Staff Pharmacist

King Soopers/City Market; Rifle (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

King Soopers/City Market in Rifle, CO seeks a pharmacist to fulfill prescription needs with accuracy, counsel patients, and administer vaccines. You will ensure legal compliance, maintain stock, and uphold company standards while delivering exceptional customer service in a retail pharmacy setting.

The role requires a Pharmacy degree, ability to handle stress, and at least 1 year of retail experience. Bilingual capabilities are a plus and the team emphasizes safety and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• 1 year of retail experience
• Second language skills (speaking, reading, and/or writing)

Responsibilities

• Fulfill customers' prescription needs with emphasis on accuracy
• Administer vaccines as needed
• Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care
• Ensure pharmacies comply with all laws (HIPAA)
• Maintain professional image and adhere to company standards
• Achieve knowledge of trade area and competition
• Create positive pharmacy image through service and cooperation
• Monitor stock, inventory, records, security, pricing, and recalls
• Maintain records for legal compliance and reporting
• Keep work area clean and organized
• Ensure proper handling of scheduled drugs
• Utilize accuracy tools and post-dispensing audits
• Maintain signage and policies
• Broaden personal knowledge and skills
• Work cooperatively in high-paced environments
• Manage conflicts calmly
• Act with honesty and integrity
• Follow directions and escalate as needed
• Support minors and seniors as needed
• Perform essential functions with/without accommodation

Skills

Basic math

Retail experience

Stress management

Second language

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience and inspire associates to deliver excellent customer service. Establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Achieve sales and profit goals established for the department, control all established quality assurance standards and expenses and properly schedule and staff technicians to meet the needs of the business. Monitor all functions, duties and activities for the department. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill customers' prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled
• Administer vaccines as needed
• 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; adhere to pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards
• 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, company 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
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• 1 year of retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading, and/or writing)