Dist Suppt Pharmacist PT

CVS Health • Chandler, AZ

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About The Position

CVS Health District Support Pharmacists (DSPs) work across a district to cover pharmacist scheduling gaps and support pharmacy teams, under the direction of the Pharmacy Manager and Rx District Leader. While working in district stores, the DSP supports pharmacy management, oversight, and operations, and serves as a role model who promotes excellence, safety, quality, and compassionate patient care. When serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty, the DSP assumes the Pharmacy Manager’s day-to-day duties.

The role involves safe and appropriate prescription dispensing, counseling, immunizing, and clinical care, as well as directing pharmacy workflow and supporting inventory practices. DSPs help resolve patient insurance and medication issues, coach pharmacy colleagues, and support immunization training for Pharmacy Technicians. They must remain flexible to meet scheduling and business needs, maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, and comply with applicable laws, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies.

Requirements

• Active pharmacist license in the state where the store is located.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Must not be on the DEA Excluded Parties list.
• Ability to travel within a reasonable radius to support market staffing needs.
• Ability to complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Ability to concentrate on tasks and quickly pivot between tasks to meet patient and business needs.
• Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
• Customer service and team orientation, including responding appropriately to patients’ reactions.
• Verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients and colleagues.
• Active listening skills.
• Ability to use mathematical reasoning to calculate quantities and days’ supply for prescriptions.
• Ability to identify challenging interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including remaining upright for extended periods, reaching, repetitive finger movements, stooping, close visual work, and lifting or exerting force as described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of related work experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.

Responsibilities

• Help manage and improve patient health through safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, and immunizing practices.
• Travel within the district to fill pharmacist shifts as scheduled by the District Performance Coordinator.
• Oversee the pharmacy and serve as the Pharmacy Manager’s proxy during bench shifts without overlap.
• Assume the Pharmacy Manager’s day-to-day duties when serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty.
• Support safe and accurate prescription fulfillment by following and directing pharmacy workflow procedures and safety guardrails.
• Promote positive patient experiences through empathy, compassionate care, collaboration with patients’ healthcare teams, and proactive resolution of insurance or medication issues.
• Offer and deliver immunizations and support Pharmacy Technicians in learning to immunize.
• Support effective inventory management in pharmacies worked, including protection of cold chain products.
• Remain flexible to meet scheduling and business needs and contribute to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic.
• Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, complete required trainings and continuing medical education, and seek opportunities to expand knowledge.
• Support access to care and patient outcomes through pharmacist-delivered clinical services, such as testing and prescribing, where permissible.
• Comply with federal and state laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies and procedures, including requirements for patient safety, controlled substances, recordkeeping, privacy, security, and workplace safety.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Complete other tasks as directed by a Supervisor or Manager.

Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Wellness resources
• Employee discounts
• Access to certain voluntary benefits and other programs, subject to hours worked and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed