Pharmacy Intern PRN
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Additional Information
Department: Pharmacy
Hours per week: 1
Shift: Every other weekend Saturday and Sunday, one 4 hour evening shift per week, holidays as needed.
Job Overview
Under the supervision and direction of a licensed pharmacist and following established policies and procedures, performs a variety of technical and clinical procedures to support operations.
Responsibilities
Population Specific Care
- a.) Neonate - <30 days
- b.) Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
- c.) Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
- d.) Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
- e.) School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
- f.) Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
- g.) Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs
Essential Functions
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.
- Under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, may complete the following:Provides drug information services by responding to questions regarding medication compatibilities, adverse drug events, dosing, regimens, storage and disposal, compounding, and pharmaceutical supplies in a timely manner; using a systematic approach to effectively searching, retrieving, and evaluating the literature and appropriately communicating and applying the information to the patient care situation
- Participates in emergency response; provides patient education, guidance of medication related therapeutic issues; documents pharmaceutical interventions according to departmental standards; and performs therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Assures that patient medication needs are being met through multidisciplinary communications and bedside rounding.
- Sustains and implements quality and safety initiatives and practices in the department and throughout the hospital. Reports adverse drug events and medication variances using the hospital variance reporting program (QSRS).
- Accurately and safely selects and prepares medications for dispensing, and delivers patient medication as directed by a licensed pharmacist.
- Performs non-sterile compounding and packaging including nonhazardous and hazardous drugs.
- Answers telephone calls and triages appropriately.
- Performs inspections for medication outdates.
- Assures medication needs for patient care are met through inventory management, maintenance of work areas and equipment, stocking Omnicells, receiving and stocking medications and supplies throughout the pharmacy areas.
- Maintains environmental cleanliness in accordance with regulatory and policy requirements.
- Fills requests for controlled substances and accurately maintains all required records.
- Enters patient charges.
- Teaches, trains and/or mentors new employees, students and other healthcare professionals according to standard operating procedures.
- Maintains daily workflow to meet established priorities and production requirements.
- Documents activities according to hospital and department policy, and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Performs sterile compounding which may include chemotherapy.
- May sustain, maintain and look for ways to improve the medication barcoding system.
Other Information
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Maintains baseline knowledge of medications and pharmacotherapy relevant to their year in pharmacy school.
- Maintains knowledge and proficiency of all pharmacy computer systems and applications, and Omnicell.
- Passes all required competencies and skills assessments.
- Maintains competency in sterile and non-sterile compounding, formula compounding, pharmaceutical calculations, generating computerized batch reports and other miscellaneous computer functions.
- Maintains knowledge of department and hospital policy, procedures and documentation requirements.
- Maintains knowledge and proficiency of all pharmacy hardware and equipment.
SCOPE AND LEVEL
GUIDELINES: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.
COMPLEXITY: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.
DECISION MAKING: Duties assigned are primarily routine, repetitive, and restricted in intricacy with little or no discretion in how they are carried out.
COMMUNICATION: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Under close supervision, the employee receives training to develop skills and abilities in a specific line of work or general occupational area. Work product is subject to close, continuous inspection
Qualifications
- EDUCATION – Actively enrolled in a school of pharmacy
- LICENSURE - Pharmacist Intern License from the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy within 60 days of eligibility.
- Existing first year pharmacy student or starting pharmacy student required.
Physical Requirements
Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
- Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good
- Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
- General Activity: Stand/Walk: 6-8 hrs. per day
- Motion: Bend: 1/3 or more of time
- Motion: Carry: 1/3 or more of time
- Motion: Lift: Up to 1/3 of time
- Motion: Push: 1/3 or more of time
- Motion: Reach: 1/3 or more of time
- Motion: Squat/Crouch: 1/3 or more of time
- Others: Occupational Hazards - Must be able to meet scheduling demands during all weather conditions
- Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)
- Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 50 pounds: Up to 1/3 of time
Work Environment
- Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional.
- Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Regular/Frequent
- Exposure to hazardous and nonhazardous drugs: regular/frequent
- Exposure: Exposure to skin irritations: regular/frequent
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.
The Department of Pharmacy provides comprehensive clinical services to patients at Children's Hospital Colorado. Our pharmaceutical care extends beyond drug procurement and dispensing. We have organized clinical pharmacy services that complement the team approach to providing care.
Clinical pediatric pharmacists are available 24 hours a day and help ensure the safe and effective use of medication in children — as well as promote health, wellness and disease prevention. Our specially-trained pharmacists work with physicians and other healthcare professionals to determine the best medication regimen and monitoring plan for the pediatric patient.
Clinical pharmacy services are integrated into virtually all inpatient care units as designated pharmacists round with the medical teams. Through this direct involvement, pharmacists are empowered to assist in a great deal of therapeutic decision making and therapeutic drug monitoring activities. This is often a proactive responsibility. Children's Hospital Colorado pharmacists review drug orders and serve as a double-check regarding safety, therapeutic indication, the selection of reasonable drug therapy, and monitoring endpoints for therapy.
Pharmacists provide an extensive amount of drug information to practitioners and families. Pharmacokinetic consultations are routinely performed by pharmacists and are documented in the patient medical record.
Training and research
The Department of Pharmacy Residency Program began in 1991 and has grown to be one of the largest pediatric pharmacy residency programs in a free-standing children's hospital in the country. Every year, four Post-Graduate Year 1 pharmacy residents and one Post-Graduate Year 2 pediatric pharmacy resident is employed and trained here. The clinical pharmacists, along with the residents, lead original research. Annually, a minimum of five research projects is completed involving medication therapy in children. The pharmacists provide education to the medical staff, nursing staff, pharmacy students, and outside groups. Pharmacy staff members participate in interdisciplinary committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Safe Medication Practices Committee, Code and Sedation Committee, Insulin Task Force and Adverse Drug Reactions Committee, among others.
The Department of Pharmacy runs a comprehensive investigational drug service. A full-time Investigational Drug Pharmacist is responsible for reviewing and approving drug research protocols as a member of the IRB/COMIRB. This pharmacist works closely with medical researchers, protocol sponsors, and Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute.
On-site outpatient pharmacy services
Children's Colorado on Anschutz Medical Campus has a Walgreen's Pharmacy located on the first floor of the hospital near the Fresh Market Place cafeteria.
Specialty Pharmacy
We also have a Specialty Pharmacy with a dedicated team that can work with you, your child's doctor and your insurance company to provide access to specialty medications and help you achieve the most benefit from your medication therapy. We are located on the first floor of the Children’s Colorado Health Pavilion in Aurora.
Specialty Pharmacy hours of operation:
We are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Specialty Pharmacy is closed on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.