Pharmacist - 30-hour Floater

Publix•Myrtle Beach, SC

15h

About The Position

As a Publix Pharmacy Associate, the Pharmacist works in a patient-centric pharmacy environment that offers clinical services such as immunizations and medication therapy management (MTM). Publix describes opportunities for career growth into retail management, specialty pharmacy, outpatient hospital pharmacy, and corporate or centralized pharmacy operations. The Floating Pharmacist covers assigned pharmacies as the pharmacist-on-duty, supporting each pharmacy’s success and its customers and associates. The role includes guiding and motivating staff, coordinating daily priorities and operational tasks, providing patient counseling and clinical services, and helping teams deliver personalized service and build customer loyalty. The pharmacist also supports pharmacy initiatives, mentors associates on best practices, and helps meet customers’ health and wellness needs. The position requires a flexible work-week schedule to meet customer needs. The pharmacist may manage team performance and prescription timing in the absence of the pharmacist-in-charge, and is expected to use the pharmacy technology system for routine and complex prescription processing.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be a graduate of a school of pharmacy.
Must have and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license.
Must not have active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in a private, federal, or state health insurance program upon hire or thereafter.
Must not have received an unacceptable result on a company-sponsored drug test within the last three years.

Nice To Haves

Be an immunizing pharmacist meeting state requirements, or be scheduled to become an immunizer in the next set of training classes.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to interpret and understand instructions and solve problems.
Knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.

Responsibilities

Execute pharmacy strategy and support each assigned pharmacy’s success while motivating and inspiring staff as the pharmacist-on-duty.
Set priorities, execute daily tasks, support the team, and build rapport with customers and associates.
Provide pharmacy services to patients, including counseling, personalized relationship-building, customer loyalty efforts, pharmacist-led clinical services, and preventative care.
Inspire teams to do the right thing, gain buy-in, and empower associates to be accountable.
Promote new pharmacy initiatives at assigned locations.
Manage team performance, including prescription promised time, by assigning tasks to ensure complex operational activities are completed efficiently when the pharmacist-in-charge is absent.
Use best practices to make sound business decisions while covering as the pharmacist-on-duty.
Use and provide expertise on the pharmacy technology system for routine and complex prescription processing.
Mentor associates on Publix pharmacy best practices to maximize sales and minimize shrink while meeting customer needs, including use of auto refill and Sync Your Refills programs.
Advance pharmacy clinical initiatives, including Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and immunizations.
Maintain a flexible work-week schedule to meet customer needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost.
Opportunity to purchase additional shares of privately held company stock.
401(k) retirement savings plan.
Group health, dental, and vision plans.
Paid Time Off.
Paid Parental Leave.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Tuition reimbursement.
Publix pharmacies are closed for seven holidays per year.
Quarterly retail bonus based on sales and profits, calculated at the end of each inventory period.