Grad Pharmacist

About the role

We are seeking a Graduate Pharmacy Intern to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in a fast-paced retail environment while learning from experienced professionals.

Responsibilities

• Apply didactic learning from pharmacy school to real-world practice
• Complete a comprehensive training roadmap within 120 days of graduation
• Support pharmacy teams to ensure smooth operations, prompt prescription filling, and accurate dispensing
• Provide empathetic and caring service to patients
• Contribute to positive patient experiences through various services like immunizations and point-of-care testing
• Support immunizations, including vaccine preparation and administration, patient education, and adverse reaction monitoring
• Participate in inventory management activities
• Support the management, oversight, and operations within the pharmacy
• Comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and ethical principles

Requirements

• PharmD graduate of a U.S. accredited program prior to starting the Post-Graduate Training Program at CVS Health
• Ability to obtain required pharmacist licensure within the required timeframe, per state guidelines
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
• Attention and focus: ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time and pivot quickly
• Customer service and team orientation: actively looking for ways to help people and responding appropriately
• Communication skills: using and understanding verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Mathematical reasoning: ability to use math to solve problems, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Problem resolution: identifying challenging patient or colleague interactions and choosing the best course of action
• Physical demands: be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time, lift, scan, and bag items, reach overhead, stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items, move fingers repetitively, pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm, extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items, control precision, quickly adjust machines to exact positions, stoop to a considerable degree, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions, including bending spine at the waist, close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts, occasionally lift of up to 20 lbs and/or exert up to 20 lbs. of force, frequently lift of up to 10 lbs and/or exert up to 10 lbs. of force, consistently lift and/or exert a negligible amount of force to move objects, express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication

Qualifications

• PharmD graduate of a U.S. accredited program prior to beginning the Post-Graduate Training Program at CVS Health
• Ability to obtain required pharmacist licensure within the required timeframe, per state guidelines
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe
• Attention and focus: ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time and pivot quickly
• Customer service and team orientation: actively looking for ways to help people and responding appropriately
• Communication skills: using and understanding verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Mathematical reasoning: ability to use math to solve problems, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Problem resolution: identifying challenging patient or colleague interactions and choosing the best course of action
• Physical demands: be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time, lift, scan, and bag items, reach overhead, stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items, move fingers repetitively, pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm, extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items, control precision, quickly adjust machines to exact positions, stoop to a considerable degree, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions, including bending spine at the waist, close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts, occasionally lift of up to 20 lbs and/or exert up to 20 lbs. of force, frequently lift of up to 10 lbs and/or exert up to 10 lbs. of force, consistently lift and/or exert a negligible amount of force to move objects, express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication

Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to handle stress and multitask
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits

• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Employee discounts
• Access to certain voluntary benefits
• Other programs

Pay

The typical pay range for this role is $25.00 - $42.00 per hour.

Schedule

This is a part-time position, typically scheduled for 20-30 hours per week.