Pharmacist Intern

The Kroger Co. • Fairwood, WA

5h • $23 - $27

About The Position

The Pharmacist Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and maintains a safe, clean department that encourages customers to return. The role assists the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals and monitors quality assurance standards. The intern supports the Customer 1st strategy and company values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Responsibilities include counseling customers about medications, assisting with over-the-counter recommendations, accurately processing prescriptions and insurance, dispensing medications, providing immunizations under pharmacist supervision, and maintaining pharmacy stock and cleanliness.

Requirements

• Be actively enrolled in a U.S. school of pharmacy.
• Hold a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create a welcoming environment and answer customer questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and discuss them competently with customers and prescribers.
• Provide drug counseling to customers.
• Assist with recommendations for over-the-counter medications.
• Accurately enter patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
• Dispense the correct medication.
• Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization.
• Bag filled prescriptions and deliver them accurately to customers.
• Process customers’ third-party insurance information.
• Contact insurance companies on behalf of customers when necessary.
• Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
• Accurately accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions for fills and refills.
• Clean the department.
• Provide immunizations under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Compare and check incoming orders.
• Stock incoming orders properly.
• Return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Notify the pharmacist on duty about any prescription incident of which the intern becomes aware.
• Report safety risks or issues and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
• Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Free, confidential financial tools and coaching through Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over the associate’s career through the Continuing Education program.
• Training programs and career pathways.
• Paid time off such as vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Participation in a 401(k) plan and/or a Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility.
• Group term life insurance, subject to location and eligibility criteria.
• Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, subject to location and eligibility criteria.
• Internal training and development resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed