PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

The Kroger Co. • Louisville, CO

11d • $28 - $32

About The Position

The Pharmacy/Pharmacist-Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and maintains a safe, clean department. The role assists the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals while monitoring quality assurance standards. The intern supports the Customer 1st strategy, encourages excellent service, and demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The role provides pharmaceutical product information and counseling, assists customers with over-the-counter medication recommendations, and accurately processes prescriptions and related insurance transactions. It also supports pharmacy operations by checking and stocking incoming orders, maintaining the department, and providing immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision. The position requires cooperative, honest, and safe conduct, including reporting incidents and risks and providing support to customers with varied needs.

The role requires active enrollment in a U.S. school of pharmacy and a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license. The employer describes flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles; this posting does not specify the schedule or employment status for this particular opening.

Requirements

• Actively enrolled in a U.S. school of pharmacy.
• Hold a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create a welcoming environment for customers by answering questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
• Maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and discuss them competently with customers and prescribers.
• Provide drug counseling to customers.
• Assist with recommendations for over-the-counter medications.
• Accurately enter patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
• Dispense the correct medication.
• Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization.
• Accurately bag filled prescriptions and deliver them to customers.
• Process third-party insurance information for customers and contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf when necessary.
• Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
• Accurately accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions for filling and refilling.
• Clean the department.
• Provide immunizations under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Compare and check incoming orders, stock incoming orders properly, and return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Notify the pharmacist on duty of any prescription incident the intern learns about.
• Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
• Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment and manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, cooperative manner.
• Act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
• Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Free, confidential financial tools and coaching through Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over a career through the Continuing Education program.
• Training programs and career pathways.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility.
• Participation in a 401(k) plan and/or a Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Group term life insurance, subject to criteria and eligibility requirements.
• Potential bonus eligibility, depending on criteria.
• College scholarships and educational leave of absence, subject to location criteria and eligibility requirements.
• Internal training and development resources.
• Retirement benefits.
• Mental health resources through the Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

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