Pharmacy Intern: Counseling, Immunizations & Patient Care

Fry's Food and Drug; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Fry’s Food Stores, based in Arizona, seeks a Pharmacy Intern to support pharmacists in counseling customers, input prescription data, and process insurance. You will learn under supervisor guidance while handling immunizations and OTC recommendations in a fast-paced store environment.

The position emphasizes safety, accuracy, and strong customer service. Active enrollment in a PharmD program and a state intern license are required, with potential part-time scheduling and growth within Kroger’s

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a US school of pharmacy
• Hold a current state issued Pharmacy Intern license

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and be able to competently discuss these products with customers and prescribers.
• Provide drug counseling to customers.
• Assist with over the counter medications recommendations.
• Accurately input patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
• Dispense the correct medication.
• Contact prescribers’ offices for authorization.
• Bag filled prescriptions and deliver to customer accurately.
• Process third party insurance information for customers.
• Contact insurance companies on the behalf of the customers, if necessary
• Facilitate charge purchases for customers.
• Accept and interpret oral and written prescriptions accurately for fill/refill.
• Clean the department.
• Provide immunizations under the supervision of the pharmacist
• Compare and check incoming orders.
• Stock incoming orders properly.
• Return unused medication stock bottles to stock.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Notify pharmacist on duty if they are made aware of a prescription incident.
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Education

Pharmacy Internship license (state issued)

Job description

Fry’s Food Stores, based in Arizona, seeks a Pharmacy Intern to support pharmacists in counseling customers, input prescription data, and process insurance. You will learn under supervisor guidance while handling immunizations and OTC recommendations in a fast-paced store environment.

The position emphasizes safety, accuracy, and strong customer service. Active enrollment in a PharmD program and a state intern license are required, with potential part-time scheduling and growth within Kroger’s