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Pharmacy Internship, Class of 2028 (University & Huntsman Cancer Hospital)

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Healthcare
  • Salt Lake City

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  • You must have essential job functions, age-appropriate care skills, life span growth knowledge, interpersonal skills, and be fully-matriculated in the College of Pharmacy with a Utah State Pharmacy Intern Licensure or Temporary Pharmacist License.
  • You will train to provide pharmacy services, solve medication-related issues, engage in quality improvement activities, and educate patients and healthcare professionals. You will follow medication policies and laws to ensure safe and effective medication use.

Requirements

  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
  • Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.
  • Knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and the ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.
  • Demonstrates appropriate interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Qualifications Required:
  • Must be fully-matriculated and accepted in the College of Pharmacy.
  • Licenses Required:
  • One of the following
  • Current Utah State Pharmacy Intern Licensure.
  • Current Temporary Pharmacist License issued through the State of Utah.

Responsibilities

  • Performs the essential functions of Pharmacy Technician I.
  • Performs the essential functions of Pharmacy Technician II.
  • Trains to be able to solve problems in the medication use process for patients and the organization.
  • Identifies and engages in organizational and department quality improvement activities to improve patient care, the medication use process, and pharmacy operations.
  • Trains to assume responsibility for the medication use process, following medication use policy and all laws, regulations, and standards applicable to pharmacy practice.
  • Learns to assess appropriate drug information and literature resources, and provide effective information to varied audiences including patients, other health care professions, and peers.

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Mission & Purpose

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores