3rd Year Pharmacy Intern

As a 3rd year Pharmacy Intern at CVS Health, you will apply your didactic learning from pharmacy school into real-world practice to prepare for a Pharmacist role.

Under the direction of your preceptor, you will complete a comprehensive training roadmap designed to give you hands-on experience and an overview of store, district, and regional operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the pharmacy team to ensure smooth operations and prompt, safe, and accurate prescription filling
• Providing caring service that exceeds patient expectations
• Operating as part of the pharmacy team through consistent application of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), best practices, and effective communication
• Demonstrating empathy and genuine care, and contributing to a safe and inclusive culture
• Offering to counsel, fielding medical questions, and soliciting information on a patient's medical history to provide optimal care, when appropriate under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist
• Taking telephonic prescriptions from the prescriber, and calling the prescriber to clarify prescriptions or facilitate medication changes, where allowed by state regulation
• Maintaining the highest level of self-awareness and providing in-the-moment coaching, training, and mentoring to pharmacy team members while sharing best practices
• Completing basic inventory activities, as permitted by law, and as directed by the pharmacy leadership team
• Contributing to a high-performing team, embracing a growth mindset, and being receptive to feedback
• Remaining flexible for both scheduling and business needs, while contributing to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic
• Understanding and complying with all relevant federal, state, and local laws, regulations, professional standards, and ethical principles
• Delivering additional patient health care services, such as immunizations and point-of-care testing, where allowable by law and supported by required training and certification

You will also have the opportunity to support immunizations, which includes:

• Completing additional licensure and training requirements to obtain Technician Immunizer status
• Educating patients about the importance of vaccines and referring patients to the Pharmacist-on-duty for vaccination questions
• Monitoring for, and responding to, adverse reactions
• Reviewing and collecting patient information

Required Qualifications:

• Accepted into, or actively enrolled in, an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy
• Must possess, or be in the process of obtaining, valid intern and/or technician licensure as required

Essential Functions:

• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe
• Attention and Focus: Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time, pivot quickly from one task to another, and confirm prescription information and label accuracy
• Customer Service and Team Orientation: Actively look for ways to help people, notice and understand patients' reactions, and respond appropriately
• Communication Skills: Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with patients and colleagues
• Mathematical Reasoning: Ability to use math to solve a problem, such as determining the total number of tablets to dispense
• Problem Resolution: Identifying challenging patient or colleague interactions and choosing the best course of action
• Physical Demands: Be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time, lift, scan, and bag items, and extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of related work experience in pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
• Ability to become immunization certified
• Ability to work in home store, and across the market in other locations, to meet business needs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite

Pay Range: $20.50 - $24.25