Pharmacy Intern (PRN) - Infectious Diseases

Position Summary

Assists pharmacists with daily pharmacy operations in a supportive role, under the pharmacist’s direct supervision. Providing coverage in multiple areas: infusion, retail, and investigational drug services at all locations.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Prepares and compounds complex sterile parenteral products including cytotoxic and hazardous medications using proper aseptic technique, assuring continuous quality control during medication preparation. Performs required calculations, verification of doses, accurate preparation, dispense-prep, labelling and dispensing of medications. Includes timely delivery of finished products to nursing staff and patients.Processes retail prescriptions including but not limited to: typing, filling, submitting overrides for insurance claims, calling insurance companies, communicating with provider teams, operating a cash register, collecting patient copays, providing excellent customer service, coordinating prescription deliveries for patients, and filing paperwork.Assists with inventory management tasks including but not limited to rotating stock, unpacking orders, restocking, checking for expired or recalled medications, filling automated dispensing machines, completing inventory reports. Assists pharmacists with any requested pharmacy duties, answer telephone, responds to nursing, provider team staff, or patients. Ensures pharmacy is kept neat, clean, and orderly.Maintains compliance with quality assurance monitoring programs including but not limited to temperature monitoring of pharmacy room temperature, refrigerators and freezers. Participates in pharmacy continuing educational programs, seminars, and all required training and certifications to maintain job status and/or pharmacy licensure as required by law.

Preferred Qualifications

Current Missouri Pharmacy Intern Registration.One of more years of experience in pharmacy operations or completion of one year of pharmacy school.Basic computer skills, including typing, basic pharmacy skills (including pharmaceutical math calculations).Ability to understand and follow complex written or verbal instructions.Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent high school certification.Currently enrolled full time and in good academic standing in an accredited School of Pharmacy (enrolled in Pre-Professional curriculum).Current registration in State of Missouri (or Illinois if applicable) as Pharmacy Technician (or Pharmacy Intern, if applicable).Basic Life Support certification. (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements.).

Grade

C07-H

Salary Range

$18.84 - $28.29 / Hourly

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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Pre-Employment Screening

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