Pharmacist Intern, Outpatient

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

• Under pharmacist supervision, will rotate assignments, and tours to meet departmental needs
• Ability to perform work accurately with attention to detail within specified time period
• Able to communicate effectively (orally and in writing)
• Receives prescriptions, types prescription labels and affixes labels on container
• Keys in and retrieves prescription data for review by a pharmacist
• Utilizes Outpatient computerized systems to enter and access patient care information
• Operates cash register at POS
• Strong focus on providing a superior level of customer service
• Maintains and retrieves pharmacy records using automated and/or manual systems
• Obtains drugs from stock and returns them to stock
• Performs pharmacy related clerical tasks
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Maintains an attitude that promotes and fosters an environment of safety
• Assists with ordering, receiving, unpacking and storage of medications and supplies in designated location

Minimum Qualifications
1. Graduates and undergraduates of a College of Pharmacy in the United States shall be required to secure a New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit before being eligible as an Intern. A minimum of six months of supervised training is requested for admission to the full Pharmacist licensing examination. The six months may be completed in accordance with the following:
a. Up to three months in each of the summers preceding the final and the next to final years of a professional curriculum in Pharmacy.
b. Any portion or all of the internship may be completed subsequent to graduation from a registered program in Pharmacy, or its equivalent.
2. Graduates from a College of Pharmacy in a foreign country shall be required to secure a New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit before being eligible as an Intern. A minimum of one year of supervised training is required for admission to the full pharmacist licensing examination.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs