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MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
Worker Type:
Intern/Temporary (Trainee)
Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.
Scheduling & Logistics:
The role is fully onsite. The schedule is fixed, with shifts every other weekend.
Shift hours are 07:00–3:30 or 1:00–11:30.
Every third weekend, the shift will be 1:00–11:30.
There is no on-call requirement.
Our Pharmacy Intern positions are meant for Students pursuing their Pharmacy Degree.
If you are not going to school in pursuit of a Degree in Pharmacy, we would like to encourage you to search for Pharmacy Technician roles on our jobs page!
Apply today. SSM Health- We bring out the incredible in you, every day.
Job Summary:
As part of training to become a pharmacist is able to perform all duties of a pharmacy tech and works closely with the pharmacist to develop additional skills to the level of their current education. Assist pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medications, maintaining the drug inventory, and maintaining patient records. Works only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist and may not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist. Interacts with customers, answers phones, processes insurance billing, runs the cash register and participates in record keeping requirements.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide customer service through greeting and acknowledging every customer, is knowledgeable of merchandise and assists customers within the pharmacy. Informs patients when delays are encountered with filling their prescriptions.
Answers telephones and emails, responding to all inquiries which do not require the attention of a pharmacist. Records complete messages for follow up by another pharmacy member.
Maintains electronic records related to patient profile, insurance and new, transferred or discontinued prescriptions.
Performs all duties of a pharmacy technician. Bills insurance and/or customers for prescriptions and merchandise and can resolve questions and/or insurance rejections through proper channels. Uses an understanding of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) programs from different insurers to identify and flag qualifying patients. Maintains patient charges, payroll deductions and monthly billing per local policy. Follow appropriate cash handling and register procedures.
Assembles/prepares/compounds medications for inpatient and outpatient use. Ensures that all doses are checked by a pharmacist prior to dispensing/delivery to nursing units. Accurately and efficiently prepares IV medications including parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy.
Assures medications are available for patients by assisting in inventory control including: ordering, checking in orders, stocking shelves, updating the computerized inventory system, rotating stock, processing recalls and conducting quarterly inspections of all areas where drugs are stored in the pharmacy for outdated and unusable medications and quarantining them in a separate are from useable stock.
Fills medication carts and/or medication dispensing machines. Regularly sorts and puts away returned meds. Prepares hand packs. Prepares infusion products utilizing appropriate sterile technique procedures.
Follows all procedures for documenting and dispensing controlled substances. Handles controlled substances in a manner that ensures accountability and security.
Under Pharmacist supervision, counsel and/or provide information on drugs, their pharmacological action, dosage, contraindications, reactions, etc., to physicians, nurses, patients, and other interested parties as warranted, and with discretion.
Under Pharmacist supervision, determine that medication dispensed to patients is correct as to drug, route of administration, strength, and expiration date. Review patient medication profiles and/or chart to ensure the accuracy of the drug and/or dosage ordered when appropriate.
Under Pharmacist supervision, make routine rounds as required to obtain current patient information and provide professional services to customers.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Rare climbing.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
Department:
3901000002 Pharmacy SC
Work Shift:
Variable Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0
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