Staff Pharmacist: Patient Care Leader & Immunizations

CVS Health Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Staff Pharmacist to lead the pharmacy team and support the Pharmacy Manager in delivering high-quality patient care.

You will oversee dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and manual/automated workflows while ensuring compliance with state regulations and company policies. Collaboration with the broader care team is essential to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active Pharmacist License in the state where the Store is located.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Not on the DEA Excluded Parties list.

Responsibilities

• Living our purpose by helping to manage and improve patient health through safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, and immunizing practices.
• Taking direction from the Pharmacy Manager and overseeing the pharmacy as their proxy during bench shifts without overlap, including strengthening pharmacy performance measures through effective coaching and consistent follow-up of pharmacy team members and providing feedback about pharmacy team performance to the Pharmacy Manager as needed.
• Assumes Pharmacy Manager’s day‑to‑day duties when serving as the only or the primary pharmacist‑on‑duty.
• Supporting safe and accurate prescription fulfillment by following—and directing the pharmacy team to follow—pharmacy workflow procedures and utilizing the safety guardrails at every workstation.
• Contributing to positive patient experiences by showing empathy and genuine care, and coaching the pharmacy team to do the same: demonstrating compassionate care, collaborating with the patient’s total healthcare team, and proactively resolving insurance and/or medication issues.
• Proactively offering and delivering immunizations to keep patients healthy; engaging and supporting Pharmacy Technicians to learn to immunize.

Job description

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Staff Pharmacist to lead the pharmacy team and support the Pharmacy Manager in delivering high-quality patient care.

You will oversee dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and manual/automated workflows while ensuring compliance with state regulations and company policies. Collaboration with the broader care team is essential to improve patient outcomes.