Pharmacy Intern - Grad

About the position

Health is everything. At CVS Health, colleagues are committed to increasing access, lowering costs, and improving quality of care. Millions of times a day, we help people on their path to better health - from advising on prescriptions to helping manage chronic and specialty conditions. As a graduate pharmacist intern, you have a significant role in our company working as part of the pharmacy team - delivering our purpose, modeling our values, and demonstrating genuine, authentic care for our patients. While working as a Grad Intern under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, you play a critical role in ensuring a safe and effective Retail Pharmacy work environment that delivers exceptional care to each patient.

Responsibilities

• Patient Safety
• Pharmacy Professional Practice
• Regulatory Requirements
• Quality Assurance
• Customer Service
• Inventory Management
• Workflow Management excluding final prescription verification
• Lead with Heart - display empathy and compassion for your patients, customers, caregivers, and colleagues on your team
• Support your Pharmacy manager in motivating, inspiring, and developing their Pharmacy Support Staff
• Identify critical business opportunities and meaningful solutions to drive growth and improve performance in your pharmacy
• Adapt to change and adjust plans to thrive in a dynamic community healthcare setting
• Seek new ways to grow, collaborate with others, and deliver better outcomes
• Align others around our purpose to bring your heart to every moment of your health
• Facilitate a team culture that promotes caring, energy, enthusiasm, and pride
• Apply acquired knowledge to help drive healthy outcomes and differentiate CVS from competitors

Requirements

• PharmD graduate of a U.S. accredited program prior to beginning Post-Graduate Training Program at CVS Health
• 0-3 years prior relevant work experience
• Must possess or be in process of obtaining a valid Pharmacist intern and/or technician licensure as required by state BOP
• Strong verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Complete all required training within state guidelines and required timeframe
• Ability to have regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends
• Be mobile and remain upright for extended periods of time
• Lift, scan, and bag items
• Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm
• Reach overhead; able to stretch or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs to grasp items
• Extend hand(s) and arm(s) multiple directions to place, move, or lift items
• Precision control: able to adjust machines to exact positions
• Stoop to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles to move items between low and high positions
• Visual Acuity: Close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts
• Able to orally communicate information and instructions to colleagues and customers
• Occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs; exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently

Nice-to-haves

• Immunization eligibility
• 3-5 years prior relevant work experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Once state regulations are met, Grad interns should be striving to provide patient immunizations as this is an essential pharmacist function