Pharmacy Intern

Responsibilities

• Completion of a comprehensive training roadmap focusing on Key Learning Experiences (KLEs) that build aptitude in areas such as:
  • Following company SOPs at each workstation
  • Pharmacy workflow procedures
  • Providing empathetic and caring patient experiences
  • Handling medical questions and counseling patients
  • Telephonic prescription processing
  • Maintaining inventory activities
  • Supporting immunizations
• Increasing responsibility in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of operations in the pharmacy, including but not limited to:
• Managing and improving patient health
• Ensuring safe and accurate prescription fulfillment
• Offering vaccinations and other services
• Providing in-the-moment coaching and mentoring
• Completing inventory activities
• Supporting immunizations

Requirements

• Accepted into, or actively enrolled in, an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy
• Possession, or being in the process of obtaining, valid intern and/or technician licensure as required
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time
• Active listening and understanding of patients' reactions
• Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Use math to solve problems, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Identify and resolve challenging patient or colleague interactions
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 1+ years of related work experience in pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
• Ability to become immunization certified once state regulations are met
• Ability to work in home store and across the market in other locations to meet business needs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)