Pharmacy Intern; 1st Year - Retail
About The Position
The Pharmacy Intern provides clinical care to pharmacy patients and assists the pharmacy manager with pharmacy operations and management. The intern supports pharmacists, provides indirect supervision for support staff, and follows applicable policies and procedures. In the retail setting, responsibilities include insurance verification, prior authorizations, resolving third-party prescription issues, processing manual prescriptions, customer service, and supporting scheduling, pharmacy software, and bookkeeping. Student pharmacist duties progress by school year, from operational support in Year 1 to broader clinical care, immunization, supervisory, interdisciplinary, and mentoring responsibilities in later years. In the hospital setting, responsibilities include delivering medications and supplies, supporting inpatient workflows such as sterile compounding, and participating in multidisciplinary care discussions. Duties progress toward expanded therapy modification, patient monitoring and counseling, medication safety, interdisciplinary collaboration, and culturally responsive care in later years.
Requirements
- Be enrolled as a student at an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy.
- Have excellent customer service skills, English proficiency, problem-solving ability, adherence to policies and procedures, and competent mathematical skills.
- Hold active registration as a Pharmacy Intern with the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy upon hire.
- Year 2 progression requires completion of Year 1 of pharmacy school; Year 3 progression requires completion of Year 2; Year 4 progression requires completion of Year 3.
Nice To Haves
- Previous pharmacy experience in retail, hospital, or infusion therapies.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient counseling and prospective drug use evaluation.
- Evaluate patients in relation to prescribed therapies; collect, analyze, and interpret data.
- Monitor patient records for allergies, drug interactions, and appropriateness of therapy.
- Dispense medications accurately and in compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
- Identify and resolve patient-specific medication-related problems.
- Support medication safety and error management activities.
- Ensure accurate and complete billing to payers.
- Use pharmacy technologies to support accuracy and efficiency.
- Participate in team meetings and interdisciplinary discussions.
- Maintain proficiency in pharmacy practice through ongoing education.
- Provide culturally competent and developmentally sensitive patient care.
- Verify insurance, obtain prior authorizations, and address third-party prescription issues.
- Process manual prescriptions, including EZ-DME, Worker’s Compensation, and breast pumps.
- Handle cash-register transactions and provide customer service.
- Support scheduling, pharmacy software, and bookkeeping activities.
- Deliver medications and supplies to patient care areas.
- Support inpatient workflows, including sterile compounding.
- Participate in multidisciplinary care discussions with clinical teams.
- Support infusion therapy workflows and direct patient monitoring as responsibilities progress.
Benefits
- Option to participate in the Fairview 403(b) plan.
- Sick and Safe Time.
- Early access to earned wages.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
