PHARMACY/PHARMCST-INTERN

Smith's Food & Drug Centers; Rio Rancho (NM); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith's Food & Drug Centers is seeking a Pharmacy Intern who is actively enrolled in a US pharmacy program. You will assist in counseling customers, immunizations under supervision, inputting prescription data, and dispensing medications under the pharmacist's guidance.

You will support the department in achieving sales and profit goals, maintain a safe environment, and handle insurance processes while delivering exceptional customer service.

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a US school of pharmacy.
• Provide drug counseling to customers.
• Assist with immunizations under supervision of the pharmacist.
• Ensure accurate input of patient and prescription information into the pharmacy computer system.
• Dispense the correct medication and process third-party insurance information.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service.
• Assist department manager in achieving department sales and profit goals.
• Promote trust and respect among associates and customers.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment in the department.
• Notify pharmacist on duty of prescription incidents or safety issues.
• Stock incoming orders and manage department inventory.

Education

Pharmacy student (intern)

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Minimum

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