Pharmacy Intern

Meijer Inc.; Springfield (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Flexible scheduling

Parental leave

Education assistance

Team member discount

Career development

Job summary

Meijer is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to support customer service, prescription processing, and clinical services at the Meijer Pharmacy location in Michigan. The role involves patient interactions, third-party processing, inventory management, and adherence to confidentiality and quality standards.

The candidate will work under a pharmacist, gain hands-on experience, and participate in Meijer’s education and development programs, with a focus on growth within the pharmacy team.

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 patient confidentiality.
• Understanding of Meijer Pharmacy patient care services.
• Knowledge of Third Party Help and prescription split billing.
• Knowledge of health screening tests and immunizations after proper training and authorization; MTM platforms knowledge.
• Knowledge of brand/generic medication names and related terminology; pharmacological calculations.
• Knowledge of MP6.

Responsibilities

• Customer service.
• Assist patients in person and by phone; help with product selection; obtain medication prices.
• Process and fill prescriptions.
• Use pharmacy computer system for data entry and third-party adjudication; count and label prescriptions; handle Will Call transactions.
• Perform third-party functions.
• Inventory management.
• Update balance on hand; order, receive, and transfer stock; verify Meijer codes.
• Provide clinical services.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Pharmacy knowledge

Penmanship

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Reliability

Mathematics

Patient confidentiality

MTM knowledge

Brand/generic names

Education

Pharmacy school enrollment

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

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

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.