PHT 190LB - Pharmacy Technician Internship

1. Perform all of the duties of a pharmacy technician assigned to: the sterile products pharmacy area; the outpatient pharmacy area; and the inpatient pharmacy area.

1. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the inpatient pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following, as it relates to the specific internship site:
   1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures relating to the medication distribution to inpatients
   2. Maintain patient medication profiles
      1. Process admissions and discharges
      2. Transcribe/input medication chart orders
      3. Process re-types
   3. Fill the unit dose cassettes or cubicles with the correct medications and supplies
   4. Deliver medications or medication carts if necessary
   5. Prepare medication for ward stock distribution
   6. Maintain emergency boxes or kits
   7. Assist the pharmacist in the distribution of controlled or restricted drugs
   8. Extemporaneously repackage medications into unit dose form, label them, and maintain the necessary control records
   9. Perform inventory control functions, including drug ordering, check-in, stocking, and processing returns
   10. Participate in quality assurance projects, including ward inspections, drug recalls, and drug defect reporting
   11. Maintain necessary inpatient pharmacy records
   12. Handle interpersonal communications with other health care personnel as appropriate
   13. Perform necessary billing procedures
   14. Maintain the inpatient pharmacy area in a clean and orderly manner
2. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the outpatient pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following as it relates to the specific internship site
   1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures relating to outpatient pharmacy services
   2. Maintain patient medication profiles
      1. Initiate profiles for new patients
      2. Update profiles as additional prescriptions are filled
   3. Participate in the drug distribution process
      1. Handle incoming prescriptions
      2. Prepare primary prescription labels and any necessary auxiliary labels
      3. Price prescriptions
      4. Assist the pharmacist in medication preparation
      5. Process prescription refills
      6. Process over-the-counter drug orders
      7. Assist the pharmacist in the distribution of controlled/restricted drugs
   4. Perform any necessary recordkeeping functions
      1. Prescription document filing and retrieval
      2. Controlled/restricted drug records
   5. Perform inventory control functions, including drug ordering, check-in, stocking and processing returns
   6. Participate in quality assurance projects, including ward inspections, drug recalls, and drug defect reporting
   7. Handle interpersonal communications with other healthcare personnel as appropriate
   8. Perform necessary billing functions, including third-party billing
   9. Maintain the outpatient pharmacy area in a clean and orderly manner
3. Under the supervision of the pharmacist, the intern will perform all the duties of a pharmacy technician regularly assigned to the sterile products pharmacy area. The intern will perform each of the following, as it relates to the specific internship site
   1. Understand and conform with all policies and procedures which relate to sterile products services
   2. Maintain the IV patient profile
      1. Process admissions and discharges
      2. Transcribe or input medication chart orders
      3. Process retypes
   3. Process labels for all types of sterile products, including necessary auxiliary labels
   4. Properly clean and set up the laminar flow hood for sterile products preparation
   5. Perform necessary calculations for solution preparation
   6. Properly scrub and gown before preparing any sterile product
   7. Aseptically prepare large volume parenterals, intravenous piggybacks, total parenteral nutrition solutions, prefilled syringes, peritoneal dialysates, allergenic extracts, antineoplastic agents, or any other sterile products normally prepared by pharmacy technicians; reconstitute, filter, and package sterile medications as appropriate
   8. Perform inventory control functions, including drug ordering, check-in, stocking and processing returns
   9. Participate in quality assurance projects, including detection of microbial contamination, drug recalls, and drug defect reporting
   10. Maintain sterile products records as necessary
   11. Handle interpersonal communications with other healthcare personnel as appropriate
   12. Perform necessary billing procedures
   13. Maintain the sterile products pharmacy area in a clean and orderly manner