UNIV - Student Intern-2 - College of Pharmacy

UNIV - Student Intern-2 - College of Pharmacy

The pharmacy intern supports the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy. The individual also assists the pharmacy technician in assigned responsibilities, including pharmacy inventory management. Additionally, the pharmacy intern may be called upon to assist the Director of Clinical Services and to assist in the training of pharmacy externs rotating through the pharmacy.

Entity: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type: Employee

Worker Sub-Type: Temporary

Cost Center: CC001180 COP Community Pharmacy Programs

Pay Rate Type: Hourly

Pay Grade: University-00

Pay Range: 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 10

Assist the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy, in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations

Assess prescription or medication order for completeness, accuracy, authenticity, and legality

Prepare prescription or medication order for final check by pharmacist including data entry in pharmacy processing system

Under supervision of the pharmacist, may give advice to self-medicating patients and dispense non-prescription medications

Under supervision of the pharmacist, may provide effective counseling on prescription related issues (i.e., adverse drug reactions, patients history which might bear on the prescribing decision, proper storage of medications, patient questions on medications, etc.)

Maintain open communication with various health professionals inside and outside the clinic

Perform patient immunization on an as-needed basis, under supervision of the pharmacist

Communicate with prescribers and their agents to obtain refill authorization

Communicate with outside pharmacies for the purpose of sending and receiving prescription transfers

Serve patients by working with pharmacist and pharmacy personnel in preparing medications, giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies

Data entry and operation of all required software

Complete prescription filing, receiving and filing invoices, receiving medication orders and doing return to stocks every 14 days

Assist in maintaining of inventory management including but not limited to:

Organize inventory on pharmacy shelves in order to increase prescription filling efficiencies (e.g., fast movers)

Set and maintain appropriate stock-on-hand amounts

Track inventory usage and reorder appropriately

Identify and utilize the best acquisition costs

Checking for out of dates and removing from shelf

Perform regular cycle counts of inventory (report generated)

Interface with return agency for expired and out-of-date medications

Serve as a contact for inventory related questions/needs for pharmacy/medical staff and patients

Answer phones and check voicemail messages as needed

Provide excellent customer service, responding to customer complaints and questions in an efficient and courteous manner while including the pharmacist in relevant communications

Support the Director of Clinical Services as needed

Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Obtain and maintain up-to-date pharmacy intern license

Minimum Qualifications:

Current Pharmacy Intern License for South Carolina

Enrollment in MUSC College of Pharmacy PharmD Program

Hours of Work: Predominantly part-time, with increased hours during academic breaks, as determined by pharmacist-in-charge. Scheduled hours will vary based on the pharmacy needs and staffing levels.

MUSC students must apply using a personal email address to the external job board if they do not have a contingent worker or employee worker profile in Workday.