PHARMACY INTERN

About the role

Mountain View Hospital is looking for a Pharmacy Intern to join our team!

Responsibilities

• Assists the Pharmacist in providing medication and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
• Doses medications under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Maintains inventory of medications and supplies, and reorders them accordingly.
• Restocks and maintains automated dispensing machines and anesthesia machines.
• Processes records of medications dispensed to patients or customers, computes charges, and enters them into the computer system.
• Prepares, evaluates, and interprets medication usage, including narcotic usage, into applicable reports.
• Receives and stores incoming deliveries of medication and supplies in appropriate storage conditions.
• Participates in departmental and organizational performance improvement and CQI activities.
• Assists the Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care for patients ranging in age from newborn to the elderly.
• Identifies and understands dosage variations between newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and consults with the Pharmacist if any doubts or questions arise.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical and healthcare errors.
• Maintains the Pharmacy Department in a clean and orderly manner.
• Completes annual education requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
• Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled.
• Cooperates with employees in the pharmacy, and in other departments to provide optimal customer service.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Demonstrates cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Education in all age groups ranging from newborn to geriatric population obtained either in school education, experience, or subsequent training.
• Graduate of a certified training program/healthcare careers college and/or training equivalent.
• Nationally certified as a Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) within one year of hire date.
• One year of related pharmacy experience and/or education equivalent.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days).
• Medical Paid Time Off.
• Retail Plans (401K with up to 6% match).
• Earned Quarterly Bonus Program.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital.