Pharmacist - Full-time Floater

Publix•Lake Mary, FL

About The Position

As a Publix Pharmacy Associate, the Pharmacist works in a patient-centric pharmacy environment offering clinical services such as immunizations and medication therapy management (MTM). Publix highlights opportunities for career development in areas including retail management, specialty pharmacy, outpatient hospital pharmacy, and corporate or centralized pharmacy operations. The Floating Pharmacist supports the success of assigned pharmacies and serves as pharmacist-on-duty. The role includes executing pharmacy strategies and daily work, supporting and motivating staff, providing patient-focused service and counseling, promoting customer loyalty and clinical services, managing team performance and prescription workflow, using pharmacy technology, mentoring associates on pharmacy best practices, and advancing clinical initiatives. The position requires a flexible work-week schedule to meet customer needs.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Be a graduate of a school of pharmacy.
Have and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license.
Have no active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in a private, federal, or state health insurance program upon hire and thereafter.
Have no unacceptable result on a company-sponsored drug test within the last three years.

Nice To Haves

Be an immunizing pharmacist meeting state requirements, or be scheduled to become an immunizer in the next set of training classes.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to interpret and understand instructions and solve problems.
Numerical and financial aptitude.
Knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.

Responsibilities

Execute pharmacy strategy and contribute to each assigned pharmacy’s success while motivating and inspiring staff as the pharmacist-on-duty.
Set priorities, complete daily tasks, support the team, and build rapport with customers and associates.
Provide high-quality pharmacy service, including counseling, personalized patient relationships, customer loyalty, and pharmacist-led clinical services for health, wellness, and preventative care.
Inspire teams, gain their buy-in, and empower them to be accountable.
Promote new pharmacy initiatives at assigned locations.
Manage team performance and prescription promised times by assigning tasks so complex operational activities are completed efficiently, when the pharmacist-in-charge is absent.
Use best practices to make sound business decisions while covering as pharmacist-on-duty.
Develop expertise in the pharmacy technology system and its use for routine and complex prescription processing.
Mentor others on pharmacy best practices to maximize sales, minimize shrink, and meet customer needs, including use of auto refill and Sync Your Refills programs.
Advance pharmacy clinical initiatives, including Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and immunizations.
Maintain a flexible work-week schedule to meet customer needs.
Assist with other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost.
Opportunity to purchase additional shares of privately held Publix stock.
401(k) retirement savings plan.
Group health, dental, and vision plans.
Paid Time Off.
Paid Parental Leave.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Tuition reimbursement.
Publix pharmacies are closed for seven holidays per year.
Quarterly retail bonus based on sales and profits, calculated at the end of each inventory period.