PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-CASUAL

The Kroger Co.•Louisville, CO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist supports King Soopers’ Customer 1st strategy by providing exceptional customer service, maintaining a safe and clean pharmacy environment, assisting with departmental sales and profit goals, and meeting quality assurance standards. The role models the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The Pharmacist provides prescription services and patient counseling, evaluates prescriptions for appropriateness and safety, supports immunizations and other trained clinical activities, and maintains accurate pharmacy and controlled-substance records. The role also supports department operations, including inventory, reporting, administrative needs, and associate supervision or delegation when the department manager is absent. This position requires a current, unrestricted pharmacist license in the state of employment, graduation from a U.S. pharmacy school or passage of a foreign equivalency exam, and successful completion of the NAPLEX. The role requires standing for the full shift and lifting up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation. The Pharmacist must be able to work at various locations and travel independently.

Requirements

Current Pharmacist license in the state where employment is sought, with no stipulations or Board-ordered restrictions.
Graduate of a U.S. School of Pharmacy or passed a foreign equivalency exam.
Successfully passed the NAPLEX exam.
Ability to work at various locations.
Ability to travel independently.
Ability to stand for the entire shift and lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Staff pharmacist.

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create a welcoming customer environment 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 reduce them to writing in accordance 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 customers.
Assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
Call prescribers and prescribers’ office staff as needed.
Accurately and efficiently use the prescription computer system.
Maintain accurate inventory, reconciliation, and research of controlled substances in compliance with controlled-substance account recordkeeping requirements.
Promote appropriate immunizations and provide them safely and effectively.
Participate in clinical activities for which appropriate training has been received.
Delegate supply monitoring and ordering, stock incoming orders, and compare and check incoming orders.
Assist with supervision and delegation of responsibilities to associates.
File prescription orders and records in accordance with state and federal regulations and procedures.
Help resolve customer and personnel conflicts and problems when the department manager is absent.
Run, review, and interpret reports.
Oversee departmental administrative needs when the department manager is absent.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
Report pharmacy incidents or misfills to store management and Sedgwick within the timeframes specified by 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, subject to eligibility and applicable 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 and confidential financial tools and coaching.
Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over a career through the Continuing Education program.
Training programs and career pathways.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
401(k) plan and/or Taft-Hartley pension fund participation, subject to eligibility.
Group term life insurance, subject to location criteria and eligibility.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on applicable criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, subject to location criteria and eligibility.
Internal training and development resources.