Pharmacist Floater

Kroger•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

The Pharmacist Floater provides professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients, supervising pharmacy technicians, administering immunizations under defined protocols, and delivering direct patient clinical services such as patient coaching and medication therapy management. The role ensures that pharmacy services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations, and demonstrates the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position performs daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager, maintains patient profiles and inventory levels, follows pharmacy policies and procedures, and protects patient information in accordance with HIPAA. The pharmacist must be able to work at multiple locations as needed and perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Minimum Board of Pharmacy license.
Effective interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Friendly, approachable, and outgoing demeanor; ability to work as a team player.
Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
Ability to preserve the confidentiality of information.
Strong math skills, including calculating discounts, proportions, and percentages.
Basic algebra and geometry skills, including calculating circumferences and volume.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

APhA Immunization Certified.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate teamwork to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant working and shopping environment.
Provide friendly and efficient customer service, showing sincerity, patience, and respect, and thanking customers for their business.
Follow applicable local, state, and federal health and civil codes and state and federal requirements regarding annual licensing and restrictions on dispensing drugs.
Interpret physicians’ prescriptions and enter prescription and patient data into the computer system.
Provide prescription information to pharmacy technicians and supervise prescription filling.
Counsel patients in person and by phone about medication side effects, administration, and potential drug/food or drug/drug interactions, and ensure patients understand their medication treatment programs.
Consult with prescribers about matters affecting the appropriateness of drug therapy.
Follow approved efficiency and accuracy procedures when filling prescriptions.
Administer immunizations under defined protocols.
Provide direct patient clinical services, including patient coaching and medication therapy management.
Monitor and maintain patient profiles.
Monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate service levels.
Perform daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager.
Follow department policies, procedures, and best practices for pharmacy operations.
Ensure compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations.
Follow merchandising, labor control, expense and supply control, loss prevention, and maintenance rules; report illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Comply with and reinforce food safety, sanitation, and safety regulations, guidelines, procedures, and programs; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.