Float Staff Pharmacist North Central IA Fort Dodge Area

Thrifty White Pharmacy•Webster City, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Float Staff Pharmacist provides pharmacy dispensing, consultation, and clinical services to patients. Based from an assigned hub pharmacy, the pharmacist travels to support assigned pharmacies generally located within one to two hours of the hub, providing reliable coverage and adapting to each location’s operational needs while maintaining company standards for patient care, service, compliance, workflow, and clinical execution. Scheduling is centrally coordinated across the market to align pharmacist resources with coverage needs. The role includes dispensing prescriptions, organizing pharmacy workflow, counseling patients, delivering clinical and medication therapy management services, supporting immunizations, and helping meet financial and service goals. The pharmacist collaborates with patients, caregivers, prescribers, interdisciplinary care teams, store leadership, and market support leaders. The position requires travel between pharmacy locations and flexibility to support varied schedules and staffing needs.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Pharmacy with a B.S. or Pharm.D. in Pharmacy.
Maintain a license in good standing from the state and all health care programs.
Be willing to obtain additional state licensure.
Hold current Immunization Certification.
Know and appropriately apply pharmacy techniques, methods, procedures, principles, practices, and company policies.
Accurately review patients’ drug therapy and understand the clinical effects of drugs.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate effectively with physicians, other medical professionals and technicians, staff, and customers.
Maintain accurate records and fill prescriptions accurately.
Manage the pharmacy to achieve company financial and service goals.
Handle stressful situations and deal successfully with difficult customers and employees.
Maintain effective, positive working relationships with employees and supervisors.
Understand and carry out written and oral instructions and communicate effectively in English.
Demonstrate organizational and multitasking skills, self-direction, and good time management.
Operate a cash register, computer terminal, credit card processing equipment, phone, calculator, e-sig, e-prescribing, and pseudo records in TWRx.
Reliably report to work on time and as scheduled.
Meet the physical demands of walking, using hands to handle or operate objects and controls, reaching, standing for extended periods, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 40 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a pharmacist is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide pharmacist coverage at the hub pharmacy and other assigned pharmacies within the designated market, generally within one to two hours of the hub.
Work a centrally managed market schedule that may vary by location, shift, day, and business need; support planned coverage, open shifts, vacations, leaves, training, and other staffing needs.
Report to assigned locations on time and prepared to support the pharmacy team, patient needs, and daily operating priorities.
Adapt to each pharmacy’s workflow, patient population, staffing model, and operational needs while following company standards.
Communicate proactively with the central scheduler, hub Pharmacy Manager, assigned store leadership, and market support leaders regarding availability, schedule changes, coverage concerns, and operational needs.
Provide excellent customer service and help develop patient and employee loyalty.
Partner with store management to use tools, reports, and processes to exceed sales goals.
Lead the team in meeting financial goals, including payroll, sales, and clinical service expectations, by modeling, coaching, and maintaining high standards in patient service.
Use Pharmacy Managers and regional support pharmacy leaders for personal and team development.
Complete pharmaceutical care responsibilities, including drug administration, point-of-care testing, patient consultation, and clinical services.
Complete participating clinical services, including medication therapy management, Comprehensive Medication Reviews, Targeted Medication Reviews, and disease-state management.
Use the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners Pharmacists’ Patient Care process to address medication-related needs.
Identify interventions to resolve medication therapy problems, achieve therapy goals, and prevent new problems; use evidence-based practices and current clinical guidelines.
Individualize care by evaluating the indication, efficacy, safety, and adherence of each patient’s medication regimen.
Help manage medication costs through cost-effective interventions, including formulary and therapeutic interchanges and assessment of unnecessary or duplicate therapies.
Assess prescribed therapies for unnecessary or additional medications, ineffective medications, inappropriate doses, adverse drug reactions, and adherence concerns.
Evaluate and document clinical responses to therapy, including adverse reactions and efficacy.
Conduct patient-centered adherence services to identify barriers and develop solutions.
Collaborate with prescribers, interdisciplinary care teams, patients, and caregivers to establish patient-specific disease-state therapy goals.
Communicate clinical recommendations professionally and document them for prescribers and interdisciplinary care teams.
Educate patients about chronic diseases and medications used for prevention and treatment.
Present a positive image of the pharmacy and store and provide professional customer service.
Dispense prescriptions accurately and in accordance with laws and policies.
Organize and direct pharmacy workflow.
Dispense appropriate brands and preferred generics to ensure third-party coverage, using generic drugs wherever possible.
Ensure prescriptions are adjudicated with specific directions and correct days’ supply, and resolve rejected claims before dispensing.
Consult with patients and provide accurate prescription and health information.
Manage the pharmacy in accordance with state, federal, and company regulations.
Engage customers through quality interactions and relationship-building.
Maintain a clean, neat, and organized pharmacy.
Follow company policies for drug inventory purchasing, loss prevention, and security.
Organize systems and workflow for efficient prescription filling, counseling, and clinical services.
Provide professional pharmaceutical consulting, disease-state management, medication therapy management, and immunization administration as allowed.
Ensure reliable patient care in the distribution, control, and delivery of pharmaceuticals in accordance with professional standards and state and federal law.
Identify and implement programs that address patient needs and support patient retention.
Implement company programs such as Ready Refill and Medication Synchronization.
Develop and follow up on long-term care business by responding promptly to nursing homes, group homes, and assisted living residences.
Identify long-term care business opportunities and communicate them to Marketers; coordinate with LTC Marketers to follow guidelines and clarify expectations.
Support development of the pharmacy business.
Provide and promote immunizations in the store and with local employers.
Participate in local health fairs and identify opportunities to serve as a community information resource.
Perform other duties as assigned.