Pharmacy Intern

Meijer•Bowling Green, OH

23d

About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern uses basic pharmacy knowledge to provide customer service, process and fill prescriptions, perform third-party functions, manage inventory, and provide clinical services. The role includes communicating with patients in person and by telephone, assisting with product selection, processing prescription data and third-party adjudication, preparing prescriptions, and supporting inventory and pharmacy clinical services. The job profile is not all-inclusive; 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, legible penmanship, organizational and prioritization skills, and a team-oriented mindset.
Be timely and dependable.
Have basic math skills and the drive to stay current and competent in pharmacy-related functions.
Demonstrate empathy, a professional appearance, and an understanding of the importance of patient confidentiality.
Understand patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
Have knowledge of Third Party Help and prescription split billing.
Know available health screening tests and immunizations; be able to perform them after proper training and state-specific authorization.
Know MTM platforms and work under a pharmacist to perform these services when applicable and allowed.
Know brand and generic medication names, applicable medical and pharmacy terminology, and various 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 internally and from competitors when requested.
Process and fill prescriptions, including entering prescription data into the pharmacy computer system and performing third-party adjudication.
Pull the correct products from shelves, count and label prescriptions at the fill station, 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 and immunizations after appropriate training and state-specific authorization, and support medication therapy management services under a pharmacist when applicable and allowed.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.