Pharmacist - Retail

Dignity Health; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 207,942,000 - 309,321,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health’s St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, CA seeks a Pharmacist focused on Retail to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care with precision and compassion.

You will coordinate with the pharmacy manager to support patients, physicians, nurses, and staff, ensuring optimal medication management and patient outcomes. The role emphasizes customer service, regulatory compliance, and teamwork to meet financial and care targets.

Qualifications

• Must hold CA Pharmacist license and PharmD.
• CPR certification is required.
• Retail pharmacy experience is preferred.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate accurate, safe dispensing of prescriptions and OTC meds in line with policies and regulations.
• Counsel and educate patients, physicians, and healthcare staff on drug information.
• Oversee workflow of pharmacy staff.
• Process prescriptions including data entry, verification, and labeling.
• Consult with insurers to obtain prior authorizations for prescriptions.
• Collaborate with providers to clarify medications and prescriptions.
• Handle customer service issues and answer calls promptly.
• Assist with cash handling and register operations as needed.
• Maintain inventory and contribute to reducing wait times through adherence to policies.
• Participate in quality programs and keep pharmacy areas organized and clean.

Skills

Customer service

Team collaboration

Pharmacist duties

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

PharmD

CA Pharmacist License

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Pharmacist focused on Retail, you will be a cornerstone of patient well-being, delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care with precision and compassion.

Every day you will seamlessly collaborate with our pharmacy manager to provide vital support to patients, physicians, nurses, and all healthcare staff, ensuring optimal medication management. You'll be at the forefront, impacting lives daily with your expertise and dedication.

Responsibilities

To be successful in this role, you will masterfully balance operational excellence with unparalleled customer service, consistently achieving both financial targets and exceeding patient expectations to reinforce our commitment to community health. Some responsibilities and duties include the following:

• Facilitates accurate, safe, efficient, and timely dispensing of prescription and OTC medications in accordance with Company and department policies and procedures, and all state and federal regulations
• Counsels, and educates patient, physicians, residents, nurses and other healthcare providers on drug/OTC information in accordance with state law
• Oversees and directs the workflow of pharmacy ancillary staff
• Accurately complete prescription orders received from patients and providers to include data entry, data verification, drug utilization review (i.e dosing and indication verification, therapeutic duplications and interactions, allergy review, and other safety verifications), filling, labeling, final product verification, and staging for delivery
• Consults with insurance companies to obtain authorization for prescription coverage.
• Follow-up with medical providers to clarify prescribed medications and prescriptions
• Handles customer service issues as appropriate
• Answers the telephone in a courteous and timely manner
• Able to assist and perform basic cash register operations in accordance with cash handling policies
• Works collaboratively with all pharmacy staff to meet operational, financial, and customer service goals to include inventory management and reduced prescription wait times through adherence to applicable departmental policies
• Participates in department quality programs as evidenced by documentation of meeting attendance, meeting participation and reports produced.
• Keeps pharmacy surface areas, shelving, equipment and flooring clean, neat and well organized as evidenced by inspection
• Responsible for opening and closing of pharmacy and shift change duties
• Maintain current knowledge, skills, and best practices as related to retail pharmacy and healthcare.
• Maintains current knowledge of information technology associated with pharmacy systems
• Cultural Sensitivity and Competence: Demonstrates proper use of communication tools/materials for effective communication and understands how the culture(s) of patient populations can affect communication, collaboration and the provision of care, treatment and services
• Other duties performed may include, but are not limited to: routine immunizations, travel immunizations, compounding, bedside delivery with medication consultation or meds to beds program, participation in applicable collaborative practice agreements or therapy protocols, MTM participation

Job Requirements

• Bachelors Science in Pharmacy
• PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy
• Pharmacist: CA
• Basic Life Support - CPR

Preferred

• One year of work experience in a retail pharmacy setting and
• Doctor Of Pharmacy PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026. One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$72.57 - $107.95 /hour