PT Floater Pharmacist

Weis Markets•Vestal, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of it's associates and communities? That's WEIS! This position involves working with the pharmacy manager on controlling inventories, ordering stock, weighing, measuring, and mixing drugs. The role also includes advising self-medicating patients, dispensing non-prescription medications, and maintaining communication with health and insurance professionals. Performing patient immunizations is a regular duty. In the absence of the Pharmacy Manager, this role may involve scheduling pharmacy associates, rewarding and recognizing performance, disciplining associates, and assigning work to meet company profit objectives. The position also assists the manager with training and development of department personnel to improve performance, ensure continuous development, reduce turnover, and control labor costs. It helps control department expenses by monitoring and improving operations, meeting labor goals, and reducing shrink. The role involves responding to customer complaints and questions courteously, providing counseling on prescription-related issues, identifying areas to improve customer service, and collaborating with the pharmacy manager to correct deficiencies. Additionally, it helps maintain a safe and clean department, maintains appropriate department records and files, submits required pharmacy reports, and ensures the smooth function of the department by cooperating with co-workers and superiors. The associate is responsible for continuously improving job performance and performing duties of staff as required.

Requirements

Bachelor of Pharmacy or Pharm D
State Pharmacist License

Responsibilities

Works with the pharmacy manager on controlling inventories by helping track weekly sales
May order various pharmaceutical stock in order to meet customer demand and maximize profits
Weighs, measures, mixes drugs and other medical compounds and fills bottles with correct quantity and compositions
May give advice to self-medicating patients
Also dispenses non-prescription medications
Maintains open communication with various health and insurance professionals
Perform patient immunizations on a regular basis
In the absence of the Pharmacy Manager may have to schedule pharmacy associates, reward and recognize performance, discipline associates as required, and give out work assignments to effectively utilize skills and abilities while meeting company profit objectives
Assists manager with the ongoing training and development of department personnel in an effort to improve performance, ensure continuous development, reduce turnover and control labor costs
Helps control department expenses by monitoring and improving operations, ensuring labor goals are met, and reducing losses due to shrink
Responds to customer complaints and questions in an efficient and courteous manner
Provides effective counseling on prescription related issues (i.e., adverse drug reactions, patients history which might bear on the prescribing decision, proper storage of medications, patient questions on medications, etc.)
Identifies areas to improve customer service and collaborates with pharmacy manager to correct any deficiencies
Helps manager maintain a safe, clean department through an effective housekeeping program to meet company, health department and OSHA standards
Maintains appropriate department records and files on important matters, which may include associate performance and discipline, sales plans, etc.
Submits required pharmacy reports which document department activities
Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors
Responsible to continuously improve job performance
Performs duties of staff as required

Benefits

health plan
dental
vision
flexible spending accounts
short term disability
basic life and AD&D
group whole life with long term care rider
voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness
401(k) retirement savings plans
scholarship program
associate discount programs
auto and home insurance
employee assistance program
pet insurance
purchasing power
ID theft protection
legal services
paid time off
sick pay
short term incentive based on eligibility and criteria being met for this specific position