Pharmacy Intern

About the role#

As a Pharmacy Intern, you will play a critical role in patient care, medication safety, and clinical operations. This hands-on position allows you to work alongside experienced healthcare professionals to refine your clinical knowledge and develop essential pharmacy skills. You will contribute to medication reconciliation, compounding, and inventory management in a collaborative learning environment. This is an evergreen requisition used to identify pharmacy students for potential current or future opportunities within Allina Health outpatient and specialty pharmacy settings.

What you'll do#

• Prepare, check, and dispense medications.
• Compound and document extemporaneous doses, including prepackaging solid and liquid dosage forms.
• Perform medication distribution, including delivering supplies and restocking emergency kits.
• Conduct admission medication histories and perform medication reconciliation interviews with patients.
• Assist with inventory management, including auditing automated dispensing cabinets and checking incoming stock.
• Support clinical operations by reviewing patient profiles for clinical appropriateness and communicating recommendations to pharmacists.

What you'll need#

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Enrollment in an accredited school of pharmacy working toward a Pharmacist degree, or status as a foreign-trained pharmacist working toward state licensure.
• Pharmacy Intern Certification or Registration is required upon hire.
• If registered as a Pharmacy Technician upon hire, you must obtain Pharmacy Intern Certification within one year.
• Ability to perform light work, including lifting up to 20 lbs occasionally.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and DHS fingerprinting.

Location & details#

• Locations: Minneapolis, Coon Rapids, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
• Schedule: Casual status with 8-hour day or evening shifts and a rotation involving every third weekend.
• Pay: Hourly rates vary by year of pharmacy school ($21.50 for 1st year, $22.50 for 2nd year, $23.50 for 3rd year, and $24.50 for 4th year).
• Work Modality: On-site.