Pharmacy Intern Year 1

Meijer•Oregon, OH

About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern Year 1 provides customer service and supports prescription processing and filling, third-party functions, inventory management, and clinical services. The position involves helping patients in person and by telephone, assisting with product selection and medication pricing, and using the pharmacy computer system to enter prescription data and adjudicate third-party claims. It also includes retrieving, counting, and labeling products; receiving prescriptions and completing sales at the Will Call station; maintaining inventory and processing orders, transfers, salvage, and vendor charge backs. The intern may perform other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

Be enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
Hold a state-specific Pharmacy Intern License.
Have a positive attitude and excellent communication and customer service skills.
Have neat and legible penmanship, organizational and prioritization skills, and basic math skills.
Be team-oriented, timely, dependable, empathetic, and professional in appearance.
Be driven to remain current and competent in pharmacy-related functions.
Understand the importance of patient confidentiality and the patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
Have knowledge of Third Party Help and prescription split billing.
Know available health screening tests and immunizations, and be able to perform them after proper training and state-specific authorization.
Know MTM platforms and work under a pharmacist to perform applicable services when allowed.
Know brand and generic medication names, applicable medical and pharmacy terminology, and dosage forms; be able to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
Have knowledge of MP6.

Responsibilities

Communicate with patients in person and by telephone, assist with product selection, and obtain medication prices at the patient's request.
Process and fill prescriptions, including entering prescription data, completing third-party adjudication, retrieving products, and counting and labeling prescriptions.
Receive new prescriptions from patients and sell prescriptions at the Will Call station.
Perform third-party functions.
Manage inventory by updating balance on hand, ordering products, looking up Meijer codes, checking in and putting away orders, and processing vendor charge backs, transfers, and salvage.
Provide clinical services, including health screening tests, immunizations, and medication therapy management services when properly trained, authorized, and applicable.