PHARMACY/ PHARMACIST

The Kroger Co. • Twin Falls, ID

3d

About The Position

Provide professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients, and supervising pharmacy technicians. Ensure that services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations while demonstrating the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The role includes interpreting prescriptions, advising patients on medication use and interactions, consulting with prescribers, administering immunizations under defined protocols, and providing direct clinical services such as patient coaching and medication therapy management.

The pharmacist performs daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager, maintains patient profiles and inventory levels, and follows department policies and procedures. The role also requires compliance with HIPAA, health and safety regulations, and store operational controls. The position may require working at multiple locations and performing essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• 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 confidentiality of information.
• Strong math skills, including calculating discounts, proportions, and percentages.
• Basic algebra and geometry skills, including calculating circumferences and volume.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including regularly using close vision, depth perception, and eye-focus adjustment; handling, holding, or feeling objects, tools, or controls; talking and hearing; and frequently standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and lifting or moving objects up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• APhA Immunization Certified.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate teamwork to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant working and shopping environment.
• Provide friendly, efficient customer service with sincerity, patience, and respect, and thank customers for their business.
• Adhere to local, state, and federal health and civil codes.
• Follow state and federal guidelines regarding annual licensing and restrictions on dispensing drugs.
• Interpret physicians’ prescriptions and enter prescription and patient data into the computer system.
• Provide pharmacy technicians with prescription information and supervise prescription filling.
• Counsel patients by phone and in person about medication side effects, proper administration, and potential drug/food or drug/drug interactions; 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 current merchandising, labor control, expense and supply controls, 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.
• Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over the associate’s career through the Continuing Education program.
• Access to training programs and diverse career pathways.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed