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The pharmacy intern supports the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy. The individual also assists the pharmacy technician in assigned responsibilities, including pharmacy inventory management. Additionally, the pharmacy intern may be called upon to assist the Director of Clinical Services and to assist in the training of pharmacy externs rotating through the pharmacy.
Job Responsibility
Assist the pharmacist, under direct supervision, in the practice of pharmacy, in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations
Assess prescription or medication order for completeness, accuracy, authenticity, and legality
Prepare prescription or medication order for final check by pharmacist including data entry in pharmacy processing system
Under supervision of the pharmacist, may give advice to self-medicating patients and dispense non-prescription medications
Under supervision of the pharmacist, may provide effective counseling on prescription related issues
Maintain open communication with various health professionals inside and outside the clinic
Perform patient immunization on an as-needed basis, under supervision of the pharmacist
Communicate with prescribers and their agents to obtain refill authorization
Communicate with outside pharmacies for the purpose of sending and receiving prescription transfers
Serve patients by working with pharmacist and pharmacy personnel in preparing medications, giving pharmacological information to multidisciplinary health care team, and monitoring patient drug therapies
Data entry and operation of all required software
Complete prescription filing, receiving and filing invoices, receiving medication orders and doing return to stocks every 14 days
Assist in maintaining of inventory management
Organize inventory on pharmacy shelves in order to increase prescription filling efficiencies
Set and maintain appropriate stock-on-hand amounts
Track inventory usage and reorder appropriately
Identify and utilize the best acquisition costs
Checking for out of dates and removing from shelf
Perform regular cycle counts of inventory
Interface with return agency for expired and out-of-date medications
Serve as a contact for inventory related questions/needs for pharmacy/medical staff and patients
Answer phones and check voicemail messages as needed
Provide excellent customer service, responding to customer complaints and questions in an efficient and courteous manner while including the pharmacist in relevant communications
Support the Director of Clinical Services as needed
Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Obtain and maintain up-to-date pharmacy intern license
Requirements
Current Pharmacy Intern License for South Carolina
Enrollment in MUSC College of Pharmacy PharmD Program