Pharmacy Intern Year 1

Meijer; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 20,664 - 28,929; Part 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 in Indiana seeks a Pharmacy Intern to support customer service and prescription processing within the Meijer Pharmacy team. You will assist patients, handle data entry, and participate in third party adjudication and inventory management.

The role requires a current enrollment in a pharmacy program and state-specific intern license. Responsibilities include processing prescriptions, assisting with health screenings and immunizations after training, and maintaining compliance with

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school and pursuing pharmacy-related work.
• Pharmacy Intern License (state-specific) required.
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Neat and legible penmanship with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to stay current and competent in all pharmacy-related functions.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality and customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide customer service and assist patients with product selection and pricing.
• Process and fill prescriptions; enter data into the pharmacy system.
• Handle third-party adjudication and inventory management.
• Count, label and dispense prescriptions at the fill station.
• Perform health screening tests and immunizations after proper training and authorization.
• Support balance on hand, ordering, vendor transfers, and salvage processes.
• Assist with preventive care services and MTM platforms under supervision.
• Maintain professional appearance and adhere to confidentiality and regulatory standards.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organization

Teamwork

Dependability

Attention to detail

Empathy

Professional appearance

Time management

Confidentiality awareness

Education

Enrolled in an 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 90 years 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 270 stores 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.