Overview

St. Mary’s Medical Center has been caring for the health of San Franciscans since 1857 when it was founded by eight Sisters of Mercy from Ireland. It is an accredited not-for-profit hospital located across the street from Golden Gate Park. It is a full-service acute care facility with more than 575 physicians and 1100 employees who provide high-quality and affordable health care services to the Bay Area community.Home to advanced medical practices such as the nation’s first digital cardiac catheterization laboratory innovating orthopedic and spine surgery and comprehensive rehabilitation and a state-of-the-art cancer center. St. Mary’s Medical Center is one of San Francisco’s leading hospitals offering patients a full range of outpatient and inpatient services delivered with the human touch. Strategies and business development are centered on Oncology Services Cardiac Services and Orthopedics.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately and quickly fills the unit dose cassettes, dispenses first doses, and performs computer billing of medications. Notes and questions potential problems during the dispensing process.

• Accurately prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile products. Has taken and passed the aseptic technique competency.

• Assists the pharmacists in the entry and dispensing of medications using the pharmacy computer systems.

• Receives and stickers drugs received from the wholesale vendor and places in appropriate storage areas in a timely manner. Checks the drugs received against the invoice to ensure that all items ordered have been delivered.

• Delivers medications, unit dose cassettes, and intravenous admixtures to their destinations using the tube system, trayveyor, or through hand delivery.

• Restocks the automated dispensing stations in an accurate and timely manner. Reports all discrepancies encountered to the pharmacist.

• Performs monthly inspections of drug storage areas as assigned. Documents ins`res that adequate but not excessive amounts of drugs are kept in stock.

• Instructs, orients, and guides new students, technicians, and pharmacists in those procedures performed by the technical staff. Has taken and passed all departmental competencies.

• Performs unit dose packaging for those products not done so commercially. Repackages the Code Blue medication trays.

• Meets departmental attendance standards. Less than 6 occurrences of unscheduled ATA use per year meets standard. Three or fewer occurrences per year exceeds standard. Attends departmental staff meetings whenever possible.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science Degree or equiv. required or current enrollment in a school of pharmacy.

• Licensure: California state registration as an intern required.

• PHARMACY INTERN (PHRM INTRN)

Pay Range

$23.00 - $32.76 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.