PRN Pharmacist
About The Position
The Pharmacist embraces the Customer 1st strategy by providing exceptional service, creating a safe and clean environment, supporting departmental sales and profit goals, and monitoring quality assurance standards. The role models the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The pharmacist provides accurate and legally compliant prescription services, assesses prescription appropriateness and patient safety, counsels customers and prescribers, supports immunization and other trained clinical activities, and maintains accurate records and controlled-substance inventory. The role also assists with department operations and associate supervision, including in the department manager’s absence. The position requires the ability to stand for an entire shift, lift up to 25 pounds, work at various locations, and travel independently.
Requirements
- Hold a current Pharmacist license in the state of employment, without stipulations or Board-ordered restrictions.
- Graduate from a U.S. School of Pharmacy or pass a foreign equivalency exam.
- Successfully pass the NAPLEX exam.
- Be able to work at various locations.
- Be able to travel independently.
Nice To Haves
- Staff pharmacist experience.
Responsibilities
- Promote trust and respect among associates.
- Help customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with customers and store personnel.
- Use knowledge of pharmaceutical products and supplies to make recommendations to patients and prescribers.
- Receive verbal prescription orders and accurately document them in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
- Interpret, fill or refill, label, and bag prescription orders completely and accurately.
- Evaluate prescription orders for appropriateness, patient safety, and legal compliance.
- Provide drug counseling to customers and prescribers.
- Use third-party billing procedures and facilitate customer charges.
- Maintain accurate records, including insurance information; receive prescription information from customers and accurately deliver prescriptions to them.
- Assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
- Call prescribers and prescribers’ office staff.
- Accurately and efficiently use the prescription computer system.
- Maintain accurate controlled-substance inventory, reconciliation, and research in compliance with recordkeeping requirements.
- Promote appropriate immunizations and provide them safely and effectively.
- Perform clinical activities for which appropriate training has been received.
- Delegate monitoring and ordering of supplies, stock incoming orders, and compare and check incoming orders.
- Assist with supervision and delegation of responsibilities to associates.
- File prescription orders and records according to state and federal regulations and procedures.
- Help resolve customer and personnel conflicts and problems in the department manager’s absence.
- Run, review, and interpret reports.
- Oversee departmental administrative needs in the department manager’s absence.
- Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
- Report pharmacy incidents or misfills to store management and Sedgwick within the timeframes set out in the Corporate Accuracy Policy.
- Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
- Stand for the entire shift and lift up to 25 pounds.
- Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company plans 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 through 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.
- Training programs and career pathways for growth.
