About the role#
As a Pharmacy Intern, you will apply your pharmacy school education to real-world practice while preparing for a future role as a pharmacist. You will work under the direction of a preceptor to complete a comprehensive training roadmap, including Key Learning Experiences, that provides an overview of pharmacy operations. You will support our pharmacy teams in delivering safe, accurate, and personalized patient care while developing your clinical and technical skills.
What you'll do#
- Follow company SOPs and pharmacy workflow procedures at production, pick-up, drive-thru, and drop-off workstations.
- Provide personalized patient service, solve or escalate patient problems, and offer immunizations.
- Counsel patients, field medical questions, and collect medical history under direct pharmacist supervision.
- Take telephonic prescriptions from prescribers and contact them to clarify or change prescriptions where allowed.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to pharmacy team members and share best practices.
- Manage inventory tasks including medication deliveries, cycle counts, returns-to-stocks, and waiting-bin inventories.
- Deliver health services such as point-of-care testing and staff offsite clinics where permitted.
- Educate patients on vaccines, monitor for adverse reactions, and document patient information.
- Travel to other stores in the market to work shifts as business needs require.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in an ACPE-accredited college or school of pharmacy.
- Valid intern or technician licensure, or be in the process of obtaining one.
- Ability to concentrate on tasks, pivot between responsibilities, and maintain accuracy.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and active listening abilities.
- Proficiency in using math to solve prescription-dispensing problems.
- Ability to complete required training within designated timeframes.
- Preferred: 1+ years of experience in pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service.
- Preferred: Ability to become immunization certified and proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
Location & details#
- Location: Pacific Palisades, California.
- Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Part-time with a 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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