Pharmacy Intern - Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
About the Job
This Pharmacy Intern will be responsible for:
8 hour shifts is every other Saturday and Sunday
To qualify, you must have:
8 hour shifts is every other Saturday and Sunday
- Filling and delivering medication orders/prescriptions for hospital inpatients and outpatients.
- Filling standing inpatient medication orders in individual cassettes following computer generated lists and fills new orders/prescriptions from physician orders.
- Delivering cassettes and individual medications to units and collects new medication orders according to established procedures and schedules.
- Preparing patient medications in accordance with established protocols, methods and techniques.
- Preparing special dilutions of non-controlled and controlled substances as needed. Labels and records manufactured medications as required.
- Receiving and filling pharmaceutical supply requests for nursing units, satellite locations and other areas.
- Monitoring, restocking and rotating routine supplies, removing and replacing outdated products and processing related patient charges and credits.
- Performing routine quality control and equipment maintenance tasks according to established procedures and schedules.
- Answering, screening and routing telephone calls as needed. Refers any medical/drug information questions or administrative inquiries to the pharmacist.
- Training to measure, mix and compound automated TPNs, irrigations, and chemotherapy drugs in specified volumes, dosages and concentrations.
- Training to prepare research study medications as needed. Labels and records manufactured medications as required.
To qualify, you must have:
- A Massachusetts Pharmacy Intern license.
- Completed two years of education at an approved College/School of Pharmacy in which the candidate is currently enrolled.
- Analytical skills to gather and interpret data in situations in which the information or problems are relatively routine.
- Ability to understand and respond to written or verbal instructions. Incumbents must respond appropriately to instructions, questions or requests for information.
Source : Boston Children's Hospital