Ambulatory Pharmacy Intern
Bon Secours Mercy Health
At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.
**Part Time - 20 Hours/Week**
**Remote**
**About Us**
As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Bon Secours Mercy Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Bon Secours Mercy Health seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive.
**Summary** _:_
This position supports the ambulatory clinical pharmacy team by performing outreach to patients to help close care gaps and ensure evidence-based, quality patient care. The position primarily involves telephonic outreach to patients with reminders, scheduling appointments for the pharmacists, and relaying information from the pharmacy team to the patients.
**Essential Job Functions**
+ Perform outbound telephonic outreach to patients. Independently triage outreach based on multiple moving projects and requests from multiple clinical pharmacists for support.
+ Answer inbound patient line. Answer questions and triage patient concerns to pharmacy team as appropriate, using independent problem solving skills.
+ Convey messages clearly to patients while effectively interpreting and answering patient questions and concerns. Escalate patients to staff appropriately based on algorithms and key words, and triage both outgoing and incoming calls with high quality patient care.
+ Provide excellent customer service, under all conditions.
+ Effectively utilize data to triage patient outreach, based on protocol and workflow. Sort, filter and analyze patient data on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with minimal supervision to perform this responsibility.
+ Document triage data on spreadsheets. Provide reports on Excel data to supervisor upon request and at regular intervals.
+ Complete chart review and documentation in Carepath, following protocols to include or exclude patients for outreach/appointment scheduling, by reviewing for key elements in Electronic Medical Record. Must document appropriately, route charts effectively, and schedule patients in the Electronic Medical Record.
+ Operate and run daily working reports in Carepath, provide clerical support for clinical pharmacists, and provide general office support as assigned
+ Interact with patients and healthcare professionals and effectively communicate, answer questions, and triage patient and patient-care issues to pharmacist as appropriate
+ This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
**Education:**
+ High School Diploma or GED (required)
+ Currently enrolled in an accredited College of Pharmacy with an active board of pharmacy intern licensure (required)
**Licensure/Certification:**
+ Pharmacy Intern Licensure – State Board of Pharmacy (required)
**Skills & Abilities:**
+ Knowledge of pharmacy work routines, procedures, materials, and/or equivalent is required
+ Analytical skills required to maintain records, prepare drugs, and recognize common computer errors
+ Interpersonal skills are required to interact with nursing, pharmacy, and other support staff and patients to obtain, verify and exchange information
Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:
Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
Prescription drug coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance w/AD&D
Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
Paid time off
Educational Assistance
And much more
*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com
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