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Careers in Pharmacy

Allina Hospitals & Clinics offers professional opportunities for:

Pharmacy Intern
Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacist

Career overview

• Pharmacy Intern: Perform intern tasks and responsibilities as assigned under direct supervision of the pharmacist. Accurately read, transcribe, speak and understand pharmacy terminology. Assist pharmacist with daily duties related to the dispensing and fulfillment of prescription medications.
• Pharmacy Technician: Working in a hospital setting, select, calculate, and measures medications using sterile technique. Label, charge, and credit pharmacy products and package medications. Maintains medication inventory levels including purchasing and handling back orders. Receiving, checking, replenishing and distributing supplies and stock. Checks unit dose medications for accuracy following unit dose and Pyxis fill process. Select medications and stocks patient care areas and surgical areas with floorstock and narcotics. Audits medications and interacts with managers to solve discrepancies. Select and prepare non-sterile medications. Pharmacy Technicians working in a community/retail setting enter prescriptions into the pharmacy computer system, fill prescriptions, adjudicate the prescriptions to insurance, miscellaneous filing, ordering and receiving drug orders and supplies, ringing sales and balancing the cash register.
• Pharmacist: Working in a hospital setting, monitor medications, review and enter medication orders, and supervise technician activities. Therapeutic drug monitoring, unit dose dispensing, I.V. preparations, patient education, and drug compounding. Pharmacist working in a community/retail setting ensure and verify accuracy of prescriptions and labeling; prepares extemporaneous products, directs other staff; keeps customers updated on their prescriptions (process); counsels patients and families.

Earnings & Employment

• Salaries for Pharmacy Interns are based upon the year that you are in Pharmacy School.
• Salaries for Pharmacy Technicians vary. For more detailed information go to US Department of Labor Statistics
• Salaries for Pharmacists vary. For more detailed information go to US Department of Labor Statistics

Education

For more information go to How to choose a Healthcare Program.

• Pharmacy Interns: Must currently be attending an accredited college of pharmacy. Current intern licensure from the MN Board of Pharmacy.
• Pharmacy Technicians: High school diploma/GED for all areas. To work in a hospital setting, 2 years technician experience or AAS Pharmacy Technician experience required. To work in community/retail setting no experience is required, but prefer 2+ years experience or AAS degree.
• Pharmacists: B.S. in Pharmacy or Pharm D from an accredited college of pharmacy. Pharmacist license in state practicing. Programs are now doctoral to obtain PharmD to practice.

Programs offered in Minnesota/Wisconsin

University of Minnesota- Twin Cities and Duluth Campus

Wisconsin:

University of Wisconsin-Madison