PHARMACIST-WILMINGTON

The Kroger Co.•Wilmington, OH

About The Position

The Pharmacist fulfills customers’ prescription needs while ensuring accuracy, providing patient counseling and pharmaceutical care, and administering vaccines as needed. The role ensures pharmacy compliance with local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA, and maintains a safe, clean, professional pharmacy environment. The Pharmacist monitors department operations, inventory, records, security, equipment, staffing, and quality assurance, while supporting sales and profit goals and delivering strong customer service. The position also requires maintaining professional standards, developing pharmacy knowledge and skills, and demonstrating the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.
Current state pharmacist licensure in good standing.
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

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 the pharmacy complies 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.
Establish and maintain record-keeping practices required for legal compliance, company and accounting policies, and requested reports.
Maintain a clean, neat work area, including counters, shelves, floors, and the customer counter.
Ensure product returns are handled promptly and according to company policy.
Maintain computers, printers, accuracy scanners, cash registers, and other equipment 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 and continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Monitor department functions and activities, achieve sales and profit goals, control quality assurance standards and expenses, and properly schedule and staff technicians to meet business needs.
Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.