Pharmacy Aides

A Pharmacy Services Associate primarily assists customers at drop-off and pick-up, cashing them out when they pick up a prescription or processing their prescriptions when they drop them off. It is a very fast-paced customer service role, and you are the first point of interaction that people hav...

I worked in both the floors helping nurses and in the pharmacy. On the floors, a normal shift starts by doing rounds of the patients and asking them if they needed any help or if there was anything you can provide them with: magazine, water, ice chips, etc. After that I helped the nurses with pap...

They are going to put you to work, but it is well worth it. The internship is 10 weeks long, and interns generally have 3-4 rotations: some are three weeks long, some are only a week. Either way, you have an opportunity to see many unique areas of the hospital, so I would recommend getting a wide...

Very well. UW-Madison, School of Pharmacy does a great job preparing students for internships and APPE rotations later on during your 4th year. I also know that employers generally seek out UW-Madison student-pharmacists because they know the rigor of our program, and they know that they're going...

research the organization that your applying for. plan what to wear for the interview plan what to bring prepare for responses be mindful ne professionals be attentive

Most interviewers will ask standard interview questions such as "What are your strengths/weaknesses?", "Why do you want this job?", "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" so I'd recommend looking up common interview questions ahead of time to review and have a good idea of how you'd answer those...

It’s important to know the company you’re inteeviewing for, as well as what your role will be if you get an offer. Knowing the company’s values (e.g. mission/ vision) will allow you to determine your fit with the company. It is also imperative you know what your role in the company will be and to...

You have the same duties as the techs and some additional pharmacist duties. Examples of tech duties include typing, filling, and dispensing. Examples of pharmacist duties include transfers, counseling, and vaccine administration. The only pharmacist task you cannot do as an intern is verify.

This was actually my first ever job interview. While the interviewer did not ask me to bring along a resume, I still brought one with me just in case. This turned out to be a good idea, as a lot of our talking points were about experiences I outlined on my resume. As far as preparations go, I mad...

A huge part of the job is to be flexible and assist where and when needed. A typical day consisted on coming in, logging on to your computer, seeing what orders were new and pending, and completing them. Working the main counter and drive-thru also took up a significant part of the time. Once all...

A day at Avella Specialty Pharmacy involves oncology disease state reviews and making MTM phone calls to patients in regards to their oral oncolytic medications. Occasionally, an employee will propose a drug information question which requires the interns to research and respond within a timely m...

As a Pharmacy Intern at Guthrie County Hospital you have both technician and pharmacist duties that you participate in. You help prepare medications to be dispensed to patients and charge patients for medications used and also help in medication reconciliation, patient discharged education and ma...

What you are learning in the PharmD curriculum is really fun to see "in action" at Mercy CR. You find yourself thinking "Oh yeah, I remember learning about that" a lot. It really solidifies your learning and helps with retaining information. When you're more familiar with medications, you underst...

A Pharmacy Services Associate primarily assists customers at drop-off and pick-up, cashing them out when they pick up a prescription or processing their prescriptions when they drop them off. It is a very fast-paced customer service role, and you are the first point of interaction that people hav...

This was actually my first ever job interview. While the interviewer did not ask me to bring along a resume, I still brought one with me just in case. This turned out to be a good idea, as a lot of our talking points were about experiences I outlined on my resume. As far as preparations go, I mad...

A huge part of the job is to be flexible and assist where and when needed. A typical day consisted on coming in, logging on to your computer, seeing what orders were new and pending, and completing them. Working the main counter and drive-thru also took up a significant part of the time. Once all...

As a pharmacy intern at Walmart, you will check out prescriptions to patients (and counsel them), bag prescriptions, fill prescriptions, input prescriptions into the computer, answer phones, resolve issues with prescriptions, and help out customers however you can. Throughout the day, you will tr...

Generally, when I would arrive at my store, I would begin by making sure that the team was up to speed for that given point in the day, and, if they weren't, I would jump into to whatever role was needed to get ahead (acting as a technician mainly in this scenario). However, after the pharmacy wa...

Communication and a willingness to learn are probably the two most important skills as an intern. The position you are in is a unique one, and can be challenging at times, but your ability to handle that stress by relying on your other team members and communicating well with your pharmacists, te...

Skill wise, you definitely need good communication skills and a sense of drive. There is no such thing as free time here at the hospital. One thing we hate as interns and techs is seeing someone stand around doing nothing. Again i stressed earlier that each tech is limited to main responsibilitie...

I can say for sure if you're an active student then you may have to give up your free time. I do work both weekend days and during semesters where i have a day off or 1 class on the weekday I would also work those days. I would say definitely try to balance work and school because it won't help y...

To prepare for an interview, know what your previous experiences can bring to the table, and how you can leverage your past experiences as an intern at JHMC. A lot of the skills of a retail pharmacy intern or technician aren't greatly applicable in an institutional setting, but personal skills an...

The pharmacy intern comes in usually around 5 PM and proceeds to fill any medications that need to be filled for patients on the floors. While doing that you will find nurses and patient care associates coming down to retrieve medications and calling down to have medications delivered. You are re...

I was fortunate enough to not have to interview for my current position as an intern at Kinney Drugs. Before I became an intern I was already working at a store as a clerk/technician and was just able to transition into that role once I completed my first year of pharmacy school. The interview to...

Every day is a little different for an intern at Kinney Drugs. Besides the typical daily activities in the pharmacy, there are a few additional responsibilities that I had at my store. For the most part I was responsible for contacting providers offices to clarify prescriptions, compounding oral ...

Learn about the company mission statement and the values they list on their website. Place special emphasis on how you can relate to those values. In fact, this is my general first step to every interview ever. Pharmacy Associate is an internal title, meaning that you aren't hired into the pharma...

Kroger was a great company to work for to gain experience as an intern. Generally, they are well staffed with adequate pharmacists and technicians, and this allows the intern to focus more on developing clinical skills, as opposed to simply acting as a glorified technician. When interviewing, Kro...

It’s important to know the company you’re inteeviewing for, as well as what your role will be if you get an offer. Knowing the company’s values (e.g. mission/ vision) will allow you to determine your fit with the company. It is also imperative you know what your role in the company will be and to...

You have the same duties as the techs and some additional pharmacist duties. Examples of tech duties include typing, filling, and dispensing. Examples of pharmacist duties include transfers, counseling, and vaccine administration. The only pharmacist task you cannot do as an intern is verify.

This was actually my first ever job interview. While the interviewer did not ask me to bring along a resume, I still brought one with me just in case. This turned out to be a good idea, as a lot of our talking points were about experiences I outlined on my resume. As far as preparations go, I mad...

A huge part of the job is to be flexible and assist where and when needed. A typical day consisted on coming in, logging on to your computer, seeing what orders were new and pending, and completing them. Working the main counter and drive-thru also took up a significant part of the time. Once all...

The first thing you would need to know is that the interview will be done over the phone, or possibly via a Skype-type platform (rare). CVS handles all of the hiring, up until the very end of the process, via someone from Corporate. The pharmacists at each location does not participate. That may ...

In a day at work, there will be a board set up to show you which station you will be working at for that shift. The stations include drop off, production, drive-thru, and pick up. If you are working drop off, you will receive new scripts from patients and from doctors. You are then responsible fo...

At my pharmacy school, there were no interviews for rotations. However, a interview at Publix Pharmacy as a pharmacist was set up for us at our school on Career Day. I would advise to prepare for these type of interviews by going over a list of common situational/behavior questions and forming an...

In a pharmacy rotation at Publix, generally it begins with learning the system. A technician or pharmacist will go over how to type in a prescription, how to process them, how to fill the prescription, and how to check the filled prescription. In addition, the day-to-day responsibilities will be ...

P1s and P2s have general technician shifts that run 8 hours long. You'll fill prescriptions as soon as the prescription label prints and you'll fill and deliver orders for the automation cabinets on each floor. If you'd like, request to become trained in the IV room. Sterile compounding is fun (I...

What you are learning in the PharmD curriculum is really fun to see "in action" at Mercy CR. You find yourself thinking "Oh yeah, I remember learning about that" a lot. It really solidifies your learning and helps with retaining information. When you're more familiar with medications, you underst...

The first thing you would need to know is that the interview will be done over the phone, or possibly via a Skype-type platform (rare). CVS handles all of the hiring, up until the very end of the process, via someone from Corporate. The pharmacists at each location does not participate. That may ...

In a day at work, there will be a board set up to show you which station you will be working at for that shift. The stations include drop off, production, drive-thru, and pick up. If you are working drop off, you will receive new scripts from patients and from doctors. You are then responsible fo...