DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services.
Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country.
Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.
Summary Description Under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist and according to established policies and procedures, assists the Pharmacist in the efficient and accurate preparation, dispensing and delivery of pharmaceuticals and supplies.
Under general supervision, consults with medical staff, nurses and other healthcare providers to coordinate the delivery of pharmaceuticals to patients.
Participates in educational programs and projects designed to improve the clinical and operational components of the department, and to develop the intern’s philosophy relative to their responsibility in providing optimum care for the patient.
The depth and magnitude of the intern’s involvement is directly related to their academic standing or year of professional education.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Enrollment in second year professional program at an accredited College of Pharmacy, or equivalent. 2. Registered or eligible for registration as a Pharmacy Intern in Michigan. Skills Required 1. Mathematical ability to perform calculations requiring knowledge of metric system. 2. Visual acuity and manual dexterity to operate computer terminal and to maintain patient profiles, capture charges, enter prescription data and access patient information. Visual acuity and color vision to read prescriptions, recognize impurities in I.V. solutions, and accurately fill prescriptions. 3. Leadership, interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with physicians, patient care staff, a variety of hospital personnel and patients. 4. Understanding of the pharmacologic, sociologic and management principles necessary to assist in the safe and effective utilization of drugs by patients proportionate to the level of academic progress made.
