Pharmacy Intern

CVS Health • Midlothian, VA

12d • $20 - $24

About The Position

CVS Health is hiring a 3rd year pharmacy intern to work as part of its pharmacy team and support the company’s purpose of increasing access, lowering costs, and improving quality of care. Under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, the intern helps maintain a safe and effective retail pharmacy environment and deliver care to patients. The role includes patient safety, pharmacy professional practice, regulatory requirements, quality assurance, customer service, inventory management, and workflow management, excluding final prescription verification.

The intern helps keep customers and patients healthy through the adoption and management of patient care programs. The role calls for empathy and compassion, collaboration, a focus on better outcomes, and contributing to a caring, energetic, enthusiastic, and proud team culture. Interns must meet state training and licensure requirements and be able to provide regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends. This is a part-time position.

Requirements

• Accepted into or actively enrolled in an ACPE-accredited college or school of pharmacy.
• 0–3 years of relevant work experience.
• Must possess or be in the 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 timeframes.
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to remain mobile and upright for extended periods.
• Ability to lift, scan, and bag items.
• Finger dexterity for picking, pinching, typing, or other finger-focused work.
• Ability to reach overhead and extend hands and arms in multiple directions to grasp, place, move, or lift items.
• Precision control to adjust machines to exact positions.
• Ability to stoop and bend at the waist to move items between low and high positions.
• Close visual acuity for tasks such as transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and inspecting small parts.
• Ability to orally communicate information and instructions to colleagues and customers.
• Occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds; exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds frequently, or negligible force constantly to move objects.

Nice To Haves

• Immunization eligibility.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Help ensure a safe and effective retail pharmacy work environment under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
• Contribute to patient safety, pharmacy professional practice, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, customer service, inventory management, and workflow management, excluding final prescription verification.
• Adopt and manage patient care programs to help keep customers and patients healthy.
• Demonstrate empathy and compassion toward patients, customers, caregivers, and colleagues.
• Collaborate with others and seek ways to improve outcomes.
• Align others around the company’s purpose and gain support and commitment.
• Help facilitate a team culture that promotes caring, energy, enthusiasm, and pride.
• Complete required training and obtain required licensure within state guidelines.
• Complete additional tasks as directed by a supervisor or manager.
• Provide patient immunizations once state regulations are met.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed