PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

The Kroger Co.•Erie, CO

11d•$28 - $32

About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern supports pharmacy operations by delivering exceptional customer service, helping maintain a safe and clean department, and assisting the department manager in meeting sales, profit, and quality assurance goals. The intern embraces the Customer 1st strategy and demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The role involves counseling customers about medications, assisting with over-the-counter recommendations, accurately processing prescription and insurance information, dispensing and delivering prescriptions, and supporting immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision. The intern also handles pharmacy inventory and incoming orders, maintains a clean department, and reports safety concerns, accidents, prescription incidents, and illegal activity. The position requires cooperative work in a fast-paced environment and the ability to support customers, including minors, older adults, and individuals with special needs.

Requirements

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 create a welcoming environment by answering customer questions about products sold in the department and store.
Maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and discuss them competently with customers and prescribers.
Provide drug counseling to customers and assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
Accurately enter patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
Dispense the correct medication, bag filled prescriptions, and accurately deliver them to customers.
Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization and accept and accurately interpret oral and written prescriptions for fills or refills.
Process third-party insurance information, contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf when necessary, and facilitate charge purchases.
Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist.
Compare and check incoming orders, stock incoming orders properly, and return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
Clean the department.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents and notify the pharmacist on duty of prescription incidents.
Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment; manage conflict reasonably and cooperatively.
Act honestly and with integrity when handling customer and business information; follow directions and seek assistance as needed to resolve issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
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.
Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay, subject to eligibility and length of service.
Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program 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.
Retirement benefits, including participation in a 401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility.
Group term life insurance, subject to eligibility and other criteria.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility.
Mental and emotional support resources through the Employee Assistance Program.
Internal training and development resources.