Pharmacy Intern

As a pharmacy intern, you play a crucial role in patient care, medication safety, and clinical excellence. This hands‑on role provides experience in dispensing medications, performing clinical reviews, and supporting pharmacy operations alongside experienced healthcare professionals. You will contribute to medication reconciliation, compounding, and inventory management, directly impacting patient well‑being.

• Prepares, checks, and dispenses medications
  • Fills first doses and refills floor stock
  • May perform data entry, adjudication, filing, and selling prescription duties
  • May review clinical data on patient profiles for appropriateness
  • May perform first or second checks to ensure accuracy of data entry, clinical components, and filling process
  • Compounds and documents extemporaneous doses
  • Prepackages and documents solid and liquid dosage forms in unit dose and unit of use packaging
  • Audits automated dispensing cabinet medications
  • Fills automated dispensing cabinet medications, cart fill & stock outs
  • May compound and prepare IV admixtures and syringes
  • May ad‑mix chemotherapy bags and syringes
• Performs medication distribution
  • Delivers medications, IVs and supplies as needed
  • Gathers medications that have been discontinued on the floor
  • Restocks medications used on crash carts and other emergency boxes/kits
  • Delivers medications into automated dispensing cabinets
  • May order, receive, unpack, and check incoming stock against invoice and put away
  • May assist the buyer and keep them informed of inventory needs
  • May perform inventory management processes
• Performs admission medication histories
  • Performs medication reconciliation interview with patient
  • Utilizes nursing home medication administration records to complete medication reconciliation
  • Accesses and applies information from electronic health record
  • Communicates with overseeing pharmacist regarding reconciliation and recommendations
  • May provide clinical/informational services to patients, medical staff, and other healthcare professionals
• Other duties as assigned

• Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies
• Enrolled in an accredited school of pharmacy working toward a pharmacist degree, or foreign‑trained pharmacist working toward state pharmacist licensure

• High school diploma or GED
• Completion of one year at an accredited College of Pharmacy
• 0 to 2 years experience in pharmacy

• Pharmacy Intern Certification/Registration upon hire required
• Pharmacy Intern Certification/Registration if registered Pharmacy Technician upon hire within 1 year required

• Light work: lifting up to 20 lbs occasionally, up to 10 lbs frequently
• Casual (0.0 FTE)
• Variable hours, day/evening shift
• Every 4th weekend rotation

• 1st year: $21.50/hour
• 2nd year: $22.50/hour
• 3rd year: $23.50/hour
• 4th year: $24.50/hour

Flat rate: $21.50 per hour. Shift, weekend, and/or other differentials may be available to increase pay for certain shifts or work.

• Medical/Dental
• PTO/Time Away
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Short‑term/Long‑term Disability
• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
• Tuition Reimbursement or continuing medical education as applicable
• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer
• Benefit eligibility and offerings are determined by FTE and union representation

Allina Health believes the best way to provide safe and compassionate care for our patients is by nurturing the passion of those who care for them. We offer well‑being resources, employee groups, and community involvement opportunities to support the well‑being of you and your family.