Pharmacy Intern

Meijer•Findlay, OH

12d

About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern provides customer service and uses basic pharmacy knowledge to process and fill prescriptions, perform third-party functions, manage inventory, and provide clinical services. The role involves communicating with patients in person and by telephone, helping with product selection and medication pricing, entering prescription data and processing third-party adjudications, preparing prescriptions, and assisting patients at the Will Call station. The intern also supports inventory activities and clinical services. Other duties may be assigned or required.

Requirements

Be enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
Hold a state-specific Pharmacy Intern License.
Have a positive attitude.
Have excellent communication and customer service skills.
Have neat and legible penmanship.
Have organizational and prioritization skills.
Have a team-oriented mindset.
Be timely and dependable.
Have basic math skills.
Be driven to stay current and competent in pharmacy-related functions.
Demonstrate empathy and a professional appearance.
Understand 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, and be able to perform them after proper training and state-specific authorization.
Know MTM platforms and work under a pharmacist to perform applicable services when allowed.
Know brand and generic medication names, applicable medical and pharmacy terminology, and dosage forms, and be able to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
Have knowledge of MP6.

Responsibilities

Communicate with patients in person and by telephone.
Assist patients with product selection and obtain medication prices, including internal and competitor prices, when requested.
Process and fill prescriptions, including prescription data entry, third-party adjudication, selecting products, counting and labeling prescriptions, receiving new prescriptions, and selling 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.