Pharmacy Intern - Grad

CVS Health • 03880 - North Carolina CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., NC

6d • $24 - $42 • Onsite

About The Position

CVS Health’s Graduate Pharmacy Intern applies pharmacy school learning in a retail pharmacy setting to prepare for a Pharmacist role. Under the direction of a preceptor and District Leader, the intern completes a comprehensive training roadmap within 120 days of graduation, gaining experience in store, district, and regional operations, patient safety, error prevention, quality assurance, drug utilization review, and professional standards. The intern supports pharmacy operations and helps ensure prescriptions are filled promptly, safely, and accurately while providing caring service to patients. The role involves learning and following standard operating procedures, best practices, and effective communication, while contributing to a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment.

As experience and readiness increase, the intern takes on greater accountability for pharmacy management, oversight, and operations. Duties include supporting prescription workflow, assisting patients, counseling and responding to medical questions under licensed pharmacist supervision when appropriate, handling certain prescription communications where permitted, assisting with inventory, and helping develop pharmacy team members. The intern may provide additional health services, including immunizations and point-of-care testing, when allowed by law and supported by required training and certification. Where permissible, the intern may complete requirements for Technician Immunizer status and assist with vaccine preparation and administration.

The position requires regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and completion of required training within designated timeframes. It also involves physical activity such as standing for extended periods, handling and moving items, reaching, repetitive finger movement, stooping, close visual work, and occasional lifting or exertion up to 20 pounds. The posting identifies this as a part-time position. The typical pay range is $23.75–$42.00. The application window is expected to close on 05/01/2027.

Requirements

• PharmD graduate of a U.S.-accredited program before beginning CVS Health’s Post-Graduate Training Program.
• Ability to obtain required pharmacist licensure within the timeframe required by state guidelines; failure to obtain licensure within 120 days of graduation results in separation of employment.
• Must 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 over time, shift quickly between tasks, and confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
• Ability to provide friendly customer service, recognize and appropriately respond to patient reactions, and work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to use verbal and written communication and active listening with patients and colleagues.
• Ability to use math to determine quantities to dispense, days’ supply, and bottle counts.
• Ability to identify challenging interactions and select an appropriate course of action.
• Ability to remain mobile and upright for extended periods; lift, scan, and bag items; reach overhead and in multiple directions; perform repetitive finger movements; stoop; and perform close-vision tasks.
• Ability occasionally to lift or exert up to 20 pounds, frequently to lift or exert up to 10 pounds, and consistently to exert negligible force to move objects.
• Ability to accurately express or exchange detailed information verbally and receive detailed information through oral communication.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of related work experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
• Ability to become immunization certified; once state requirements are met, pharmacy interns should strive to provide patient immunizations.
• Ability to work in the home store and across the market in other locations to meet business needs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Follow company standard operating procedures and pharmacy workflow procedures at each workstation to support safe, accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Support pharmacy operations and help ensure prescriptions are filled promptly, safely, and accurately.
• Provide empathetic, personalized service to patients at pickup, drive-thru, and over the phone; offer immunizations and other services where appropriate; and resolve or escalate patient problems.
• Offer counseling, respond to medical questions, and obtain patient medical history when appropriate 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 and share best practices.
• 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.
• Seek feedback and opportunities to build clinical and technical knowledge and contribute to a high-performing pharmacy team.
• Remain flexible to scheduling and business needs and voluntarily travel to other stores in the market for shifts as needed.
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS policies, including requirements related to patient safety, controlled substances, recordkeeping, privacy, and security.
• Deliver additional patient health care services, such as immunizations, point-of-care testing, and staffing offsite clinics, where legally permitted and appropriately trained and certified.
• Where permissible, complete licensure and training requirements for Technician Immunizer status and support vaccine preparation and administration.
• Educate patients about vaccines and answer questions to obtain informed consent.
• Monitor for and respond to adverse reactions, and report events as required by public health requirements.
• Review and collect patient information and track and document it for applicable patients.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within designated timeframes.
• Perform essential job functions involving concentration, task switching, prescription accuracy checks, customer service, communication, mathematical reasoning, problem resolution, and physical demands.

Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Wellness resources
• Employee discounts
• Access to certain voluntary benefits
• Other programs supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being, depending on hours worked and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree