Pharmacy Intern
About The Position
As a 3rd year pharmacy intern at CVS Health, you play a significant role in the pharmacy team, working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist. You will be immersed in a culture of continuous improvement, aiming to change health care for the better by increasing access, lowering costs, and improving quality of care. Your responsibilities include ensuring a safe and effective retail pharmacy work environment, delivering exceptional patient care, and contributing to patient safety, professional practice, regulatory requirements, quality assurance, customer service, inventory management, and workflow management (excluding final prescription verification). You will also lead with empathy, seek growth opportunities, collaborate with others, align with the company's purpose, and foster a team culture of caring, energy, enthusiasm, and pride.
Requirements
- Accepted into or actively enrolled in an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy
- 0-3 years relevant work experience
- Must possess or be in process of obtaining valid intern and/or technician licensure as required
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Complete all required training within state guidelines and required timeframe
- Have regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
- Be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time
- Lift, scan, and bag items
- Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
- Reach overhead; able to stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items
- Extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items
- Precision control: able to adjust machines to exact positions
- Stoop to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions, including bending spine at the waist
- Visual Acuity: Close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts
- Able to orally communicate information and instructions to colleagues and customers
- Occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs; exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
- Complete any additional tasks as directed by supervisor or manager
- Complete all required training and obtain required licensure (if applicable) within state guidelines
Nice To Haves
- Immunization eligibility
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Keeping customers and patients healthy through adoption and management of patient care programs.
- Delivering exceptional care to each patient.
- Ensuring a safe and effective Retail Pharmacy work environment.
- Patient Safety
- Pharmacy Professional Practice
- Regulatory Requirements
- Quality Assurance
- Customer Service
- Inventory Management
- Workflow Management excluding final prescription verification
- Lead with Heart – display empathy and compassion for your patients, customers, caregivers, and colleagues on your team
- Seek new ways to grow, collaborate with others, and deliver better outcomes
- Align others around our purpose to bring your heart to every moment of your health and gain support and commitment
- Facilitate a team culture that promotes caring, energy, enthusiasm, and pride
Benefits
- dental
- vision
- wellness resources
- employee discounts
- access to certain voluntary benefits
- other programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
