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Hackensack Meridian Health · 20 hours ago

Pharmacy Intern - Part Time

Eatontown, NJ

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$17.50/hr - $17.50/hr

Hackensack Meridian Health is dedicated to transforming healthcare and serving as a leader of positive change. The Pharmacy Intern will work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assisting with medication orders, maintaining drug supplies, and gaining practical experience in pharmacy operations.

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Responsibilities

Maintains a safe and clean work area by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

Communicates with other team members, physicians, and patients in an effective and positive manner

Assists pharmacists in activities aimed at improving value-based performance metrics, such as medication adherence and MTM completion rates, through patient outreach, data gathering, and documentation

Ability to access and reference evidence-based guidelines (e.g., Beers Criteria) to assist pharmacists in identifying potential drug therapy problems

Assists in the preparation, documentation, and patient outreach for Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services, including Comprehensive Medication Reviews (CMRs), under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist

Helps prepare intravenous admixtures according to established practices of aseptic techniques and pertinent department policies under the supervision of a registered pharmacist; assists in accurately labeling and dispensing inpatient unit dose medications according to department policy; delivers medications to patient care areas as needed

Assists in compounding medication by means of weighing, measuring, mixing, blending, filtering, distilling, emulsifying, and titrating, according to standard pharmacy practices and department policy

Maintains accurate and appropriate inventories of medications and supplies. Supports the drug inventory process, including rotation and restocking of drug dispensing areas with drugs and supplies needed to process patient medication orders

Answers phones according to established phone etiquette and directs calls to the proper personnel

Prepares and packages hazardous medications and other medications requiring special handling for subsequent administration to patients under the supervision of the pharmacist

Maintains all necessary paperwork, legal documents, and records for all medications, prepared for administration

Participates in departmental quality-assurance and safety activities for drug usage, infection control, and handling hazardous materials according to state/federal regulations and departmental policy; assists in the collection and review of patient-specific data used by pharmacists for monitoring drug therapy

Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to ensure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management

Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior

Other duties and/or projects as assigned

Lifts a minimum of 5 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 5 lbs., and stands a minimum of 4 hours a day