Pharmacy Intern - Weekends (Los Angeles)

Description

You bring

more than skill, knowledge, and expertise to your role as an allied health

professional. You bring a deep passion for improving the lives of everyone

around you. At UCLA Health, we're committed to fostering a working environment

where you are supported and empowered to be your best. You'll love it

here!

Under

direct supervision of a registered pharmacist, when you are assigned to an

inpatient practice area, you will perform those repetitive and manipulative

activities which primarily consist of drug distribution duties, pre-packaging,

maintaining the inventory in the Pyxis medstations (filling the medstation

daily, checking for outdates), IV and chemotherapy sterile compounding, record

keeping (refrigerator temperature logs and hood cleaning), billing,

housekeeping and security functions.

UCLA

Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and

dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and

other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David

Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we

have become Los Angeles' trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient

care. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your

career, UCan at UCLA Health.

Schedule :

Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays

Hourly

Salary Rate : $36.96

Bargaining

Unit : EX - AFSCME

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in a Pharm

D. Program - Required.

CA Pharmacy Intern license -

Required.

2 years of inpatient pharmacy

experience - Highly preferred.

Ability to accurately perform

pharmaceutical calculations.

Knowledge of pharmaceutical

generic and trade names and their dosage forms, and the ability to

cross-reference the most common drugs from memory.

Knowledge of medical

terminology and pharmaceutical abbreviations.

Skill in preparing intravenous

solutions using aseptic technique.

Ability to work independently

and follow-through on assignments with minimal supervision.

Skill in computer order entry

of medication orders as well as other related computer entry tasks and

computer report generation.

Telephone and verbal skills

required to communicate clearly and effectively with pharmacists, nurses,

physicians and other allied health professionals.

Ability to compound

chemotherapy solution utilizing departmental guidelines for the

preparation / distribution of cytotoxic agents.

Ability to lift 25 lbs and push

50 lbs