PHARMACY/MODIFIED FULL TIME PHARMACIST

The Kroger Co.•Southfield, MI

About The Position

The Pharmacist creates an outstanding customer experience by embracing the Customer 1st strategy and inspiring associates to provide excellent service. The role establishes and maintains a safe, clean pharmacy environment, achieves department sales and profit goals, controls quality standards and expenses, and schedules and staffs technicians to meet business needs. The pharmacist monitors department functions and demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The pharmacist fills prescriptions accurately and provides patient counseling and pharmaceutical care. The position ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA, and maintains the pharmacy’s professional image, records, inventory, equipment, security, sanitation, and required signage. The role also maintains knowledge of the trade area and continually develops pharmacy knowledge and skills. Essential job functions must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.
Current pharmacist license in good standing in the state of employment.
Ability to handle stressful situations.
Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
Effective oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Create an outstanding customer experience and inspire associates to deliver excellent customer service.
Establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customers to return.
Achieve department sales and profit goals, control quality assurance standards and expenses, and schedule and staff technicians according to business needs.
Monitor department functions, duties, and activities and demonstrate company values.
Fulfill customers’ prescription needs with a focus on prescription accuracy.
Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care.
Ensure the pharmacy complies with local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA.
Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct, attitude, and the physical condition of the pharmacy; follow pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards.
Develop thorough knowledge of the trade area, its customers, and its competition.
Promote a positive pharmacy image through strong service, friendliness, and cooperation with customers, associates, and vendors.
Monitor stock replenishment, inventory, procedures, records, security, sanitation, scheduling, equipment operation, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, management reports, and product recalls according to 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.
Use accuracy tools appropriately, including the accuracy scanner and 24-hour post-dispensing audit report.
Maintain records required for legal compliance, company and accounting policies, and requested reports.
Keep work areas clean, neat, sanitary, and organized, including counters, shelves, floors, and the customer counter.
Handle product returns promptly and according to company policy.
Maintain equipment, including computers, printers, accuracy scanners, and cash registers, in working condition.
Maintain and organize policy manuals, reference books, state laws, and required equipment, and ensure staff know how to use them.
Maintain required signage, including store hours, counseling and service signs, pharmacists’ photographs and names, and other requested signs.
Make a strong, continuous effort to broaden pharmacy knowledge and skills.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.