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UPMC Presbyterian's Poison Center is looking for pharmacy students to join their team!

Shifts:

+ Every other weekend rotating 7-3 and 3-11

+ One evening a week from 5-9pm

Purpose:

Under the general direction of the Pharmacy Manager and Director, and general supervision of the Staff Pharmacist, the Pharmacy intern will perform a wide variety of functions such as answering questions, toxicology calls, assisting the nurse/pharmacist with triaging of toxicology cases and special toxicology related projects

Responsibilities:

+ Assists the pharmacist with medication distribution, delivering medication, refilling automated dispensing cabinets, and exchanging emergency medication carts.

+ Participate in filling of medication orders maintaining patient profiles, performing prepackaging.

+ Prepare IV admixtures/chemotherapy and controlled substance orders.

+ Assists the pharmacist with medication review, including but not limited to computer order entry, monitoring allergies, enforcing formulary decisions, and evaluating drug interactions.

+ Accurately completes departmental documentation and billing by the end of each scheduled shift in accordance with department procedures. Examples included, but are not limited to, dispensing and compounding records, refrigerator logs, hood-cleaning records, chemotherapy compounding records, patient/department billing, and controlled substance delivery records.

+ Where applicable, complete clinical workload documentation (manual or electronic) by the end of each scheduled shift in accordance with Department procedures.

+ Effectively uses information systems, robotics, and other applications to prepare medication labels and assist with dispensing medications.

+ Prepare drug information responses and medication use evaluations.

+ Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not exhaustive lists of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions associated with the job.

+ Good standing in an accredited School of Pharmacy, entering P1 year or above.

+ The candidate must possess good communication and computer skills.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy Intern License required

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran