Pharmacy Student

Job Description

About the Company

Novant Health is an organization committed to delivering an exceptional patient experience in every interaction. Its team members are encouraged to foster an environment of teamwork, engagement, and community involvement. The company values diversity and inclusion in supporting quality care and emphasizes creating a safe patient environment based on the principle of “First Do No Harm.”

Job Description: Pharmacy Student

The Pharmacy Student position at Novant Health is designed for a self-directed and motivated learner who will contribute to clinical and operational pharmacy services under the direct supervision of a preceptor. The primary goal is to optimize the quality of patient care while gaining comprehensive experience across various aspects of pharmaceutical practice within hospital or community pharmacy settings.

Key Responsibilities and Learning Activities:

1. Clinical and Patient Care Activities:
• Direct Patient Engagement: Participate in essential services such as vaccination programs, medication listing, discharge counseling, and medication navigation.
• Medication Therapy Management: Engage in medication therapy management (MTM) to optimize patient outcomes.
• Drug Therapy Monitoring: Under supervision, provide patient-specific drug therapy monitoring, considering factors like age, clinical status, and co-morbidities.
• Consultative Services: Offer formal consultative services, participate in rounding, and provide clinical drug information to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Pharmacokinetic Dosing: Perform pharmacokinetic dosing for specific medications, especially those with narrow therapeutic indexes.
• Formulary Management: Assist in the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, formulary changes, and critical pathways.
• Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): Monitor and document ADEs, and identify methods to prevent or avoid them.
• Immunizations: Administer immunizations and support vaccination workflows.

2. Operational Support:
• Provide pharmacy operations support to develop a holistic understanding of pharmaceutical care.
• Contribute to the preparation and distribution of all medications.
• Work shifts consistent with the requirements outlined in the Novant Health Pharmacy Student Intern Program.

3. Education and Training:
• Patient Education: Provide detailed, appropriate, and relevant drug information to patients, particularly during or prior to discharge.
• Professional Education: Deliver formal in-services and/or continuing education programs to pharmacists, technicians, and other healthcare professionals.
• Role Model: Enhance the skills of pharmacy staff by serving as a role model and resource, offering written or verbal communication, literature, or direct assistance.
• Peer Support: As applicable, contribute to the enhancement of clinical skills and knowledge for other pharmacy students.

4. Projects and Quality Improvement:
• Assigned Projects: Participate in various pharmacy-related projects and presentations as assigned by intern program directors.
• Administrative Project: Complete an administrative project as a component of leadership development.
• Quality Initiatives: Contribute to the quality and effective operations of the department, focusing on process improvement and safety for service lines.
• Corporate Initiatives: Participate in facility and corporate quality initiatives and assigned quality improvement projects.

5. Leadership Development:
• Participate in assigned leadership activities during the internship and staffing responsibilities.
• Engage in leadership discussions, seminars, or book clubs when available and assigned.

6. Compliance and Licensure:
• Act in accordance with current policies and procedures.
• Ensure appropriate and current state licensure and continuing education requirements are completed prior to the start date and remain active throughout employment.

Qualifications:

• Education:
• Required: High School Diploma or GED.
• Essential: Active enrollment in an ACPE-accredited School or College of Pharmacy.
• Experience:
• Preferred: Hospital or community pharmacy experience.
• Licensure/Certification:
• Preferred: Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) Certification and/or NC BOP Registration (Refer to the Life Support Training Policy NH-HR-3096 for additional requirements).
• Skills & Abilities:
• Required:
• Considerable knowledge and application of basic math skills, including ratio and proportion relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Basic technology skills.
• Ability to drive/travel to multiple facilities/locations as needed.
• Ability to work as part of a high-performing, change-ready, and resilient team.
• Preferred:
• Considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic), their doses, routes of administration, and adverse effects.
• Ability to demonstrate patient interview skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with other healthcare professionals.
• Experience with inventory management.