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 to help Pharmacists and Technicians manage and improve patient health.
  • Following pharmacy workflow procedures at each pharmacy workstation for safe and accurate prescription fulfillment.
  • Contributing to positive patient experiences by demonstrating empathy and genuine care.
  • Taking telephonic prescriptions from the prescriber and calling the prescriber to clarify prescriptions or facilitate medication changes.
  • Maintaining the highest level of self-awareness and providing in-the-moment coaching, training, and mentoring to pharmacy team members.
  • Completing basic inventory activities, as permitted by law.
  • Supporting immunizations, including obtaining Technician Immunizer status, educating patients about the importance of vaccines, and monitoring for adverse reactions.
• Increasing responsibility in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of operations in the pharmacy.

Required Qualifications

• Accepted into, or actively enrolled in, an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy.
• Possess, or be in the process of obtaining, valid intern and/or technician licensure as required.

Essential Functions

• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time.
• Ability to pivot quickly from one task to another to meet patient and business needs.
• Attention to detail and ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
• Communication skills to interact with patients and colleagues.
• Problem-solving ability to identify and resolve challenging patient or colleague interactions.
• Physical demands to 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, 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, bend 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 up to 20 lbs and/or exert up to 20 lbs of force, frequently lift 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.

Preferred 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.).