Pharmacy Manager

Publix Pharmacy; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Publix Pharmacy seeks a Pharmacy Manager to lead the department with a patient-centric focus and strong clinical services, including immunizations, MTM, and counseling. You will mentor a team, drive service excellence, and manage inventory and operations to support growth and community health.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, staff development, and a commitment to best-in-class patient care within Publix’s culture of internal promotion and community wellness.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age and a graduate of a school of pharmacy with an unrestricted state license.
• Must have and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license.
• Must not have active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in private, federal, or state health insurance programs upon hire and thereafter.
• Must not have an unacceptable result on a company-sponsored drug test within the last three years.
• Be an immunizing pharmacist or scheduled to become one in upcoming training classes.
• Ability to understand profit and loss statements.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• As Pharmacy Manager, you will be dedicated to the overall pharmacy department success, executing strategy, motivating staff as the pharmacist-on-duty, and setting priorities.
• Provide best-in-class pharmacy service through counseling, building relationships, and promoting customer loyalty.
• Mentor, train, and develop a high-functioning pharmacy team with developmental opportunities.
• Inspire the team to achieve goals and drive accountability for department performance.
• Champion programs and processes, fostering innovation at your location.
• Manage performance, scheduling, and complex operational activities.
• Ensure inventory expertise and pharmacist-in-charge responsibilities are fulfilled.
• Advance MTM and immunization initiatives and participate in local health events.

Skills

Immunizations

Medication Therapy Management

Counseling

Leadership

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

As a Publix Pharmacy Associate, you’ll see how very satisfying it is to work for a company that is passionately devoted to its customers, to its associates, and to the wellness of the communities it serves. What sets our pharmacy departments apart is a genuine patient-centric environment with clinical services such as immunizations, MTM (medication therapy management), and much more!

Publix is continually recognized as one of the best places in America to work; see why Publix should be part of your list of top places to work in Pharmacy. And, with growth potential of up to 50 new pharmacies per year, our promote from within culture allows for a rewarding career path into any one of the following areas: retail management, specialty pharmacy, out-patient hospital pharmacy, corporate or centralized pharmacy operations.

Your passion for health and wellness, combined with our reputation and commitment to excellence, are what sets Publix apart from the crowd. We know you want to make a career out of caring. We want your career to be with Publix Pharmacy. Join the team that pharmacists and patients feel good about.

In addition to the shared basic responsibilities of all Publix associates, a Pharmacy Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following. As a Pharmacy Manager, you will:

• be dedicated to the overall pharmacy department success, by executing strategy, motivating and inspiring staff as the pharmacist-on-duty, setting priorities to maximize contribution, seeking feedback and developmental opportunities for advancement
• provide best-in-class pharmacy service to patients, empower staff in providing value and service through counseling, building personalized relationships, promoting customer loyalty, offering pharmacist led clinical services to improve health and wellness and preventative care through services available at Publix
• mentor, train and develop a high functioning pharmacy team, providing developmental opportunities and challenging assignments to all staff, to grow and develop, tailoring to meet each one’s needs
• inspire your team to do the right thing, gaining buy in, and empowering the team to be accountable for the goals of the pharmacy department
• serve as a champion for executing programs and processes, creating enthusiasm for innovation in your location
• manage performance including scheduling and assigning tasks to ensure complex operational activities are met in a timely and efficient manner
• ensure continuous improvement and maintain a competitive advantage by understanding metrics as they relate to sales and service in your pharmacy, using best practices and making sound business decisions as the pharmacist-in-charge
• be regarded as an expert on the pharmacy technology system and how it is used for both routine and complex prescription processing
• excel in managing medication on-hand inventory and regarded as an expert in pharmacy inventory operations
• mentor others on best practices to maximize sales, minimize shrink while meeting customers’ needs while using programs such as auto refill and Sync Your Refills
• proactively advance pharmacy clinical initiatives including Medication Therapy Management (MTM)and immunizations
• participate locally as a community pharmacist in events that will meet the unique health and preventative care needs within the local area, such as health screenings and immunizations
• maintain a flexible work-week schedule in order to meet the needs of our customers, and
• assist in all other duties as assigned.

The minimum qualifications for the position of Pharmacy Manager are:

• must be at least 18 years of age
• must be a graduate of a school of pharmacy
• must have and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license
• must not have active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in a private, federal, or state health insurance program upon hire and thereafter and
• must not have received an unacceptable result on a company-sponsored drug test within the last three years

Other qualifications for the position of Pharmacy Manager include:

• be an immunizing pharmacist meeting the requirements as established by the state (or be scheduled to become an immunizer in the next set of training classes)
• ability to understand profit and loss statements
• effective communication and interpersonal skills
• ability to define problems, plan work, utilize logic, and draw conclusions
• numerical and financial aptitude and
• knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.