Retail Pharmacist: Patient Care & Compliance Expert

Kroger; Euless (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in Texas (Euless) seeks a licensed Pharmacist to provide patient counseling, ensure safe dispensing, and uphold HIPAA and quality standards. You will oversee prescription accuracy, staff coordination, and regulatory compliance within the pharmacy department.

Responsibilities include counseling customers, maintaining inventory, and ensuring proper operations of equipment. A Bachelor's in Pharmacy and active licensure are required; retail pharma experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy required.
• Active pharmacist licensure in good standing.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Strong math skills and basic numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill customers' prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled.
• Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care to customers.
• Ensure pharmacies comply with all local, state and federal laws (including HIPAA).
• Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct and attitude and the physical condition of the pharmacy.
• Achieve a thorough knowledge of the trade area, its customers and its competition.
• Create a positive pharmacy department image through strong service, friendliness and cooperativeness with customers, associates and outside vendors.
• Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies/procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, proper operation of all equipment, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls per company policy.
• Maintain proper records, inventory and security on all scheduled drugs (i.e., controlled substances-narcotics).
• Follow procedures for handling pharmacy products from authorized sources.
• Ensure all accuracy tools, including the accuracy scanner and 24-hour post dispensing audit report, are utilized appropriately.
• Establish/maintain all record keeping practices necessary for legal compliance, Kroger policies, accounting policies and other requested reports.
• Maintain a clean, neat work area, including work counters, shelves, floors and the customer counter to present a professional, sanitary, organized image to customers.
• Ensure all product returns are handled in a timely fashion and per company policy.
• Maintain all equipment (e.g., computers, printers, accuracy scanners and cash registers) to ensure it remains in working condition.
• Maintain and organize all policy manuals, reference books, state laws and required equipment and verify that all staff is knowledgeable of their use.
• Maintain proper signage (e.g., store hours, counseling sign, services signs, pharmacists' photographs and names, and all other signs requested) in all areas necessary.
• Make a strong and continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Education

Bachelor's Degree pharmacy

Current state pharmacist licensure

Job description

Kroger in Texas (Euless) seeks a licensed Pharmacist to provide patient counseling, ensure safe dispensing, and uphold HIPAA and quality standards. You will oversee prescription accuracy, staff coordination, and regulatory compliance within the pharmacy department.

Responsibilities include counseling customers, maintaining inventory, and ensuring proper operations of equipment. A Bachelor's in Pharmacy and active licensure are required; retail pharma experience is preferred.