PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

The Kroger Co.•Westminster, CO

18h

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service, and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in achieving department sales and profit goals and monitor quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy, encourage excellent customer service, and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The Pharmacy/Pharmacist-Intern supports pharmacy operations by counseling customers, helping with medication recommendations, processing prescriptions and insurance, dispensing and delivering prescriptions accurately, and supporting inventory and department cleanliness. The role may provide immunizations under a pharmacist’s supervision and assists customers and associates in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Actively enrolled in a school of pharmacy in the United States.
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 and contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf when necessary.
Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
Accurately accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions for fills and refills.
Clean the department.
Provide immunizations under the supervision of a pharmacist.
Compare and check incoming orders, stock them 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 becomes aware of.
Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and 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 and eligibility terms.
Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay, subject to eligibility and length of service.
Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
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 course of a career through the Continuing Education program.
Training programs and career pathways.
Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility.
401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund participation, subject to eligibility requirements.
Group term life insurance, subject to location criteria and eligibility requirements.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on criteria.
College scholarships and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
Internal training and development resources.