Grad Pharmacist

About the role

We are seeking a Graduate Pharmacy Intern to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your didactic learning from pharmacy school into real-world practice, while gaining valuable experience and developing your skills.

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, including offering vaccinations and other services
• Contribute to positive patient experiences by demonstrating compassion and resolving or escalating patient problems
• Operate as part of the pharmacy team, adhering to standard operating procedures and best practices
• Contribute to a high-performing team, embrace a growth mindset, and seek opportunities to expand clinical and technical knowledge
• Support additional patient health care services, such as immunizations, point-of-care testing, and offsite clinic staffing

Requirements

• 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
• 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 from one task to another
• Customer service and team orientation: Actively look for ways to help people and respond appropriately to patients and colleagues
• Communication skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Mathematical reasoning: Ability to use math to solve a problem, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Problem resolution: Identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose 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
• 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 from one task to another
• Customer service and team orientation: Actively look for ways to help people and respond appropriately to patients and colleagues
• Communication skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Mathematical reasoning: Ability to use math to solve a problem, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Problem resolution: Identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose 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 and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities
• Knowledge of pharmacy workflows and best practices

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits
• Part-time position eligible for benefits including dental, vision, wellness resources, employee discounts, access to certain voluntary benefits, and other programs

Pay

The typical pay range for this role is $23.75 - $42.00 per hour.

Schedule

Hours vary based on business needs.