Medco offers some of the best career opportunities in pharmacy. Medco and its subsidiaries employ approximately 2,000 pharmacists working in over 30 different areas. Pharmacists can advance to a wide range of supervisory and management positions at the Medco Home Delivery Pharmacies. They also have the freedom to pursue openings at the corporate level. In addition, our internet job board lets pharmacists track opportunities throughout Medco and its affiliates.

Medco pharmacists focus on clinical activities - drug therapy management, preventive care, and patient and physician education. - making them valued members of healthcare teams. Unlike other practice settings, our staff of high caliber support personnel - including pharmacy technicians and CSRs - enables you to concentrate on applying the clinical and analytical skills you learned in pharmacy school.

Medco offers a professional practice environment dedicated to patient care. Our programs are based on the pharmaceutical care model and are designed by pharmacists, physicians, nurses, epidemiologists and biostatisticians. Our focus on "best practices" means an environment where we strive to be virtually error free. Pharmacists are supported by experienced colleagues, extensive resource libraries and a first rate Clinical Consultation Service.

Medco offers a highly competitive benefits package. Our comprehensive insurance coverage includes medical, dental, group life, and short-term and long-term disability. We also provide incentive compensation at many of our pharmacies, a 401(k) plan, an  employee stock purchase plan, stock options, paid vacations, sick leave, personal leave, and tuition reimbursement after six months for job-related undergraduate studies. Medco also offers a retiree health plan that provides affordable medical and prescription drug coverage.

Medco pharmacists enjoy consistent schedules. A typical day is eight hours long with three or four rotations, 30 minutes for lunch, and two 15 minute breaks. You might start the day reviewing and validating prescriptions, move on to calling physicians to discuss drug therapies, and counsel patients after lunch. The next day could be Health Management and Quality Assurance. Depending on the need, pharmacists have the option to work extra hours at an overtime rate.

Medco is committed to providing the highest quality experiential learning opportunities for students through internships, clerkship/rotations, and a specialized Managed Care Pharmacy Practice residency program in all of our pharmacies and our corporate office. Typically, Medco will have approximately 40 summer internship opportunities and 100 externship/rotation opportunities available to pharmacy students each year.