Pharmacy Intern

Thrifty White Pharmacy; Dickinson (ND); On-site; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Paid holidays and vacations

Store discount

Job summary

Thrifty White Pharmacy is seeking a Pharmacy Intern in Dickinson, North Dakota. This role provides an opportunity to work in various areas of community pharmacy, including customer service and patient counseling. Responsibilities include helping patients with medications, promoting immunizations, and contributing to Medication Therapy Management. The position requires a pharmacy intern license and offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and a discount for employees and their families.

Qualifications

• Must have or be able to receive a pharmacy intern license.
• No federal sanctions.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service to build loyalty.
• Help prepare hard copy insurance claims.
• Obtain approval for refill prescriptions from physicians.
• Counsel patients on medications with a pharmacist's guidance.
• Promote immunizations in store and with local employers.
• Answer patient questions in the OTC aisles.
• Support Medication Therapy Management activities.
• Educate at community gatherings.
• Make antibiotic callbacks to patients after 3 days.

Job description

Pharmacy Intern

Thrifty White Pharmacy is seeking a Pharmacy Intern in 034 Dickinson, North Dakota to provide exposure in all aspects of the community pharmacy setting and to let them practice as many pharmacist duties as they are prepared to handle (per State Board requirements).

Responsibilities

• Providing excellent professional service to customers to build loyalty and repeat business.
• Helping prepare hard copy insurance claims when necessary.
• Obtaining and documenting approval for refill prescriptions from physicians to ensure proper authorization is recorded on all prescriptions.
• With experience; counseling patients on their medications. Works with the Pharmacist Preceptor to learn all functions of the Pharmacist's job.
• Providing and promoting immunizations in store and with local employers, community centers, and government officials.
• Answering patient questions in the OTC aisles and becoming familiar with products offered there.
• Supporting full completion of Medication Therapy Management activities. Prepares information for Pharmacists to complete Comprehensive Medication reviews and assists in these meetings with patients.
• Seeking out and pursuing opportunities to educate at senior centers, employers, doctor's offices, public officials and other community gatherings.
• Making antibiotic call backs after 3 days of patient being on antibiotic to see if the therapy is helping and if the patient has any questions or concerns.

Physical Demands

Good attendance and punctuality is required in order to fulfill the essential job functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representable of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position may include long periods of standing. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is also frequently required: to talk and hear, use hands and fingers, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and to reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

Applicant must have or be able to receive a pharmacy intern license and not have any federal sanctions.

Benefits

We offer competitive wages, medical, dental, vision, life, 401k, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, paid holidays and vacations, and a store discount for you and your family.

Thrifty White Pharmacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.