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The University of Kansas
Watkins Pharmacy Intern
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What they do
A Pharmacy Technician works under the direction of a pharmacist to dispense prescription medications. Serves customers and helps to fill prescriptions. Works in a retail pharmacy or healthcare facility.
$40,934 / year median in Kansas
+13% projected growth
Job Description
Watkins Pharmacy Intern
Position Overview
Interns must be actively enrolled in The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. Most interns work 8-12 hours per week. Expectations are for interns to work two shifts each weekday, Monday - Friday, and four Saturday shifts per semester. Available shifts are Monday through Friday, either 8:00am-12:00pm or 1:00pm-6:00pm. Saturdays 12:00pm-4:00pm. The Pharmacy Intern will gain hands-on experience by working under the supervision of licensed pharmacists and certified pharmacy staff. The Intern will increasingly perform duties of a pharmacist in accordance with their progression of self-sufficiency and knowledge with each year of education.
Job Description
60% - Filling prescriptions and billing insurance
Process, prepare and fill prescriptions in an efficient and timely manner.
40% - Answering the phone and running front counter
Assist with prompt and professional customer service and care for patients, customers, pharmacy and health center staff, and outside entities. This will include cash register duties, OTC and prescription questions and concerns, and insurance matters.
Collect and maintain patient information, insurance claims, medication distribution and accountability, and other associated records, in accordance with national, state, and internal regulations, policies, and procedures.
Maintain a professional appearance of self and pharmacy areas in which you are assigned.
Performs other tasks as assigned by the Pharmacist in accordance with rules and regulations of the Kansas Board of Pharmacy.
Required Qualifications
During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for