Pharmacist Intern

About the role#

This Pharmacist Intern position provides pharmacy students with hands-on experience in a clinical environment. This part-time, on-site role offers flexible scheduling designed to accommodate academic coursework and rotations.

What you'll do#

• Prepare patient drug orders.
• Deliver medications and IV admixtures to patient rooms, critical care areas, and other ancillary departments.
• Review patient MAR and care plans to determine if medications should be returned to the pharmacy for credit.
• Pick up medication orders from nursing areas for processing.
• Credit patient accounts and restock usable medications and IVs returned to the pharmacy.
• File medication orders and fill unit-dose exchange envelopes.
• Process medication drawers and orders for patient admissions, discharges, and transfers.
• Assist pharmacists with audits and complete assigned unit inspections.
• Restock automated medication dispensing machines and enter fill stock requisitions for other departments.

What you'll need#

• High school diploma or GED.
• Current enrollment in a pharmacy school or program, or proof of verbal commitment to one.
• Registration as a pharmacy intern with the State of Iowa at the time of hire (or registration as a Technician in Training or Certified Pharmacy Technician until intern status is obtained).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association, to be obtained within three months of hire.
• Completion of mandatory reporter training within three months of hire.

Location & details#

• Location: Des Moines, Iowa.
• Work Modality: On-site.
• Employment Type: Part-time, rotating shifts.