Pharmacy Intern

Meijer; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Pharmacy in Battle Creek, MI is seeking a pharmacy intern to support customer service, process and fill prescriptions, and assist with clinical services under supervision. As part of a pharmacy team, you will gain hands-on experience with prescription data entry, third-party adjudication, inventory management, and patient care tasks while enrolled in an accredited program and pursuing your license.

This role offers exposure to MTM platforms, health screenings, and brand/generic medication

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
• Pharmacy Intern License (state specific).
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Neat and legible penmanship with strong organizational skills.
• Team-oriented mindset and dependability.
• Drive to stay current in pharmacy-related functions.

Responsibilities

• Customer service and patient communication in person and via phone.
• Process and fill prescriptions; assist in medication pricing as needed.
• Use pharmacy computer system for data entry and third party adjudication.
• Manage inventory; update balance on hand and process orders.
• Perform clinical services under pharmacist supervision; support MTM and health screening tasks.
• Assist with third party functions and maintain confidentiality.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Team-oriented

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Pharmacy knowledge basics

Education

Enrolled in accredited pharmacy school

Pharmacy Intern License (state-specific)

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

The person selected for this position will be responsible for having basic pharmacy knowledge to provide customer service, to process and fill prescriptions, to provide third party functions, to manage inventory, and to provide clinical services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Customer service.
• Communicating with patients in person and via telephone; assisting patients with product selection; obtaining medication prices (internally and from competitors) pursuant to patient requests.
• Processing and filling prescriptions.
• Using pharmacy computer system for prescription data entry & third party adjudication; pulling correct products from the shelf; counting and labeling prescriptions appropriately at fill station; receiving new prescriptions from patients, selling prescriptions to patients at the Will Call station.
• Third-party functions.
• Inventory management.
• Updating balance on hand (BOH); product ordering; looking up Meijer codes; checking-in and putting away orders; processing vendor charge backs (VCBs)/transfers/salvage.
• Clinical services.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring With You (Qualifications)

• Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
• Pharmacy Intern License (state specific).
• Positive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Neat and legible penmanship.
• Organizational skills.
• Prioritization skills.
• Team-oriented mindset.
• Timeliness & dependability.
• Basic math skills.
• Drive to stay current and competent in all pharmacy-related functions.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Empathy.
• Professional appearance.
• Understanding of the importance of patient confidentiality.
• Understanding of all patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
• Knowledge of Third Party Help; prescription split billing.
• Knowledge of health screening tests available; knowledge of immunizations available; ability to perform health screening tests and immunizations after proper training and state-specific authorization; knowledge of MTM platforms and working under a pharmacist to perform these services when applicable & allowed.
• Knowledge of brand/generic medication names; knowledge of applicable medical/pharmacy terminology; knowledge about various dosage forms; ability to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Knowledge of MP6.