pharmacy problems.
• Demonstrates effective customer relations skills, promotes a positive work environment.
• Delivers prescriptions, floor stock, medication carts, IV solutions and emergency drugs to nursing units.
• Operates tubes system and provides prompt customer service.
• Assists in inventory control, checks inventory to ensure drugs are in date, restocks unit dose bins, bulk areas, carts used in emergency rooms, surgery and other patient care areas.
• Maintains narcotics accountability sheets and files daily reconciliation sheets.
• Requests labels for IV preparation as needed; pulls plain and premixed IVs for pharmacist check.
• Prepares IV solutions, TPNs and parenteral products working under direct pharmacist supervision.
• Adds additional duties to be performed (in addition to those listed above) based on a planned progression of increased responsibility at each respective internship.

Education/Formal Training Requirements

• Required - Currently enrolled in a college program Pharmacy

Work Experience Requirements

• PREFERRED - No prior work experience

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Stated interest in health system pharmacy is desired.
• Demonstrated competency at each Internship Level must be achieved before progressing to the next level.

Physical Demands

• The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
• Must have good balance and coordination.
• The physical requirements of this position are: light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently.

Our Culture

We are passionate about what we do, the service we provide and the patients we serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.

About the Organization

Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.