PHARMACY/PHARMACIST (HR)

The Kroger Co.•Cortez, CO

About The Position

The Pharmacist fulfills customers’ prescription needs with a focus on accuracy, provides patient counseling and pharmaceutical care, and administers vaccines as needed. The role helps create an outstanding customer experience and maintains a safe, clean, professional pharmacy environment. The pharmacist monitors department functions and activities, works toward sales and profit goals, controls quality assurance standards and expenses, and schedules and staffs technicians to meet business needs. The position ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA, and follows company policies for pharmacy operations, inventory, records, security, sanitation, equipment, and product handling. The pharmacist is expected to maintain a professional image, foster positive relationships with customers, associates, and vendors, and demonstrate the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The role also requires ongoing development of pharmacy knowledge and the ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.
Current state pharmacist licensure in good standing.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
Ability to handle stressful situations.

Nice To Haves

One year of retail experience.
Ability to speak, read, and/or write in a second language.

Responsibilities

Fulfill customers’ prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled.
Administer vaccines as needed.
Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care to customers.
Ensure pharmacies comply with all local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA.
Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct, attitude, and the physical condition of the pharmacy; adhere to pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards.
Develop a thorough knowledge of the trade area, its customers, and its competition.
Create a positive pharmacy department image through strong service, friendliness, and cooperation with customers, associates, and outside vendors.
Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies and procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, equipment operation, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls in accordance with company policy.
Maintain proper records, inventory, and security for scheduled drugs, including controlled substances and narcotics.
Follow procedures for handling pharmacy products from authorized sources.
Ensure accuracy tools, including the accuracy scanner and 24-hour post-dispensing audit report, are used appropriately.
Maintain records necessary for legal compliance, company and accounting policies, and requested reports.
Maintain a clean, neat work area, including counters, shelves, floors, and the customer counter.
Handle product returns in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy.
Maintain equipment such as computers, printers, accuracy scanners, and cash registers in working condition.
Maintain and organize policy manuals, reference books, state laws, and required equipment, and verify that staff know how to use them.
Maintain required signage, including store hours, counseling and services signs, pharmacists’ photographs and names, and other requested signs.
Make a strong and continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
Follow directions and seek assistance as needed to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
Employee Assistance Program counseling and confidential financial tools and coaching.
Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over a career through the Continuing Education program.
Training programs and career pathways for growth.
Vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility and applicable terms.
401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund participation, subject to eligibility requirements.
Group term life insurance, subject to location and eligibility criteria.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on applicable criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
Internal training and development resources.