About the role#
As a Pharmacy Intern, you will apply your pharmacy school education to real-world practice. You will work under the direction of a preceptor to complete a comprehensive training roadmap, gaining experience in store, district, and regional operations. This role focuses on supporting pharmacy teams to ensure safe and accurate prescription fulfillment while developing your professional skills.
What you'll do#
- Support pharmacy operations across all workstations, including production, pick-up, drive-thru, and drop-off.
- Assist with prescription fulfillment and basic inventory tasks, such as cycle counts and medication deliveries.
- Provide customer service by resolving patient problems, offering to counsel, and fielding medical questions under pharmacist supervision.
- Take telephonic prescriptions from prescribers and clarify medication details.
- Deliver patient health care services, including immunizations and point-of-care testing, where permitted by law.
- Provide coaching, training, and mentoring to team members.
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, company SOPs, and patient privacy standards.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy.
- Valid intern or technician licensure, or be in the process of obtaining it.
- At least 1 year of related work experience in pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service settings.
- Ability to complete required training within the designated timeframe.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
- Ability to become immunization certified.
- Strong focus and the ability to pivot between tasks quickly.
- Mathematical skills for prescription calculations and label accuracy.
- Ability to work in your home store and travel to other locations across the market as needed.
- Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
Location & details#
- Location: Springfield, Illinois.
- Work modality: On-site.
- Schedule: Part-time, rolling term.
About CVS Health
CVS Health operates as a public company within the hospitals and health care industry. Founded in 1963, the organization provides retail pharmacy, health insurance, and pharmacy benefits management services. It maintains a large workforce of over 140,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
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