Pharmacy Intern, Simmons Cancer Center, PRN
Location Type: On-site
Job Number: 778909
Category: Professional & Executive
Job Number: 778909
Category: Professional & Executive
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With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.
Summary
The UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center Pharmacy Intern Position and duties are designed to develop knowledge, proficiency and competency level for interns to become integral members of the health care team while maintaining and promoting their educational and professional growth in pharmacy practice. Interns will work with licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to perform delivery of pharmacy services in cross functional areas of the department including, but not limited to: Acute Care, Cancer Center, Specialty, Ambulatory, and Transitions of Care pharmacies and pharmacy programs, to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to the patients of UTSW. The intern position will typically consist of students in their second, third, and fourth years of an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy. Pharmacy Interns will be trained to independently perform operational pharmacy technician responsibilities, and as the intern progresses through the program, may be trained to perform clinical and operational pharmacist responsibilities with pharmacist oversight. Interns will complete presentations, journal clubs, and/or longitudinal projects that will add value to the department. The interns should gain the knowledge, skills and real world experience that will assist them to achieve a residency, ambulatory, or clinical pharmacist position, should they wish to pursue. Pharmacy interns will be expected to work a minimum of 2 shifts (16 hours) per month while pharmacy school classes are in session. In the months when classes are not in session, the intern will be expected to work an average of 40 hours per month during the P2 and P3 years. The required hours will decrease to an average of 16 hours per month during the P4 year to accommodate educational requirements.
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Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
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