Pharmacy Intern

Meijer Inc.; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Pharmacy is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to support customer service, process and fill prescriptions, and assist with third party functions under supervision. You must be enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school and hold a Pharmacy Intern License (state specific).

Strong communication, neat handwriting, organization, and reliability are essential. In addition to inventory management and using the pharmacy computer system, you will participate in clinical services and ensure patient

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
• Pharmacy Intern License (state-specific).
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Neat, legible penmanship and strong organizational skills.
• Team-oriented with reliability and timeliness.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality and basic math skills.
• Willingness to participate in clinical services under supervision.
• Knowledge of brand/generic names and MTM concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide customer service at the pharmacy.
• Communicate with patients in person and by phone; assist with product selection.
• Process and fill prescriptions.
• Use pharmacy computer system for data entry and third-party adjudication.
• Pull products, count and label prescriptions.
• Handle third-party functions and inventory management.
• Update balance on hand and process vendor chargebacks and transfers.
• Provide clinical services.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Team-oriented

Reliability

Organizational skills

Neat handwriting

Basic math

Confidentiality

Education

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.

We opened our doors more than 90years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi‑billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully‑protected classification.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.