PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-CASUAL

The Kroger Co.•Loveland, CO

About The Position

The Pharmacist embraces the Customer 1st strategy by providing exceptional service and creating an outstanding customer experience. The role helps establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customers to return; assists the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals; and monitors quality assurance standards. The pharmacist models the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position provides pharmacy services including reviewing, filling, labeling, and dispensing prescriptions; evaluating prescription appropriateness for patient safety and legal compliance; counseling patients and prescribers; supporting immunizations and other trained clinical activities; and maintaining accurate prescription, insurance, inventory, and controlled-substance records. It also supports department operations, associates, customers, and administrative needs when the department manager is absent. The position may require work at various locations and independent travel.

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.
Create a welcoming customer environment and answer questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with customers and store personnel.
Maintain knowledge of pharmaceutical products and supplies and make recommendations to patients and prescribers.
Receive verbal prescription orders and accurately document them 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; deliver prescriptions accurately; and assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
Call prescribers and prescribers’ office staff as needed.
Use the pharmacy computer system accurately and efficiently.
Maintain accurate inventory and reconcile and research controlled substances in compliance with controlled-substance recordkeeping requirements.
Promote appropriate immunizations and provide them safely and effectively.
Participate in clinical activities for which the pharmacist has received appropriate training.
Delegate monitoring and ordering of supplies and properly stock incoming orders.
Compare and check incoming orders.
Assist with supervising associates and delegating responsibilities.
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 department administrative needs when the department manager is absent.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
Report pharmacy incidents or mis-fills to store management and Sedgwick within the timeframes specified 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, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
Flexible scheduling for full- and part-time roles.
Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay, subject to eligibility and length of service.
Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
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 a career through the Continuing Education program.
Training programs and career pathways.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave, subject to eligibility.
Participation in a 401(k) plan and/or a Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility.
Group term life insurance, subject to eligibility and location criteria.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, subject to location criteria and eligibility.
Internal training and development resources.