PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

The Kroger Co.•Commerce City, CO

About The Position

The Pharmacy/Pharmacist-Intern helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service, maintains a safe and clean department, supports department sales and profit goals, and monitors quality assurance standards. The role embraces the Customer 1st strategy and the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The intern provides pharmacy services and customer support under pharmacist supervision, including counseling customers, processing prescriptions and insurance, assisting with immunizations, and managing medication stock. The position requires active enrollment in a U.S. school of pharmacy and a current state-issued Pharmacy Intern license. King Soopers is part of The Kroger Company and serves customers across Colorado and Wyoming. The Kroger Family of Companies describes its purpose as feeding the human spirit and offers associates benefits, development resources, and opportunities to contribute to its communities.

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 by answering customer questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Gain and 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 enter 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 and contact insurance companies on customers’ behalf when necessary.
Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist.
Compare and check incoming orders, stock them 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 about prescription incidents.
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 as needed 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 eligibility and plan terms.
Flexible scheduling in full-time 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 and confidential financial tools and coaching.
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 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 location and other criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, subject to eligibility and location criteria.
Internal training and development resources.