Pharmacy Intern

Meijer•Battle Creek, MI

32d

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 position involves assisting patients in person and by telephone, handling prescription data entry and adjudication, filling and selling prescriptions, maintaining inventory, and supporting clinical services. 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 skills.
Have neat, legible penmanship, organizational skills, and prioritization skills.
Be team-oriented, timely, and dependable.
Have basic math skills and a drive to stay current and competent in pharmacy-related functions.
Have excellent customer service skills and empathy.
Maintain a professional appearance and understand the importance of patient confidentiality.
Understand patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
Know 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 at patients’ request.
Process and fill prescriptions, including entering prescription data and completing third-party adjudication in the pharmacy computer system.
Pull products from shelves, count and label prescriptions at the fill station, receive new prescriptions, and sell prescriptions at the Will Call station.
Perform third-party functions, including prescription split billing.
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, immunizations, and medication therapy management services when properly trained, authorized, applicable, and allowed.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.