Floating Registered Pharmacist

Hy-Vee, Inc. • Cedar Falls, IA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Floating Registered Pharmacist provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service while filling and/or verifying prescriptions and counseling patients in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements. The position works at multiple locations and assists with pharmacy inventory, including controlled substances, inventory ordering and stocking, and inventory records. The pharmacist helps maintain customer service, pharmacy operations, security, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance, and assumes responsibility for the department when the pharmacy manager is absent.

The role also supports employee training, over-the-counter merchandising, third-party account reconciliation, community outreach, wellness programs, and pharmacy sales growth. The position involves daily work in a fast-paced retail pharmacy, handling multiple tasks and occasional exposure to dangerous chemicals or solvents while compounding products and chemotherapy drugs. The pharmacist is responsible for safeguarding pharmacy assets and maintaining the confidentiality of customer medical information and prescription pricing.

Requirements

• College degree and pharmacy licensure.
• Continuing education to maintain pharmacy licensure.
• Six months to one year of similar or related work experience.
• Ability to think logically or scientifically to solve problems involving abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to perform arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric calculations.
• Ability to compose original correspondence, follow technical manuals, communicate with people, interview, counsel or advise people, and evaluate technical data.
• Ability to administer immunizations.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced retail setting.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 10 pounds frequently, and negligible force constantly to move objects.
• Ability to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
• Visual ability to see from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, perceive depth, distinguish colors, and maintain field of vision.
• Understand that the pharmacy handles and prepares hazardous drugs and acknowledge the potential acute and chronic effects of exposure and the risks associated with failing to follow pharmacy policies and procedures.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required for employment.

Nice To Haves

• Medication Therapy Management (MTM) experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient, friendly, and courteous service to customers, including greeting them, helping locate or reach products, handling customer requests, and answering telephone calls.
• Fill and/or verify prescriptions and counsel patients in accordance with applicable regulations, including OBRA ’90.
• Assist with controlled substance inventory annually or as recommended, monthly inventory, and inventory control through ordering, stocking, invoice checks, and computer entry.
• Assist with coaching, counseling, and training employees, and participate in additional education and training.
• Assist the HBC manager with ordering and merchandising over-the-counter products.
• Assist with reconciliation and balancing of third-party accounts.
• Visit schools, doctors’ offices, senior centers, and other locations to market pharmacy services.
• Build growth and sales through patient counseling and wellness programs.
• Follow security and regulatory procedures, including Quality Assurance Programs.
• Assume responsibility for the department when the pharmacy manager is absent.
• Maintain a professional appearance, including a clean lab coat and name tag.
• Communicate procedural changes, issues, and corporate communications to the pharmacy manager.
• Follow company policies and individual store guidelines, and report to work as scheduled and on time.
• Partner with other departments or staff to promote wellness and the pharmacy; assist in other store areas and perform other job-related duties and projects as needed.
• Protect customer medical information under HIPAA and maintain the confidentiality of prescription drug pricing and costs.
• Maintain responsibility for pharmacy assets, including prescription inventory, third-party accounts receivable, pharmacy computer and software, and fixtures; purchase pharmacy inventory within reasonable limits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level