• Job Description

  Req#: 85743
  Overview
  
  

  Advancing Healthcare Together – The Future of Healthcare is in East Texas

  
  Why UT Health East Texas?

  
  Our People. Our people truly are our greatest strength. They make a massive difference in the amazing care we provide every day. We work closely together to create a positive experience for our patients and each other.

  
  Our Purpose. We will build on your experience and provide meaningful and purposeful career growth for your future. You will have the opportunity every day to make a difference in someone’s life and change the course of healthcare.

  
  Our Place. Tyler, TX is a small town with a huge heart where you will have the privilege of caring for your neighbors. Everybody is somebody here.

  
  Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 50 clinics across east Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed in-patient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS service in a metropolitan service area of a quarter-million people.

  Our UT Health Tyler hospital is seeking an experienced Pharmacy Intern. We are looking for your experience, knowledge and patient care skills in our Pharmacy department where you will be responsible for:

  The Pharmacist Intern, with an emphasis on learning, works under the supervision and direction of a Pharmacist to give pharmaceutical care to patients by assisting with federal, state and local regulations and hospital policy.

  
  Responsibilities
  
  

  What you will be doing:

  • Under the supervision of a Pharmacist, perform designated technical and clerical tasks associated with the preparation, labeling and dispensing of medications, including sterile admixtures and repackaged or unit-dose drugs.
  • Under the supervision of Pharmacist, compounds or admixes ingredients appropriately, including IV admixtures, small and large volume solutions, syringes and irrigation solutions under established policies and procedures.
  • Calculates the appropriate formula for drug to be compounded, weighing and measuring needed amounts with 100% accuracy.
  • Prepared parenteral nutrition solutions and labels them appropriately.
  • Enters medication orders from doctors’ order sheets/prescriptions and fill according to label, ensuring that the correct product is dispensed and that the dosage form and charge quantity are in agreement with formulary; enters correct billing data.
  • Performs delivery and stocking duties to ensure proper drug distribution.
  • Delivers medication appropriately to patients, and delivers delivery carts to floors daily.
  • Packages medication in proper amount and containers, labeling the drug and log book appropriately.

  Helps in maintaining pharmacy drug stock by regularly checking for products that are outdated and/or low in inventory level’ communicates immediately with the pharmacist when inventory levels are low, and helps with drug purchasing and inventory control in an appropriate way as needed.

  
  Qualifications
  
  

  EDUCATION:

  • High School Diploma or G.E.D.
  • Must have completed 30 credit hours of work towards a professional degree in pharmacy.

  EXPERIENCE:

  • Knowledge of medical terminology desired
  • Previous pharmacy experience desired
  • Knowledge of medical terminology desired

  • General knowledge of Pharmacy Care modalities, terminology, pharmaceutical calculations, terminology, drug use and aseptic techniques, standards and equipment.
  • Knowledge of procedures and standards for the labeling and dispensing of prescription medications.
  • Ability to calculate and compound medication orders.
  • Must be able to read, write and follow instructions and flow chart protocols.
  • Ability to sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
  • Ability to follow established safety, infection control, environmental and isolation practices and procedures at all times.
  • Knowledge of applicable federal, state and regulatory requirements.
  • Basic personal computer skills and comfort with Microsoft Windows operating system; typing, information security, electronic medical documentation, hand held scanning and email.
  • Ability to type 30 wpm
  • Must be able to read, write and follow instructions and flow chart protocols.
  • Ability to sort, check, count, and verify numbers
  • Excellent social skills required to interact effectively with patients and staff including active listening skills, good problem solving skills, demonstrates good team work, and ability to embrace the client relationship to guide decisions and actions.
  • Strong time management skills, ability to think strategically and act tactically, and ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time.

  CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

  • Intravenous Admixture Certification Course through an approved ACPE provider preferred
  • Texas Registration as a Pharmacy Intern required
  • Compliance Requirements
  • Comply with regulatory requirements, guidelines, and policies

  BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:

  Service

  • Patient Centered Customer Service: Genuinely care about people.
  • Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the better together.

  Quality

  • Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to be the best.
  • Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the whole.

  People

  • Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective working relationships with others.
  • Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver excellence.

  Financial

  • Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
  • Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as efficient as possible.

  Growth

  • Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge solutions.
  • Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get there and why.

  PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time while completing work on a computer
  • Ability to lift 10 or more pounds
  • Ability to move throughout the workplace

  Now that you have read about what you will be doing and the experience we seek, it is time to apply and make a difference in the lives of our patients.

  UT Health East Texas is an equal opportunity employer (including veterans and persons with disabilities).

• About the company

  UT Health Carthage

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