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Student Pharmacist

CompanyFairview Health Services
LocationMinneapolis
Work ModeOn Site
PostedAugust 5, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The student pharmacist provides clinical care, performs patient evaluations, and ensures accurate medication dispensing while adhering to safety and regulatory standards. They also support pharmacy workflows, including sterile compounding and interdisciplinary collaboration within the hospital setting.
Internship Type
unavailable
Company Size
16164
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Fairview Health Services is Minnesota’s choice for healthcare. We’re an industry-leading, award-winning, nonprofit offering a full network of healthcare services. Our broad network is designed to be ready for our patients’ every need, while delivering quality care with compassion. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services. We’re built on a tradition of compassionate care. This is our home, and our patients are our neighbors. We’re here to heal, we’re here for you. We are part of M Health Fairview, an expanded academic health system that represents a collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The partnership combines the university’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Together, we’re expanding access to world-class, patient-centered care through our 10 hospitals, 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, pharmacies, home care, hospice, and medical transportation service. Fairview also operates the Ebenezer senior living communities and offers Employer Solutions such as EAP and pharmacy benefit management. Search for jobs and apply at https://www.fairview.org/careers.
About the Role
Job Overview

Provide clinical care to patients of the pharmacy. Assist the pharmacy manager in the operation and management of the pharmacy. Support pharmacists, provide indirect supervision for support staff, and ensure adherence to all policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Provide patient counseling and prospective drug use evaluation.
  • Perform patient evaluations related to prescribed therapies; collect, analyze, and interpret data.
  • Monitor patient records for allergies, drug interactions, and therapy appropriateness.
  • Dispense medications accurately and in compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
  • Identify and resolve patient-specific medication-related problems.
  • Support medication safety and error management activities.
  • Ensure accurate and complete billing to payers.
  • Utilize pharmacy technologies to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
  • Participate in team meetings and interdisciplinary discussions.
  • Maintain proficiency in pharmacy practice through ongoing education.
  • Demonstrate cultural competence and developmental sensitivity in patient care.
  • Infusion Pharmacy Responsibilities: Deliver medications and supplies to patient care areas. Support pharmacy workflows, including sterile compounding. Participate in multidisciplinary care discussions with clinical teams. Greater emphasis on infusion therapies and direct patient monitoring. Progression of Duties: Student pharmacists in the hospital setting advance from operational workflow and sterile compounding in Year 1, to deeper responsibilities in oral chemotherapy, therapy modification, and interdisciplinary collaboration in Year 2, expanded integration with counseling, medication safety, and cultural competence in Year 3, and full clinical integration with personalized medicine, advanced collaboration, and culturally responsive care in Year 4.


Required Qualifications

  • Enrolled as a student at an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy
  • Year-specific progression: Year 2: Completion of Year 1 pharmacy school required. Year 3: Completion of Year 2 pharmacy school required. Year 4: Completion of Year 3 pharmacy school required.
  • Excellent customer service skills, proficiency in English, problem-solving ability, adherence to policies and procedures, and competent mathematical skills
  • Active registration as a Pharmacy Intern with the MN State Board of Pharmacy Upon Hire

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous pharmacy experience (retail/hospital/infusion therapies)

 


Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link foradditional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract


Compensation Disclaimer

This position offers a flat rate within the specified compensation range. The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Furthermore, our organization values pay equity and includes considerations of internal team equity when extending any offers. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.


EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status
Key Skills
Clinical carePatient counselingDrug use evaluationMedication dispensingSterile compoundingMedication safetyCustomer serviceProblem-solvingMathematical skillsCultural competenceData analysisPharmacy workflow managementInterdisciplinary collaborationPharmacy technology
Categories
HealthcareScience & Research
Benefits
MedicalDentalVision plansLife insuranceShort-term disability insuranceLong-term disability insurancePTOSick and safe timeTuition reimbursementRetirementEarly access to earned wages