Pharmacy Intern - Grad

About This Role

As a Graduate Pharmacy Intern at CVS Health, you will apply didactic learning from pharmacy school to real-world practice, preparing for a Pharmacist role. You will complete a comprehensive training roadmap for store, district, and regional operations, while deepening your understanding of patient safety, quality assurance, and pharmacy professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Follow all company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at each workstation to help Pharmacists and Technicians manage and improve patient health.
• Follow pharmacy workflow procedures at each pharmacy workstation (i.e., production, pick-up, drive-thru, and drop-off) for safe and accurate prescription fulfillment.
• Contribute to positive patient experiences by showing empathy and genuine care, keeping patients healthy by offering immunizations and other services, and solving or escalating patient problems.
• Offer to counsel, field medical questions, and solicit information on a patient’s medical history to provide optimal care, under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
• Take telephonic prescriptions from the prescriber, and call the prescriber to clarify prescriptions or facilitate medication changes, where allowed by state regulation.
• Maintain the highest level of self-awareness and provide in-the-moment coaching, training, and mentoring to pharmacy team members.
• Complete basic inventory activities, as permitted by law, and as directed by the pharmacy leadership team.
• Understand and comply with all relevant federal, state, and local laws, regulations, professional standards, and ethical principles.
• Deliver additional patient health care services (e.g., immunizations, point-of-care testing, and voluntarily staffing offsite clinics), where allowable by law and supported by required training and certification.
• Complete additional licensure and training requirements to obtain Technician Immunizer status to support preparing and administering vaccines, if permissible.

Requirements

• PharmD graduate of a U.S. accredited program
• Ability to obtain required pharmacist licensure within the required timeframe, per state guidelines
• Must possess, or be in the process of obtaining, valid intern and/or technician licensure as required
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe

Qualifications

• PharmD graduate of a U.S. accredited program prior to beginning the Post-Graduate Training Program at CVS Health

Nice to Have

• 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
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Skills

* Required skills