Pharmacist - Full-time Floater

Publix•Wilmington, NC

About The Position

Publix is hiring a full-time Floating Pharmacist to provide patient-focused pharmacy services across assigned pharmacy locations. The role supports pharmacy operations, promotes health and wellness, and works with pharmacy teams to deliver clinical services such as immunizations and Medication Therapy Management (MTM). The position offers potential career paths in retail management, specialty pharmacy, outpatient hospital pharmacy, and corporate or centralized pharmacy operations. The Floating Pharmacist serves as pharmacist-on-duty, supporting the success of each assigned pharmacy, motivating staff, and ensuring pharmacy tasks and operational activities are completed efficiently. The role requires a flexible work-week schedule to meet customer needs.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Graduate from a school of pharmacy.
Hold and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license.
Have no active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in a private, federal, or state health insurance program upon hire and thereafter.
Have no 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 training classes.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to interpret and understand instructions and solve problems.
Numerical and financial aptitude.
Knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.

Responsibilities

Execute pharmacy strategies and support each assigned pharmacy’s success while serving as pharmacist-on-duty.
Set priorities, complete daily tasks, support the team, and build rapport with customers and associates.
Provide pharmacy services including counseling, personalized patient relationships, customer-loyalty efforts, and pharmacist-led clinical services for health, wellness, and preventative care.
Encourage teams to do the right thing, gain their buy-in, and empower them to be accountable.
Support new pharmacy initiatives at assigned locations.
Manage team performance, including prescription promised times, by assigning tasks and ensuring complex operational activities are completed efficiently when the pharmacist-in-charge is absent.
Use best practices to make sound business decisions while covering as pharmacist-on-duty.
Develop expertise in the pharmacy technology system and its use for routine and complex prescription processing.
Mentor associates on pharmacy best practices to maximize sales, minimize shrink, and meet customer needs, including use of auto refill and Sync Your Refills programs.
Advance 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 Publix privately held 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.