PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

The Kroger Co.•Parker, CO

3d•$28 - $32•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy/Pharmacist-Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience by providing exceptional service and maintaining a safe, clean department. The role supports department sales and profit goals, monitors quality assurance standards, and promotes the company’s Customer 1st strategy and core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The intern assists customers with pharmaceutical products, prescription services, drug counseling, over-the-counter medication recommendations, insurance processing, and immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision. The position also supports pharmacy operations by accurately entering prescription information, dispensing and delivering medications, handling inventory, and reporting safety concerns or prescription incidents. Candidates must be actively enrolled in a US school of pharmacy and hold a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create a welcoming environment for customers and answer 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 and assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
Accurately input patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
Dispense the correct medication and accurately bag and deliver filled prescriptions to customers.
Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization and accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions for fills and refills.
Process third-party insurance information, contact insurance companies when necessary, and facilitate charge purchases for customers.
Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist.
Compare and check incoming orders, stock incoming orders properly, and return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
Clean the department.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents and notify the pharmacist on duty of any known prescription incident.
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 reasonably, cooperatively, and without confrontation.
Act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide direct support and assistance to 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 eligibility and plan terms.
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 the associate’s career through the Continuing Education program.
Training programs and career pathways.
Paid time off such as vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund participation, subject to eligibility.
Group term life insurance, subject to eligibility criteria.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on varying criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
Internal training and development resources.
Retirement benefits.
Mental health resources.