Pharmacy Intern: Patient Care & Prescriptions

Meijer; Orange Township (OH); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to support customer service and prescription processing at our Ohio pharmacy locations. You will assist patients in person and by phone, help with product selection, and obtain medication prices as requested.

Under supervision you will process and fill prescriptions, perform third-party adjudication, and ensure accurate labeling and data entry. You will also help with inventory management, BOH updates, ordering, vendor charge backs, and support clinical

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 all patient care services available at Meijer Pharmacy.
• Knowledge of Third Party Help; prescription split billing.
• Knowledge of health screening tests available; 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Positive attitude

Excellent communication

Neat handwriting

Organizational skills

Prioritization skills

Teamwork

Timeliness

Basic math

Drive to stay current

Excellent customer service

Empathy

Professional appearance

Confidentiality

Patient care services knowledge

Third party help; billing

Health screening & immunizations

MTM platforms

Brand/generic names

Pharmacy calculations

MP6 knowledge

Education

Enrolled in accredited pharmacy school

Pharmacy Intern License (state specific)

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems

Job description

Meijer is seeking a Pharmacy Intern to support customer service and prescription processing at our Ohio pharmacy locations. You will assist patients in person and by phone, help with product selection, and obtain medication prices as requested.

Under supervision you will process and fill prescriptions, perform third-party adjudication, and ensure accurate labeling and data entry. You will also help with inventory management, BOH updates, ordering, vendor charge backs, and support clinical