PHARMACY/PHARMACIST FLOATER (AD)

Kroger Family of Companies; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a licensed pharmacist to provide professional pharmacy services in a retail environment. You will fill prescriptions, counsel patients, supervise technicians, and ensure regulatory compliance.

You will also manage immunizations, safeguard patient information, and collaborate with prescribers to optimize therapy. Flexibility to work at multiple locations and strong customer service are essential.

Qualifications

• Board-certified pharmacist licensed to practice
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-service skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment
• Friendly, approachable demeanor and teamwork
• Strong judgement and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
• Solid math skills for discounts, proportions, percentages
• Algebra and geometry basics for calculations

Responsibilities

• Provide professional pharmacy services including filling prescriptions and counseling patients.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Enter prescriptions and patient data accurately into the computer system.
• Counsel patients on medication safety, administration, and interactions.
• Coordinate with prescribers on drug-therapy appropriateness.
• Administer immunizations under protocol.
• Maintain patient profiles and monitor inventories.
• Perform daily operations under pharmacy manager guidance.
• Ensure HIPAA privacy compliance and safe store practices.
• Monitor merchandising, labor, and loss-prevention controls.
• Work at multiple locations as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Fast-paced work

Confidentiality

Judgement / decision making

Math skills

Team player

Education

Board of Pharmacy license

Job description

Provide professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients and supervising pharmacy technicians. Assure that all services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate teamwork to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant working and shopping environment.

• Provide friendly and efficient customer service by demonstrating sincerity, patience and respect in all customer interactions and by thanking customers for their business.

• Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil codes.

• Adhere to all state and federal guidelines regarding annual licensing and restrictions on dispensing drugs.

• Interpret physicians’ prescriptions and enter prescription and patient data into computer system.

• Provide pharmacy technician prescription information and supervise filling.

• Counsel patients over the phone and in person regarding possible side effects of medications, proper administration of medications, potential drug/food or drug/drug interactions. Ensure patient’s understanding of the medication treatment program.

• Consult with the prescriber on matters affecting appropriateness of drug therapy.

• Follow the approved efficiency and accuracy procedures when filling prescriptions.

• Administer immunizations under defined protocols.

• Provide direct patient clinical services, including patient coaching services and medication therapy management.

• Monitor/maintain patient profiles.

• Monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate service levels.

• Perform daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager.

• Follow department policies, procedures and best practices for all pharmacy operations.

• Ensure compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations.

• Ensure that all current merchandising, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention and maintenance rules are being followed; report all illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud.

• Comply with and reinforce all food safety, sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.

• Physical demands include, but are not limited to, regularly using close vision, depth perception and adjusting eye focus, use hands to handle, hold or feel objects, tools or controls, talk and hear; frequently stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch and lift or move objects up to 25 lbs.

• Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• Board of Pharmacy license

• Effective interpersonal, communication and customer service skills

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

• Friendly, approachable and outgoing demeanor/team player

• Sound judgement/decision making skills

• Ability to preserve confidentiality of information

• Strong math skills (calculate discounts, proportions, percentages)

• Basic algebra and geometry skills (calculate circumferences, volume)

Desired

• APhA Immunization Certified