Pharmacist Intern

Kroger•Meridian, ID

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The Pharmacist Intern supports pharmacy operations by counseling customers, assisting with medication recommendations, processing and dispensing prescriptions, handling insurance and payment transactions, maintaining inventory, and providing immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision. The intern must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Be actively enrolled in a US school of pharmacy.
Hold a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license.
Be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create a welcoming environment by answering customer questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Gain and maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and competently discuss them 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 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 fills and refills.
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 if made aware of a prescription incident.
Report safety risks or issues and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals and monitor established quality assurance standards.
Encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service and demonstrate the company’s core values.