Pharmacist Intern-Retail - Baton Rouge, United States - Baton Rouge General

Description

JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION:
Assists pharmacists in preparing and distributing drugs, maintaining the drug inventory and maintenance of records under the supervision of a registered pharmacist for the age population served, as defined in the department's scope of service

PERFORMANCE CRITERIACRITERIA A:
Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job



PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
• Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers

CRITERIA B:

Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts

CRITERIA C:
Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization

CRITERIA D:

Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives

CRITERIA E:
Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Effectively manages time and resources
• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization - material, human, and financial.
• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes

CRITERIA F:
Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.

JOB FUNCTIONSESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:1. Procures and distributes drug orders per physician request, pharmacist request or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures and protocols



PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Fills physician / prescriber orders, medication surgical kits, medication carts or medication requisitions and specialty items/bins accurately.
• Identifies and fills replacement medications on emergency crash carts, OR carts and floor stock accurately.
• Compounds sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately in accordance with USP .
• Compounds non-sterile products accurately and in accordance with USP .
• Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately and in a timely manner.2. Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies according to established policies, procedures and protocols and within specified time frame

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
• Rotates, restocks, and replaces outdated and unusable drugs according to policy.
• Prepackages medications in unit of use containers for pediatric and neonatal population in accordance with policy.3. Contributes to the effective operation of the department

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Picks up orders, requisitions and medications for return from patient care areas when on delivery rounds.
• Enters medication orders charges, and credits into pharmacy computer system accurately.
• Professionally answers the telephone, requests at the window, and makes STAT deliveries to patient care areas when requested.
• Maintains logs, records and other required documentation accurately; files in appropriate locations.4. Participates in quality improvement activities of the department

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Completes all assigned medication storage area inspections in a timely manner.
• Conducts quality monitors, collects data and completes documentation as assigned.
• Completes assigned cycle counts in a timely manner.5. Performs all other duties as assigned

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Maintains competency required for current job title/position.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS1-year pharmacy tech experience preferredEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTSHigh school diploma or equivalent required.
Working toward Pharm D.

SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTSLouisiana Board of Pharmacy Pharmacist Intern LicenseHIPAA REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records w/ limit to job functions both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality/data, patient financial information and 3rd party billing, information related to patient location, religious beliefs, research information, and/or public health records, employee prescriptions, investigatory information

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, receives meds and/or orders.