Float Staff Pharmacist

Thrifty White Pharmacy•Cold Spring, MN

3d•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 pharmacies generally located within one to two hours of the hub. The role provides reliable pharmacist coverage, adapts to the operating needs of assigned locations, and supports consistent company standards for patient care, service, compliance, workflow, and clinical execution. Scheduling is coordinated centrally across the market to align pharmacist resources with coverage needs. The pharmacist provides coverage at the hub and other assigned pharmacies, follows a centrally managed schedule that may vary by location, shift, day, and business need, and supports planned coverage, open shifts, vacations, leaves, training, and other staffing needs. The role includes leading pharmacy teams, meeting financial and service goals, delivering pharmaceutical care and medication therapy management, dispensing prescriptions accurately, maintaining regulatory compliance, and building relationships with patients, prescribers, care teams, store leadership, and long-term care facilities. The position requires a pharmacy degree, an active state license in good standing, and current immunization certification. The pharmacist must be willing to obtain additional state licensure. Pharmacist experience is preferred. The role requires travel to assigned pharmacies, extended periods of standing, and occasional lifting or moving of up to 40 pounds.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Pharmacy with a B.S. or Pharm.D. in Pharmacy.
Maintain a pharmacist 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 correctly apply pharmacy techniques, methods, procedures, principles, professional practices, and company policies.
Accurately review prescribed 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 pharmacy operations to achieve company financial and service goals.
Handle stressful situations and difficult customers and employees successfully.
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 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 when scheduled.
Travel to assigned pharmacies generally within one to two hours of the hub pharmacy.
Walk; use hands to finger, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stand for extended periods.
Occasionally lift or move up to 40 pounds.
Have close, distance, peripheral, and color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a pharmacist is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide pharmacist coverage at the hub pharmacy and other assigned pharmacies, generally within one to two hours of the hub.
Follow a centrally managed market schedule and maintain flexibility to 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, patients, and daily operating priorities.
Adapt to each pharmacy’s workflow, patient population, staffing model, and operating needs while following company standards.
Communicate proactively 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 in meeting financial goals, including payroll, sales, and clinical service expectations; model, coach, and maintain high standards of patient service.
Use available pharmacy and regional support leaders for personal and team development.
Provide pharmaceutical care, including drug administration, point-of-care testing, patient consultation, clinical services, and participating clinical services.
Deliver medication therapy management, including Comprehensive Medication Reviews, Targeted Medication Reviews, and disease-state management; assess medication appropriateness to optimize therapy and clinical outcomes.
Use the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners Pharmacists’ Patient Care process to address medication-related needs.
Determine interventions to resolve medication therapy problems, achieve therapy goals, and prevent new problems; use evidence-based practices and current clinical guidelines to formulate recommendations and treatment plans.
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 or therapeutic interchanges and assessment of unnecessary or duplicate therapies.
Assess prescribed therapy for unnecessary or needed 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, identify barriers, and develop solutions with patients.
Collaborate with prescribers, interdisciplinary care teams, patients, and caregivers to establish patient-specific disease-state therapy goals.
Communicate professionally and discuss or document clinical recommendations to prescribers and interdisciplinary care teams.
Educate patients about chronic disease states and medications used for prevention and treatment.
Dispense prescriptions accurately and in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
Organize and direct workflow, including systems for prescription filling, patient counseling, and clinical services.
Select appropriate brands and preferred generics, use generic drugs where possible, and help ensure third-party coverage.
Ensure prescriptions are adjudicated with accurate directions and days’ supply, and resolve rejected claims before dispensing.
Consult with patients and provide accurate prescription and health information.
Manage pharmacy operations in compliance with state, federal, and company regulations.
Maintain positive customer interactions and relationships, and present a professional image of the pharmacy and store.
Maintain a clean, neat, and organized pharmacy; follow company drug inventory purchasing, loss prevention, and security policies.
Provide professional pharmaceutical consulting, disease-state management, medication therapy management, and immunizations as allowed.
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; implement company programs such as Ready Refill and Medication Synchronization.
Develop and follow up on long-term care business by promptly addressing the needs of nursing homes, group homes, and assisted-living residences; identify opportunities and communicate with marketers.
Communicate effectively with long-term care marketers to ensure guidelines are followed and expectations are clear.
Foster pharmacy business development, promote immunizations in the store and with local employers, and participate in local health fairs and community information services.
Perform other duties as assigned.