CVS Healthcare Careers Podcast

Today on the CVS Health Careers Pharmacy Podcast Tyson Cromeens, PharmD talks with Kira Weaver PharmD and Neil Simon PharmD about Pharmacy Internships within CVS Health. Both have experienced our Pharmacy Internships and are now Pharmacists. Listen and hear about their experiences within CVS Health Internships and learn about how Internship opportunities CVS Health provides can help you find your Pharmacy Practice path.

If you are a Pharmacy Intern then this is a must listen for you.

For more information about CVS Health Careers, click the links below:

For Pharmacists: https://jobs.cvshealth.com/pharmacist-overview

For Internships: https://jobs.cvshealth.com/internships

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Building Your Pharmacy Career – Pharmacy Podcast Series part II

Sponsored by CVS Health Careers:

Millions of times a day, pharmacists are helping people on their path to better health—from advising on prescriptions to helping manage chronic and specialty conditions. Because pharmacists are present in so many moments, big and small, they have an active, supportive role in shaping the future of health care.

Today’s interview is with CVS Health Careers Papatya Tankut, R.Ph. Vice President, Pharmacy Affairs at CVS Health.

Where my career began and how it advanced through the years

• I am a 1994 graduate of the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy with a B.S. in Pharmacy
• I have been working for CVS Health (CVS Pharmacy) ever since I graduated from Pharmacy School – 23 years ago
• My career began as a pharmacist in the Washington Metro area, and soon transitioned to a pharmacy manager
• After four and a half years directly serving patients, I was promoted to a field management role, Manager, Professional and College Relations. In that role, I was responsible for recruiting and hiring pharmacists and interns for our stores in the Washington Metro and Central Pennsylvania markets – building relationships with the area schools of pharmacy and the professional associations.
• Five years into that position, I was approached to interview for the Director of Pharmacy Recruiting position, located in the corporate office in Woonsocket, RI. My responsibilities involved owning the recruitment strategy for the organization at a time when CVS was heavily focused on acquiring many large retail competitors (Eckerd, Savon/Osco, Longs)
• In 2005, having 1 year under my belt in the corporate office, I was approached to take on a newly created role of Vice President, Pharmacy Professional Services.
  • This position encompassed many challenging facets of the professional side of pharmacy – recruitment of pharmacist and interns, clinical services, quality assurance and patient safety, regulatory compliance and professional practice standards.
• Since moving to the corporate office, I also had the unique opportunity of being media trained and serving as a spokesperson for key pharmacy issues affecting our business and industry
• At the end of 2013, after having spent my entire pharmacy career in Pharmacy Operations, I was asked to consider a position in Corporate Communications as the Vice President of Pharmacy Affairs, the role I hold today. This role initially began as responsibility for establishing and deepening the Company’s relationships with non-profit, governmental and other health-based organizations to raise awareness of the many ways CVS Health is helping people on their path to better health. Today, it has continued to evolve into managing our company’s Corporate Communications Public Affairs strategy through position CVS Health as a relevant leader in the health care landscape expanding our influence with the policymaker audience all with the intent of enhancing the company’s visibility and marketplace.
• Finally, in August 2016 I also assumed the ownership and management of our Corporate Meetings and Events Department.

As the profession of pharmacy and the landscape continues to evolve and change, the opportunities and career tracks for pharmacists have significantly progressed too

• More than a decade or so ago, it was customary for pharmacists to generally choose from 2 to 3 career tracks – community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy or continued education through residency programs.
• Today, a pharmacist’s career path is endless. Many pharmacists take advantage of the traditional frontline pharmacist roles, while others have the ability to venture into field and areas of healthcare where a pharmacist role is important.
• Pharmacists are an integral part of the healthcare delivery system where their medication and drug expertise are critical, their ability to educate and influence around immunizations and opioids are imperative to public health and their presence in the community is paramount.
• With the years of training and preparedness, pharmacists are playing a very important role in helping people on their path to better health – whether it’s on the frontline or in management or consultant roles.

Working for CVS Health feels like the opportunity to explore and work for many different companies – all under one roof. The opportunities are truly endless

• A pharmacist at CVS Health is a pharmacist with endless opportunities.
• Many graduating students will begin their career as a pharmacist at CVS Health – whether it’s in the retail pharmacies, at a specialty pharmacy or at one of our mail order facilities.
• The roles and responsibilities vary and colleagues...

CVS Health Sponsors a 3-Part Podcast Series on 2018 Retail Spanish Immersion Internship.

This is part 3 of our 3 part series.

Here's part 1:

http://pharmacypodcast.com/podcast/2018-retail-spanish-immersion-internship-cvs-health/

Here's part 2:

https://soundcloud.com/pharmacy-podcast/2018-retail-spanish-immersion

We welcome our guests:

• Ron Snow Sr. Advisor, Pharmacist Recruitment Strategist
• Cara (Walkup) Healey Sr Advisor, Pharmacist Talent Acquisition at CVS Health

CLICK HERE: http://cvs.co/spanishimmersion

Highlights of the 2018 Retail Spanish Immersion Internship:

• 10 week paid internship within a CVS Health Retail location.
• Participate in the care of patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions, focusing on the Hispanic community and utilizing the Spanish language
• Application of therapeutic principles, communication skills (including Spanish), and drug information skills are emphasized on a daily basis through interaction with patients and other health care professionals
• Immersion with the Hispanic community and related disease states associated with those patients
• Complete appropriate Phase training of the CVS intern program, ExperienceRx, to fulfill the Interns’ training, in addition to the Spanish/Hispanic experience
• Fluency in Spanish is not mandatory to apply. Spanish courses previously taken in high school and/or college, or prior participation in mission trips to Spanish speaking countries may provide a baseline knowledge for program participation
• Medical Spanish Course offered to assist in the intern’s development of counseling Spanish speaking patients.
• Internship held from June 4th- through August 10th, 2018- these dates are firm

Key Dates

• Application period: Now – February 16, 2018
• Pharmacy applicant video screens: Now – March 1, 2018
• Pharmacy applicant interviews: February 1- March 15, 2018
• Intern selections finalized: April 1, 2018

Who is eligible? Pharmacy Interns who are currently enrolled in a US College of Pharmacy in their first professional year/P1 (Class of 2021) or second professional year/P2 (Class of 2020) year. They can be already employed by CVS or not yet employed for consideration.

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Today on the CVS Health Careers Pharmacy Podcast Tyson Cromeens, PharmD talks with Justin Koch, PharmD recapping the first two Pharmacy rotations podcasts and then visits with two of our Rotation Preceptors:

Nate Burrell (Business Leadership Rotation) and Kristian Walker (Long Term Care Rotation) within CVS Health. Listen and explore the many practices of Pharmacy within CVS Health rotations such as Specialty, Community, Managed Care, Home Infusion and Long Term Care.

If you are a Pharmacy Intern then this is a must listen for you.

Interns, email us at [email protected] with any questions about our rotations

For more information about CVS Health Careers, click this link:

https://cvs.jobs/2VswVD9

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Today on the CVS Health Careers Pharmacy Podcast Tyson Cromeens, PharmD talks with Tammy Lewis, Coram Home Infusion Clinical Pharmacist about the practice of home infusion pharmacy at CVS Health. Tammy will tell us about her career path to becoming a home infusion pharmacist and what she does on a daily basis. If you are a current Pharmacist or Pharmacy Intern, listen in so you can learn firsthand about the Coram Home Infusion Pharmacist and if this is the career path for you.

For more information about CVS Health Careers, click the links below:

For Pharmacists: https://jobs.cvshealth.com/pharmacist-overview

For Internships: https://jobs.cvshealth.com/internships

Coram 360 degree tour link: https://youtu.be/2TEYfPBr5Ss

Other Coram Pharmacist sharing how they practice: https://youtu.be/Ctbip92gP9A https://youtu.be/s-u5JLPrkmY

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