Pharmacy Intern

Description

Job Schedule: Per Diem

Standard Hours: 1

Job Shift: Shift 1

Shift Details: Per diem

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Natchaug Hospital is Eastern Connecticut's leading provider for children, adolescents and adults with mental illness and substance abuse addictions. We offer a variety of programs including inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, residential treatment for court-involved teenage girls, geriatric services, clinical day treatment schools and chemical dependency services. Through our multi-site network of care, we constantly strive to meet its mission in helping people find their way while educating and empowering individuals to participate in their own care and recovery.

Pharmacy Intern Duties Include:

* Assists in the preparation and distribution of medications throughout the hospital which includes in-patient unit dose dispensing and out-patient dispensing.
* Performs computer activities to maintain patient profiles, entry of charges and credits and generation of unit dose fill lists.
* Restocks crash cart medications, including documentation and follow through.
* Fills emergency boxes and stat boxes, including documentation, expiration date checking and follow through.
* Insures all medications are packaged with a bar code compatible with existing Pharmacy bar code technology
* Prepackages tablets, capsules and other dosage forms for in-patient and out-patient dispensing.
* Positively interacts with patients and other hospital guests to enhance the quality of case/service provided.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

* Pharmacy Intern registration Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
* Currently enrolled in an accredited PharmD program
* Prior experience as a Pharmacy Technician or Intern preferred
* Knowledge of medical terms, abbreviations and pharmacy calculations
* Knowledge of brand and generics drugs

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.