Pharmacy Intern

CVS Health • Yuba City, CA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

CVS Health’s 3rd year Pharmacy Interns apply pharmacy-school learning in a retail pharmacy setting and develop skills in preparation for a Pharmacist role. Under the direction of a preceptor, interns complete a comprehensive training roadmap that includes Key Learning Experiences, activities, and time with district leaders, while learning about store, district, and regional operations.

In the pharmacy, interns support smooth operations and help ensure prescriptions are filled promptly, safely, and accurately. They learn to follow standard operating procedures and pharmacy workflow, provide caring patient service, and contribute to a safe and inclusive team culture. Responsibility increases with tenure and may include patient-care services and immunization support where permitted by law and supported by training and certification.

This is a part-time position. The typical pay range is $23.00–$28.00. Benefits depend on hours worked and eligibility and may include dental and vision coverage, wellness resources, employee discounts, certain voluntary benefits, and other programs.

Requirements

• Be accepted into or actively enrolled in an ACPE-accredited college or school of pharmacy.
• Possess, or be in the process of obtaining, valid intern and/or technician licensure as required.
• Attend regularly and predictably, including nights and weekends.
• Complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Concentrate on tasks, pivot quickly between tasks, and confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
• Demonstrate customer service and team orientation, including identifying ways to help people and responding appropriately to patients’ reactions.
• Use verbal and written communication effectively and practice active listening.
• Apply mathematical reasoning to pharmacy tasks such as calculating tablet quantities, days’ supply, and bottle quantities.
• Identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
• Meet the stated physical demands, including remaining upright for extended periods, lifting and handling items, reaching, repetitive finger movements, stooping, close visual work, and occasional lifting or exertion of up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of related work experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
• Ability to become immunization certified and strive to provide patient immunizations once state requirements are met.
• Ability to work in the home store and at other market locations to meet business needs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Complete a comprehensive training roadmap, including Key Learning Experiences that develop pharmacy knowledge and skills.
• Follow company standard operating procedures and pharmacy workflow procedures at each workstation to support safe, accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Help pharmacy operations run smoothly and support prompt, safe, and accurate prescription filling.
• Provide caring patient service at pickup, drive-thru, and over the phone, including resolving or escalating patient problems and offering immunizations and other services where appropriate.
• Offer counseling, answer medical questions, and collect patient medical history when appropriate under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
• Take telephonic prescriptions from prescribers and contact prescribers to clarify prescriptions or facilitate medication changes where permitted by state regulation.
• Provide in-the-moment coaching, training, and mentoring to pharmacy team members while sharing best practices.
• Complete basic inventory activities as permitted by law and directed by pharmacy leadership, such as putting away medication deliveries, cycle counts, returns-to-stock, and waiting-bin inventories.
• Remain flexible to scheduling and business needs and travel voluntarily to other stores in the market for shifts as needed.
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS policies and procedures, including requirements related to patient safety, controlled substances, recordkeeping, privacy, and security.
• Deliver additional patient health care services, such as immunizations and point-of-care testing, and voluntarily staff offsite clinics where allowed by law and supported by required training and certification.
• Where permissible, meet additional licensure and training requirements for Technician Immunizer status; support vaccine preparation and administration, educate patients about vaccines, refer vaccination questions to the Pharmacist-on-duty, monitor and respond to adverse reactions, report adverse events as required, and collect, track, and document patient information.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Perform other tasks as directed by a Supervisor or Manager.

Benefits

• Dental benefits, subject to hours worked and eligibility.
• Vision benefits, subject to hours worked and eligibility.
• Wellness resources.
• Employee discounts.
• Access to certain voluntary benefits, subject to eligibility.
• Other benefit and support programs, subject to hours worked and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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