Pharmacist Intern

The Kroger Co. • Nampa, ID

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and maintains a safe, clean environment. The role supports the department manager in meeting sales and profit goals and monitoring quality assurance standards. The intern embraces the Customer 1st strategy and company values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The position involves counseling customers about medications, assisting with over-the-counter recommendations, accurately processing prescription and insurance information, dispensing and delivering prescriptions, and providing immunizations under pharmacist supervision. The intern also supports department operations, including cleaning, receiving and stocking orders, and reporting safety concerns or incidents.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create a welcoming environment for customers 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 to customers.
• Assist customers with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
• Accurately enter patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
• Dispense the correct medication.
• Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization.
• Bag filled prescriptions and accurately deliver them to customers.
• Process third-party insurance information for customers.
• Contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf when necessary.
• Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
• Accurately accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions for filling or refilling.
• Clean the department.
• Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist.
• Compare and check incoming orders.
• Properly stock incoming orders.
• Return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Notify the pharmacist on duty about any known prescription incident.
• Report safety risks, 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 eligibility and plan terms.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Employee Assistance Program counseling and confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Associate discounts on purchases.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over a career through the Continuing Education program.
• Training programs and career pathways.
• Vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility and applicable terms.
• Participation in a 401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility.
• Group term life insurance, subject to eligibility criteria.
• College scholarships and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
• Mental and emotional support resources through the Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

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