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.
Relevant fieldsPharmaceutical Sciences
