PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-INTERN

About the position

As a Pharmacy Intern at King Soopers, you will create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Your role will involve establishing and maintaining a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. You will assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embracing the Customer 1st strategy, you will encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service while demonstrating the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Actively enrolled in a US school of pharmacy
• Hold a current state issued Pharmacy Intern license
• Promote trust and respect among associates
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
• Gain and maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and be able to competently discuss these products with customers and prescribers
• Provide drug counseling to customers
• Assist with over the counter medications recommendations
• Accurately input patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system
• Dispense the correct medication
• Contact prescribers' offices for authorization
• Bag filled prescriptions and deliver to customer accurately
• Process third party insurance information for customers
• Contact insurance companies on the behalf of the customers, if necessary
• Facilitate charge purchases for customers
• Accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions accurately for fill/refill
• Clean the department
• Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist
• Compare and check incoming orders
• Stock incoming orders properly
• Return unused medication stock bottles to stock
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents
• Notify pharmacist on duty if they are made aware of a prescription incident
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
• Ability to 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
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Requirements

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

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a pharmacy setting
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical products
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment

Benefits

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways