Float Staff Pharmacist Central MN Wilmar Area

Thrifty White Pharmacy•Willmar, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Float Staff Pharmacist provides pharmacy dispensing, consultation, and clinical services to patients. Based at an assigned hub pharmacy, the pharmacist travels to support pharmacies generally within one to two hours of the hub, providing dependable coverage while adapting to each location’s operational needs and maintaining consistent standards for patient care, service, compliance, workflow, and clinical execution. Scheduling is coordinated centrally across the market to match pharmacist resources with coverage needs. The role includes dispensing prescriptions accurately and lawfully, directing pharmacy workflow, counseling patients, and providing clinical care such as medication therapy management, point-of-care testing, drug administration, and immunizations as permitted. The pharmacist assesses medication regimens, identifies and resolves medication therapy problems, develops patient-specific recommendations with prescribers and care teams, documents clinical outcomes, and supports adherence and chronic disease education. The pharmacist also supports pharmacy business and service goals, develops relationships with patients and community partners, assists with long-term care business, and follows company, state, and federal requirements. The position requires travel within the designated market; paid drive time and mileage are provided. An on-site training store or home store is provided. Hours may vary by location, shift, day, and business need, with flexible evening and weekend hours.

Requirements

Graduation 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.
Willingness to obtain additional state licensure.
Current immunization certification.
Knowledge of and ability to apply pharmacy techniques, methods, procedures, principles, practices, and company policies.
Ability to accurately review patients’ prescribed drug therapy and understand the clinical effects of drugs.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with physicians, other medical professionals or technicians, staff, and customers.
Ability to maintain accurate records and fill prescriptions accurately.
Ability to manage a pharmacy to achieve company financial and service goals.
Ability to handle stressful situations and deal successfully with difficult customers and employees.
Ability to maintain effective, positive working relationships with employees and supervisors.
Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions and communicate effectively in English.
Good organizational and multitasking skills, self-direction, and good time-management skills.
Skill in using a cash register, computer terminal, credit card processing equipment, phone, calculator, e-sig, e-prescribing, and pseudo records in TWRx.
Reliability in reporting to work on time and when scheduled.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including extended standing, walking, using hands to handle or operate objects and tools, reaching, 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 in 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 the workflow, patient population, staffing model, and operational needs of each assigned pharmacy while following company standards.
Communicate with the central scheduler, hub Pharmacy Manager, store leadership, and market support leaders about availability, schedule changes, coverage concerns, and operational needs.
Provide excellent customer service and foster patient and employee loyalty.
Partner with store management to use tools, reports, and processes to exceed sales goals.
Lead the team toward financial goals, including payroll, sales, and clinical service expectations, by modeling and coaching high standards in patient service.
Use available pharmacy and regional support 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 and deliver medication therapy management, including comprehensive and targeted medication reviews and disease state management.
Apply the JCPP Pharmacists’ Patient Care process to address medication-related needs and optimize therapy and clinical outcomes.
Identify interventions to resolve medication therapy problems, achieve therapy goals, and prevent new problems; use evidence-based practices and current clinical guidelines.
Individualize patient care by evaluating medication indication, efficacy, safety, and adherence.
Help manage medication costs through cost-effective interventions, including formulary or therapeutic interchanges and assessment of unnecessary or duplicate therapies.
Assess medication therapy 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.
Provide patient-centered adherence services and help patients identify and address barriers.
Collaborate with prescribers, interdisciplinary care teams, patients, and caregivers to establish patient-specific disease-state therapy goals.
Communicate and document clinical recommendations professionally with prescribers and interdisciplinary care teams.
Educate patients about chronic diseases and medications used for prevention and treatment.
Present a positive professional image and provide skilled pharmaceutical consulting, disease-state management, medication therapy management, and immunizations as allowed.
Dispense prescriptions accurately and in accordance with laws and policies.
Organize and direct workflow for efficient prescription filling, counseling, and clinical services.
Select appropriate brands and preferred generics, use generics where possible, and support third-party coverage.
Ensure prescriptions are adjudicated with specific directions and correct days’ supply; resolve rejected claims before dispensing.
Consult with patients and provide accurate information about prescriptions and health.
Manage pharmacy operations in compliance with state, federal, and company regulations.
Maintain customer relationships through quality interactions and keep the pharmacy clean, neat, and organized.
Follow company policies for drug inventory purchasing, loss prevention, and security.
Ensure reliable and consistent patient care in the distribution, control, and delivery of pharmaceuticals according to professional standards and applicable laws.
Identify and implement programs that address patient needs and support patient retention, including Ready Refill and Medication Synchronization.
Develop and follow up on long-term care business through timely communication with nursing homes, group homes, and assisted living residences.
Identify long-term care business opportunities and communicate them to Marketers; coordinate with LTC Marketers to clarify guidelines and expectations.
Foster development of the pharmacy business and promote immunizations in the store and with local employers.
Participate in local health fairs and serve as a community information resource.
Perform other duties as assigned.