Pharmacy Intern

KAISER; Oregon; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a pharmacist to collaborate with health care practitioners in developing high quality patient drug therapy plans and achieving positive outcomes. The role emphasizes patient safety, accurate prescription filling, compounding, and adherence to department policies across the location.

The pharmacist will monitor therapy outcomes, communicate with prescribers, and contribute to continuous quality improvement and cost-conscious facility operations.

Responsibilities

• Consults with health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans and outcomes.
• Monitors patients to ensure therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse drug effects.
• Contacts and confers with the prescriber to clarify and answer questions regarding drug product selection to facilitate appropriate patient outcomes.
• Performs pharmaceutical duties including filling prescriptions/orders, compounding medications, and supervising personnel.
• Demonstrates knowledge of department mission and complies with policies and procedures; supports continuous quality improvement and inventory control.

Job description

Job Summary:

Consults with health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans and outcomes.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Consults with health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans and outcomes. Monitors patients to insure therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse drug effects. Consults patients in a professional and efficient manner to ensure patient understanding of drug therapy plans and outcomes. Contacts and confers with the prescriber in a timely manner to clarify and answer questions regarding drug product selection to facilitate appropriate patient outcomes. Serves as a role model by demonstrating a contemporary attitude and focusing on patient care outcomes. Accurately reviews, interprets, and fills prescriptions/orders to ensure patient safety. Accurately compounds and prepares medications or supervises same. Improves patient care outcomes be developing knowledge and skills in new areas of pharmacy practice as they arise through literature review, continuing education, and collegial sharing of information. Demonstrates knowledge of department mission statement and objectives by assisting in development and achievement of location specific goals. Demonstrates a complete understanding and complies with all pharmacy department and location policies and procedures concerning the responsibilities of a pharmacist and support personnel.Mixes IV additive solutions and chemotherapy using aseptic technique.
• Monitors, surveys, and inspects facility medication storage sites to ensure safe, appropriate drug storage. Maintains a cost conscious attitude in the daily function of the pharmacy. Uses reference materials or alternative sources of information when necessary. Maintains a professional appearance, observes the suggested departmental dress code and wears identification badge. Maintains a professional attitude and image; leads by professional example. Attends to personal affairs so as not to interfere with the work schedule. Maintains cleanliness of self and work area. Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize and assist in directing workflow to maintain appropriate service levels. Demonstrates ability to set goals, plan, organize, and take tasks to completion. Demonstrates consistent ability to be a productive employee. Answers phone calls as necessary. Exercises independent judgment within the limits of authority. Influences others to strive towards location and departmental objectives. Maintains current knowledge of and complies with state and federal laws, rules and regulations. Demonstrates knowledge and support for continuous quality improvement programs in the location, department, and region. Demonstrates a complete understanding and complies with established regional employee relations policies and procedures. Demonstrates working knowledge of inventory control principles to establish/ensure appropriate cost effective asset management. Demonstrates working knowledge of professional practice standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Kaiser Permanente pharmacy benefit structure. Maintains a contemporary working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente automated systems. Communicates appropriate information regarding formulary and target drug alternatives and is effective in increasing provider compliance and member acceptance to assure appropriate drug utilization. Consults with appropriate personnel in mattes of uncertainty. Makes informed, rational, and timely decisions.
• Perform other duties as requested.