What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Intern position at Cleveland Clinic?
Join our team at Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic is named the No. 4 hospital in the United States according to the U.S. and World News Report. At Cleveland Clinic, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care. At Cleveland Clinic you will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
As a Pharmacy Intern, you will:
-Be responsible for clinical and operational shifts.
-Complete an internship program that exposes interns to new practice environments, research and practicing presentations.
-Learn how to stand out in APPE rotations and/or resident interviews.
-Train under the supervision of the pharmacist.
- Receive practical training towards becoming a pharmacist to ensure the appropriate selection, dosing, administration, and dispensing of medication orders
The ideal candidate is someone who:
-Is professional, responsible, and punctual.
-Thrives in a team environment.
-Demonstrates a strong work ethic.
-Effectively multi-tasks while paying attention to details and staying organized.
If career growth, providing world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths are what matter most to you, then we encourage you to consider Cleveland Clinic. Join us, and you’ll experience the difference of a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.
Responsibilities:
- Refills, loads, and maintains the inventory of the automated medications. Admixes intravenous medications.
- Purchases and receives medications. Unit doses medications.
- Charges and credits medications when necessary.
- Performs unit inspections.
- Complies with daily task requirements as outlined by the shift.
- Assists the pharmacists with assigned clinical review of patient's medical records.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor's or pre-pharmacy Associate's Degree.
Certifications:
- Active Florida Pharmacy Intern License (PH/INT-FL) .
Complexity of Work:
- All employees are expected to meet the standards of performance outlined in the Organizational-Wide Competencies listed below as applied to the position:
- World Class Service Orientation: Includes attitude, behavior, interpersonal skill, and problem solving that enable an employee to respond to internal and external customer needs and expectations in a positive manner.
- Adaptability: Includes teamwork and flexibility needed to fulfill job responsibilities including adapting to changes in work environment and accepting supervisory feedback.
- Efficiency and Effectiveness: Includes quantity and quality of desired work, as well as organization skills necessary to perform successfully.
- Essential Job Requirements: Includes adherence to all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines affecting the work environment, including maintenance of required competencies and communication skills.
- Supervisory Responsibilities (if applicable): Includes overall accountability for assigned work group relative to operational goals, personnel requirements, and budgetary constraints.
- Note: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all inclusive nor to limit the discretionary authority of supervisors to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.
Work Experience:
- Hospital experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires frequent walking from department to department. Requires sitting at a workstation or desk.
- Requires standing.
- Requires occasional pushing and/or pulling, lifting, and carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds, such as IV fluids, files, documents and computer printouts.
- Requires finger dexterity and eye hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
- Requires working at a fast pace to prioritize multiple assignments/projects.
- Responds to numerous requests.
- Requires the ability to resolve conflicts among staff.
- Requires to work collaboratively with the department director, pharmacy staff, physicians and other members of the Healthcare team.
- Requires the ability to ensure operational efficiency.
- Requires the ability to problem solve and make decisions.
- Requires the ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000
