Healthcare Services Pharmacist

Walgreens; West Covina (CA); On-site; USD 92,299 - 112,963; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in West Covina, CA is seeking a Pharmacist to provide clinical services including immunizations and MTM interventions, while ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines and store policies. You will engage patients, support medication management, and uphold Good Faith dispensing practices, contributing to a high-quality, compassionate pharmacy experience.

The role requires ongoing licensure maintenance and completion of required trainings and certifications to deliver safe, effective

Qualifications

• Pharmacist degree from an accredited institution.
• Current pharmacist licensure in the district.
• Certified Immunizer or willingness to become immunizer within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and engage with them to resolve issues and enhance the patient experience.
• Ensure Good Faith Dispensing and compliance with state/federal laws when filling prescriptions.
• Maintain licensure, pursue required certifications, and complete training modules.

Education

BS in Pharmacy or Pharmacist Degree

Current pharmacist licensure in the states within the district

Certified Immunizer or willingness to become immunizer within 90 days of hire

Job description

Job Summary

Provides clinical services to patients, such as immunizations or MTM interventions, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines, company policies and procedures.

Job Responsibilities

Patient Experience

• Engages patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves patient issues in a timely manner and answers questions to ensure a positive patient experience.
• Models and shares patient service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and joyful experience, including interpersonal habits that show care (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., demonstrating curiosity to identify needs and proactively helping, servicing until satisfied, championing empathy and inclusivity, etc.).
• Connects with patients by anticipating needs and proactively offering services. Supports efforts on enhancing patient experience by increasing awareness of healthcare services offered through Walgreens (e.g., patient consultation, medication management, drug therapy reviews, and perform clinical, or wellness services such as immunizations, diagnostic testing, and patient outcomes services) thereby promoting the shift of the Walgreens pharmacy role from transactional to interpersonal.

Operations

• Provides clinical services to patients, such as immunizations or MTM interventions, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines, company policies and procedures.
• Ensures the use of all elements of the Good Faith Dispensing policy in conjunction with state and federal controlled substance laws when filling prescriptions. The Product Review/Retail Fill Process Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring that elements of Good Faith are present.

Training & Personal Development

• Maintains current knowledge and required licensing/credentialing/certification as established by federal and state regulations to provide such clinical services.
• Maintains current knowledge and skills related to pharmacy and healthcare by reading pharmacy related journals, company publications, and communications. Maintains awareness of developments in retail and management and pursues best practices that would enhance performance.
• Obtains necessary certifications, education credits and training, including learning modules, as required by the Company.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharmacist Degree from an accredited educational institution.
• Current pharmacist licensure in the states within the district.
• Certified Immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range

Pharmacist $67.35/hr - $82.30/hr