Retail Pharmacy Intern

Additional Considerations (if Any)

At Hy-Vee, our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description

Job Title: Retail Pharmacy Intern
Department: Pharmacy
FLSA: Non-Exempt

General Function: Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Fills prescriptions in accordance with all state and federal statutes and regulations under supervision of registered pharmacist.

Core Competencies:
- Partnerships
- Growth mindset
- Results oriented
- Customer focused
- Professionalism

Reporting Relations:
Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Pharmacy Department Manager
Positions that report to you: None

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Fills and helps process prescriptions
• Provides prompt and efficient service
• Affixes labels to prescription containers
• Assists with inventory control, maintaining inventory levels by ordering and stocking merchandise, checking invoices, and entering inventory information into the computer
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure strict adherence to standard operating procedures and facility policies
• Prepares prescriptions
• Reports any medication errors to appropriate personnel
• Prepares and affixes labels to prescription containers
• Assists in training employees
• Assists with monthly inventory
• Maintains cleanliness of pharmacy and dispensing area
• Maintains a professional appearance
• Adheres to company policies
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time

Secondary Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists in other areas of the store as needed
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required

Education And Experience

• Six months or less of similar or related work experience
• Enrolled in accredited college of pharmacy and registered with State Pharmacy Board as an intern

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Worker Characteristics

• Ability to do logical or scientific thinking to solve problems; several abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to compose original correspondence; follow technical manuals; have increased contact with people; interview counsel or advise people; evaluate technical data
• Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving arithmetic, algebraic and geometric calculations
• Physical requirements: Fingering, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking, hearing, lifting, stooping, and reaching
• Working conditions: Frequent exposure to noise on a daily basis. This position frequently involves a fast work pace in a retail store setting. Must be able to handle multiple tasks (filling scripts, answering telephone, waiting on customers, etc.) every day. There is an occasional exposure to dangerous chemicals/solvents
• Equipment used to perform job: PC with pharmacy software and printer, Parata Express, Gladiator Hand-held unit, pharmacy balance, scanner, calculator, telephone, fax, and copier
• Financial responsibility: Fully responsible for company assets including prescription inventory, third party accounts receivable, pharmacy computer and software, and pharmacy fixtures

Contacts

• Daily contact with pharmacy operations support staff and customers
• Occasional contact with general public, and suppliers/vendors, community or trade/professional organizations and federal/state governmental or regulatory agencies

Confidentiality

• Maintains the confidentiality of the customer’s private medical information according to the HIPAA act
• Maintains the confidentiality of prescription drug pricing and costs

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None