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Job Title

Lutheran Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy Intern

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Lutheran Hospital

                     

Department

Pharmacy-Lutheran Hospital

                      

Job Code

C1423E

                     

Shift

Variable

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm/11:30am-9:30pm

                       

Job Summary

Join Cleveland Clinic at Lutheran Hospital, a thriving and close-knit community with a diverse group of supportive caregivers. Lutheran Hospital provides the community sophisticated. We are committed to delivering compassionate and patient-centered care to our community daily. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family on a day-to-day basis.

Lutheran Hospital is seeking a Inpatient Pharmacy Intern to join their team of devoted caregivers. Under the direction of a pharmacist, you will receive practical training towards becoming a competent pharmacist. Intern caregivers will be involved in pharmacy care services while facilitating both personal and professional development by maintaining services to meet safety requirements, handling timely and cost-effective pharmaceutical care, and more. Your primary duties will include:
- Ensuring appropriate selection, dosing, administration, and dispensing of medication orders.
- Recommending formulary alternatives when appropriate.
- Providing drug information and education to staff and patients.

The ideal future caregiver is someone who:
- Has strong communication skills.
- Can multitask in a stressful situation.
- Works well in a close-knit, teambuilding environment.
- Has a State Board of Pharmacy Intern License (PH/INT) prior to start date.
- Can provide empathy and compassion in a patient-centered environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for those who are flexible and would like to advance their career growth opportunities within Cleveland Clinic. Intern Caregivers will have access to monthly intern meetings that will involve the discussion of professional development topics, as well as involvement with projects, presentations, and more.

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

                         

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Under pharmacist supervision, reviews and assesses medication orders to identify, prevent and resolve potential and actual drug related problems.
• Recommends formulary alternatives when appropriate.
• Compounds and prepares medications for delivery to patient care areas.
• Provides drug information and education to medical staff and patients.
• Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited College of Pharmacy program and meets education requirements to qualify for intern license in the State of Ohio.
• International pharmacy experience which meets the requirements to qualify for the Foreign Graduate Pharmacy Intern License will offset the requirement to be enrolled in a Pharmacy program.

Certifications:

• Current State Board of Pharmacy Intern License (PH/INT) prior to the start date.

Complexity of Work:

• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

• None required.

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform job while standing, reaching, stretching and sitting for prolonged periods; manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer functions of job.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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