Pharmacy Intern

Position Details

• Location: Oak Park, Illinois.
• Business unit: Rush Oak Park; hospital: Rush Oak Park Hospital; department: Pharmacy.
• Work type: Restricted part time with total FTE below 0.5.
• Shifts vary from daytime to evening and include weekends.

Compensation

• Pay range: $10.00 to $375.00 per hour.

Role Summary

Job Requirements

• Currently enrolled at an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Hold a current Pharmacy Technician Student license for the state of Illinois.
• Effectively follow directions, analyze problems, and interpret analytical data.
• Demonstrate strong communication, customer service, accountability, attention to detail, leadership, and initiative.
• Operate technology accurately and efficiently by the end of the defined training period.
• Maintain reliable attendance and fill unscheduled absences as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and grow professionally.
• Superior time management skills to balance school and work.

Pharmacy Responsibilities

• Recognize medications, dosage forms, routes of administration, medical abbreviations, and medication order types.
• Perform pharmaceutical calculations, medication labeling, patient-specific filling, delivery, and Pyxis restocking.
• Prepare non-sterile compounds and packages in accordance with labeling and documentation requirements.
• Prepare sterile products using USP <797> requirements and aseptic technique.
• Support medication returns, disposal, inventory, supply maintenance, emergency carts, and controlled-substance compliance.
• Answer pharmacy calls and assist with missing medication requests and other technical duties.
• Use EPIC, Pyxis, Carousels, DoseEdge, WASP, MILT, RxVerify, RxWorks, and other pharmacy technology.
• Support medication histories, discharge counseling, IV-to-PO reports, creatinine clearance monitoring, and drug use evaluations under pharmacist supervision.

Team and Leadership Responsibilities

• Interact professionally with healthcare professionals and medical center employees.
• Coach and train other technicians and pharmacy students.
• Participate in committees, educational activities, quality assurance, policy review, and departmental staffing support.
• Participate in evening medication reconciliation once weekly during the P3 year for high-risk patients.

Work Environment

• Work may involve exposure to hazardous materials, including chemotherapeutic agents.
• The role may require lifting up to 30 pounds, continuous standing, and frequent walking.
• Microsoft Outlook, Epic, pharmacy automation, fax machines, copiers, and other office equipment may be used.