Pharmacy Intern, Inpatient Pharmacy, PRN at East Tennessee Children's Hospital – Knoxville, Tennessee
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About This Position
Location: Knoxville, TN
Req ID: JR103024
Job Type: Part time
Posted Date: Posted Yesterday
Description:
Job Profile Summary
Provides support under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. This role demonstrates growing competence across pharmacy technician tasks and begins closely supervised pharmacist learning tasks. This includes Intern I functions as well as sterile compounding, medication reconciliation, medication counseling, support MTM activities, clinical documentation, if applicable. Higher tiers (Intern III) perform advanced counseling, patient and staff education, sterile hazardous compounding, workflow optimization, assist in therapeutic monitoring, immunizations, project work such as medication use evaluations, and supports onboarding of new interns.
Job Requirements
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Minimum Education: High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred. Currently enrolled into an accredited college or school of pharmacy
License / Certification Required: proof of enrollment into accredited college or school of pharmacy
Minimum Work Experience: Minimum 1 year of pharmacy experience; health system pharmacy experience preferred.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Intermediate computer and pharmacy technology skills
- Intermediate math skills
Duties and Responsibilities
All duties performed under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who is beyond their probationary period:
- Performs all intern I duties and the following advanced tasks if applicable:
- Prepares/selects age-appropriate medication for sterile compounding in compliance with USP <797>.
- Performs advanced automation or technology functions, including but not limited to carousel management, ADC database maintenance, troubleshooting barcode/labeling issues.
- Provides advanced discrepancy resolution & billing adjustments.
- Trains and mentors pharmacy technicians and interns; may serve as a preceptor for orientation checkoffs.
- Assists in quality improvement initiatives.
- Performs other duties as assigned to support safe and efficient pharmacy operations.
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Light lifting, pushing and pulling is required for 10-20 lbs occasionally and frequent moving of objects of less than 10 lbs is required. Frequent sitting with some walking, standing, squatting, bending and reaching is required. Keyboard/computer use and/or repetitive motions may be required.
Come work where you can make a difference everyday.
About Us:
At Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital, care is at the CORE of who we are. We are comprised of team members who live out our core values of Compassion, Ownership, Respect, and Excellence. We support each other by fostering a culture of team engagement that creates moments that matter – every interaction, every time.
Compassion – We imagine what others are going through, work to alleviate suffering, and create joy whenever possible.
Ownership – We take pride in our work, act with integrity, and feel personal responsibility for achieving our mission.
Respect – We listen, understand, and communicate openly and politely. We recognize our diverse strengths.
Excellence – We set high standards for performance in delivering the safest patient care. We give extraordinary and meaningful experiences to our patients, their families, team members, and the community we serve.