Pharmacist Intern

Kroger•Spokane, WA

19h

About The Position

The Pharmacist Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience by providing exceptional service and maintaining a safe, clean department. The role supports the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals and monitoring quality assurance standards. The intern embraces the Customer 1st strategy and the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The intern assists customers with pharmaceutical products, prescription processing and dispensing, insurance matters, and immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision. The position also includes maintaining department cleanliness and stock, following safety procedures, and reporting incidents or risks.

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.
Help customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and discuss them competently with customers and prescribers.
Provide drug counseling and 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 third-party insurance information and contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf 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 them properly, and return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
Notify the pharmacist on duty upon learning of a prescription incident.
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.