Pharmacy Manager Local Specialty

Walgreens; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Pharmacist to lead the pharmacy department, ensuring accurate dispensing, compliance, and excellent patient service. You will oversee daily operations, staffing, inventory, and third-party processes to drive quality and growth.

The role requires a PharmD (or BS in Pharmacy) and an active pharmacist license, with experience in prescription filling, verification, and regulatory adherence. Competitive salary offered with benefits.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist degree and active license to practice within the district.
• Experience with prescription filling, verification, and compliance.
• Familiarity with pharmacy software and technology systems.
• Strong knowledge of state and federal regulations governing pharmacy operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily pharmacy department operations and staffing.
• Improve prescription numbers, sales, profit, and image through accurate filling and courteous service.
• Ensure timely reporting and compliance with prescription incidents and quality programs.
• Manage inventory reporting and third party pharmacy processes to minimize rejections.
• Maintain housekeeping, safety, and regulatory compliance in the pharmacy area.

Skills

Pharmacy operations

Prescription filling

Pharmacy software

Education

PharmD

BS in Pharmacy

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Customer Experience

• Ensures department personnel provide hospitable service and information; and are courteous, friendly, and efficient.
• Responds to customer inquiries and complaints, maintains and improves overall image of pharmacy department.

Operations

• Manages the operation of the pharmacy department.
• Improves prescription numbers, pharmacy sales, profit, and image through the accurate filling of prescriptions, and by providing courteous and efficient service to customers inclusive of patients, prescribers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers, and health systems.
• Reports prescription errors immediately and adheres to Company policies and procedures relating to prescription incidents and the Quality Improvement Program.
• Assures accurate and timely reporting of inventory for limited distribution drugs (LDD) when required (daily, weekly, monthly).
• Complies with all federal and state laws and regulations and Company policies governing all drugs and products; maintains required records, documentation, and reports.
• Recommends and implements asset protection controls and procedures to identify and minimize profit loss.
• Improves and maintains pharmacy department housekeeping, maintenance, and appearance for the safety, health, and well-being of customers and employees, and ensures adherence to applicable government regulations and laws.
• Controls the store's safe and 'bank,' including electronic register readings, cash withdrawals, cash accounts, daily cash reports, cash over and short records, and other reports related to cash management.
• Assures proper operation and maintenance of pharmacy department systems and equipment.
• Maintains awareness of third party pharmacy business opportunities, and assures proper administration and implementation of third party pharmacy systems and procedures to lessen payment rejections. Resolves third party rejection problems promptly, and resubmits rejected claims for payment on a timely basis.
• Manages and controls Prescription Department inventory. Adheres to Company buying procedures, recommends and orders merchandise from proper internal and external sources.

Daily Planning and Execution

• Coordinates and organizes pharmacy department daily schedule of activities.
• Manages pharmacy staffing by planning for and scheduling appropriate pharmacy hours in adherence with budgeting guidelines.

Business Performance Management

• Prepares, submits, and files various reports and records required by the Company and various government agencies.

Business Planning

• Works with the Registered Manager, Local Specialty Pharmacy to solicit third party prescription business and pursue opportunities to grow Walgreens’ Specialty businesses at the site.
• Specific to Health System Pharmacy locations: Responsible for assisting the RMGO by collaborating with internal strategic account management to deepen the relationship with the health system for overall growth of business at the site and within Walgreens.

People & Performance Management

• Implements department organization structure through proper hiring and placement, transferring of personnel, scheduling of work, assignment of responsibility, delegation of authority, promotion of personnel, layoffs, recalls, or effectively recommending the same.
• Maintains and improves performance of department through the building of employee morale and motivation, rewards employees, and addresses employee complaints where appropriate, and uses Constructive Discipline policies of Company to discipline, suspend, terminate, or effectively recommend the same. Utilizes Constructive Discipline policy to ensure compliance with state and federal laws by pharmacy department personnel.
• Assures EEO compliance through equity, consistency, and fairness; prevents workplace harassment; upholds the Open Door policy assuring no retaliation; communicates openly and honestly to employees at all times.
• Recommends allocation of pharmacy hours and support personnel; directs and attains payroll budget and controls use of overtime.
• Supervises pharmacy department team members to assure performance of required functions and adherence to Company policies and procedures. Ensures proper licensure of all pharmacy department personnel. Confirms pharmacy department employees are trained on all required functions regarding payer and pharmaceutical contractual requirements (adverse event reporting, data and inventory reporting, clinical management). Reaffirms with all pharmacy department personnel, on a regular basis, their obligations regarding the dispensing of prescriptions only in good faith.

Training & Personal Development

• Develops department employees through orientation, training, establishment of objectives, and communication of rules.
• Audits own performance and recommends own objectives and standards of performance.
• Maintains an awareness of developments in the pharmacy, health care, and retail management fields that relate to job responsibilities, and integrates them into own practices.

Communications

• Maintains and develops good working relationships with physicians and other health professionals. Works collaboratively, along with the Registered Manager, Local Specialty Pharmacy, with internal specialty sales account managers as well as strategic account managers of health systems to deepen relationships to drive growth of the business.
• Recommends, plans, and administers community and professional relations programs.
• Informs appropriate personnel of department’s plans, programs, and operations that affect their areas, and encourages feedback from all employees to increase productivity.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharm D Degree from an accredited educational institute.
• Current pharmacist license in the states within the district (or willing to obtain in 1 year) per district guidelines.
• At least 1 year pharmacy experience including prescription filling and verification, records and legal compliance, pharmacy operations, pharmacy software and technology systems and insurance.
• Experience performing prescription dispensing activities that demonstrate a strong working knowledge of applicable state and federal controlled substance laws.
• Has completed specialized training regarding medication and disease state or has sufficient practical experience that is necessary to provide specialized services offered at clinic location (HIV, Organ Transplant, Oncology, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience planning, organizing, and directing the work of pharmacy staff, preferably at a local specialty pharmacy.
• Overall score of Exceeds Expectations for the most recent performance review period and an overall score of Achieving Expectations for the earliest review period.
• At least 6 months pharmacy experience with Walgreen Co.

This information is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The current salary range for this position is $130,275 - $191,209. The actual salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.