Per Diem Medication Management Pharmacy Intern; Mount Sinai Health System

The Medication Management Pharmacy Intern is to provide support to team pharmacists, patients, and clinicians to ensure effective, safe, and cost-effective drug therapy. 

1. Data entry: such as obtaining medication histories directly from patients and scheduling visits with a pharmacist. Documents all patient encounters as appropriate in health system documentation system.
2. Data analysis: such as payer data and claim 
3. Support the pharmacist to implement the patient’s care plan, such as navigating insurance benefits, assisting with provider communication
4. Provide medication, lifestyle, and disease state counseling
5. Coaches patients, families, and/or authorized care givers on how to use existing skills and develop new ones to make lifestyle behavior changes that can positively affect patient’s health. Engages them in the use of MyChart to facilitate electronic access of patient’s health care information.
6. Obtain medication lists and engages with patients about medication adherence to identify and resolve patient adherence barriers that do not require a clinical intervention
7. Notify the pharmacist/provider of a missing prescription
8. Notify the pharmacist/provider of a request for a medication refill
9. Call pharmacies to confirm prescriptions were received and picked up
10. Call patients to remind them to pick up their medication
11. Request records from clinics and facilities when necessary
12. Send referrals to other disciplines to coordinate care when necessary
13. Enroll patients into criteria-based pharmacy programs and document in the electronic medical record using established formats in a timely and accurate manner
14. Other duties as assigned 

Minimum first professional year completed at an accredited college of pharmacy.

Previous community pharmacy experience preferred. English proficiency, oral and written.

Valid New York State Pharmacy Intern Permit required.