Pharmacy Intern

Meijer Inc.; Vertland (IN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Meijer Pharmacy is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to assist with customer service, prescription processing, and clinical support. You will work under a pharmacist to ensure accurate data entry, third-party adjudication, and compliance with state regulations.

You will gain hands-on experience in inventory management, pricing, and patient communication while supporting MTM and health screening activities as trained and authorized. Indiana-based placement with Meijer facilities.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school.
• Pharmacy Intern License (state-specific).
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Neat and legible penmanship; strong organizational skills.
• Team-oriented, timely and dependable; basic math skills.
• Commitment to patient confidentiality and ethics.
• Understanding of patient care services and MTM concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide customer service and assist patients with product selection.
• Process and fill prescriptions; discuss pricing and options.
• Use pharmacy computer system for data entry and adjudication.
• Manage inventory, BOH, and vendor-related tasks.
• Support clinical services and health screenings as trained.
• Maintain professionalism and ensure confidentiality.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Dependability

Professional appearance

Empathy

Confidentiality understanding

Math skills

Education

Pharmacy intern license (state-specific)

Enrolled in accredited pharmacy school

Tools

Pharmacy computer system

Third party adjudication systems

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.