Pharmacy Intern

CVS Health • Clearwater, FL

21d • Onsite

About The Position

CVS Health’s 3rd year Pharmacy Intern applies pharmacy-school learning in a retail pharmacy setting while preparing for increasing responsibility and a future Pharmacist role. Under the direction of a preceptor, the intern follows a comprehensive training roadmap featuring Key Learning Experiences, pharmacy activities, and time with district leaders, while gaining an overview of store, district, and regional operations.

The intern supports pharmacy operations and helps ensure prescriptions are filled promptly, safely, and accurately, while delivering caring service to patients. The role involves learning and consistently applying standard operating procedures, best practices, effective communication, and relevant legal and professional requirements. Interns contribute to a safe, inclusive team culture and take on increasing responsibility as their experience grows.

This part-time position requires regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends. The typical pay range is $20.00–$23.75. Benefits may include dental and vision coverage, wellness resources, employee discounts, and access to certain voluntary benefits, depending on hours worked and eligibility. The anticipated application window closes December 18, 2026.

Requirements

• 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.
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Ability to concentrate on tasks and pivot quickly between tasks to meet patient and business needs.
• Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy to support patient safety.
• Ability to provide friendly assistance, recognize patient reactions, and respond appropriately.
• Ability to use and understand verbal and written communication with patients and colleagues, including active listening.
• Ability to use mathematics to calculate quantities such as tablets to dispense, days’ supply, and bottle quantities.
• Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including remaining upright for extended periods; lifting, scanning, bagging, reaching, repetitive finger work, stooping, and close visual work; occasionally lifting or exerting up to 20 pounds and frequently up to 10 pounds.
• Ability to convey detailed spoken instructions accurately and receive detailed information through oral communication.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Complete a comprehensive training roadmap, including Key Learning Experiences, activities, and time with district leaders.
• Follow company standard operating procedures at pharmacy workstations to support pharmacists and technicians in managing and improving patient health.
• Follow pharmacy workflow procedures at production, pick-up, drive-thru, and drop-off workstations to help ensure safe and accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Provide positive patient experiences through empathy and personalized service; offer immunizations and other services where permitted, and resolve or escalate patient problems.
• Offer to counsel patients, answer medical questions, and solicit medical-history information when appropriate and under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
• Take telephonic prescriptions from prescribers and contact prescribers to clarify prescriptions or facilitate medication changes where allowed by state regulation.
• Provide in-the-moment coaching, training, and mentoring to pharmacy team members while sharing best practices, as appropriate to the role.
• Complete basic inventory activities as permitted by law and directed by pharmacy leadership, including putting away medication deliveries, cycle counts, returns-to-stock, and waiting-bin inventories.
• Contribute to a high-performing team, receive feedback, and seek opportunities to expand clinical and technical knowledge.
• Remain flexible for scheduling and business needs, including voluntarily traveling 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 for controlled-substance dispensing and recordkeeping and patient privacy and security.
• Deliver additional patient health care services, such as immunizations and point-of-care testing, and voluntarily staff offsite clinics where lawful and supported by required training and certification.
• Where permissible, complete additional licensure and training requirements for Technician Immunizer status; support vaccine preparation and administration; educate patients and refer vaccination questions to the Pharmacist-on-duty; monitor and respond to adverse reactions and report them as required; and review, collect, track, and document patient information.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Perform physical tasks including standing or remaining upright for extended periods, lifting, scanning, bagging, reaching, repetitive finger movements, stooping, visually inspecting small items, and communicating detailed information accurately.
• Complete additional 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 hours worked and eligibility.
• Other programs supporting colleagues’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being, depending on hours worked and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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