Pharmacy Intern - CommonSpirit Health

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital is an accredited not-for-profit community hospital that has been providing exceptional health care in San Francisco for more than 100 years. As San Francisco’s only downtown hospital Saint Francis is uniquely situated to care for international and domestic visitors as well as the residents that make up San Francisco’s diverse population.We encourage employee participation at all levels to encourage growth and excellence. Known as the downtown hospital Saint Francis boasts all private rooms and a friendly atmosphere.The hospital is renowned for orthopedics with leading programs in sports medicine joint replacement spine care and occupational medicine. Saint Francis is also known for outstanding acute burn care emergency medicine acute rehabilitation and a nationally-honored cancer care program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately and quickly fills the unit dose cassettes, dispenses first doses, and performs computer billing of medications. Notes and questions potential problems during the dispensing process.
• Accurately prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile products. Has taken and passed the aseptic technique competency.
• Assists the pharmacists in the entry and dispensing of medications using the pharmacy computer systems.
• Receives and stickers drugs received from the wholesale vendor and places in appropriate storage areas in a timely manner. Checks the drugs received against the invoice to ensure that all items ordered have been delivered.
• Delivers medications, unit dose cassettes, and intravenous admixtures to their destinations using the tube system, trayveyor, or through hand delivery.
• Restocks the automated dispensing stations in an accurate and timely manner. Reports all discrepancies encountered to the pharmacist.
• Performs monthly inspections of drug storage areas as assigned. Documents ins`res that adequate but not excessive amounts of drugs are kept in stock.
• Instructs, orients, and guides new students, technicians, and pharmacists in those procedures performed by the technical staff. Has taken and passed all departmental competencies.
• Performs unit dose packaging for those products not done so commercially. Repackages the Code Blue medication trays.
• Meets departmental attendance standards. Less than 6 occurrences of unscheduled ATA use per year meets standard. Three or fewer occurrences per year exceeds standard. Attends departmental staff meetings whenever possible.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science Degree or equiv. required or current enrollment in a school of pharmacy.
• Licensure: California state registration as an intern required.
• PHARMACY INTERN (PHRM INTRN)