Pharmacy Intern PT

Meijer•Lewis Center, OH

About The Position

The Pharmacy Intern is responsible for using 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 and pricing inquiries, entering prescription data and processing third-party adjudication, filling and selling prescriptions, and handling pharmacy inventory activities. The intern may also 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 and legible penmanship, organizational skills, prioritization skills, and basic math skills.
Be team-oriented, timely, dependable, empathetic, and professionally presented.
Be driven to stay current and competent in pharmacy-related functions.
Understand the importance of patient confidentiality and the patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
Have knowledge of Third Party Help and prescription split billing.
Know the health screening tests and immunizations available, 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, relevant medical and pharmacy terminology, dosage forms, and pharmaceutical calculations.
Have knowledge of MP6.

Responsibilities

Provide customer service to pharmacy patients.
Communicate with patients in person and by telephone.
Assist patients with product selection and obtain medication prices when requested.
Process and fill prescriptions, including prescription data entry, third-party adjudication, product selection, counting, and labeling.
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.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.