PHARMACY/PHARMACIST FLOATER (AD)

The Kroger Co.•Shelby Charter Township, MI

About The Position

The Pharmacy/Pharmacist Floater provides professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients, and supervising pharmacy technicians. The role ensures that pharmacy services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations, while demonstrating the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position requires the ability to work at multiple locations as needed and to perform its essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Board of Pharmacy license.
Effective interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Friendly, approachable, and outgoing demeanor; ability to work as a team player.
Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
Ability to preserve confidentiality of information.
Strong math skills, including calculating discounts, proportions, and percentages.
Basic algebra and geometry skills, including calculating circumferences and volume.

Nice To Haves

APhA Immunization Certified.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate teamwork to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant working and shopping environment.
Provide friendly, efficient customer service with sincerity, patience, and respect, and thank customers for their business.
Comply with local, state, and federal health and civil codes.
Follow state and federal guidelines for annual licensing and restrictions on dispensing drugs.
Interpret physicians’ prescriptions and enter prescription and patient data into the computer system.
Provide prescription information to pharmacy technicians and supervise prescription filling.
Counsel patients by phone and in person about medication side effects, proper administration, and potential drug/food or drug/drug interactions, and ensure they understand their medication treatment program.
Consult with prescribers about matters affecting the appropriateness of drug therapy.
Follow approved efficiency and accuracy procedures when filling prescriptions.
Administer immunizations under defined protocols.
Provide direct patient clinical services, including patient coaching and medication therapy management.
Monitor and maintain patient profiles.
Monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate service levels.
Perform daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager.
Follow department policies, procedures, and best practices for pharmacy operations.
Ensure compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations.
Follow current merchandising, labor control, expense and supply control, loss prevention, and maintenance rules; report illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Comply with and reinforce food safety, sanitation, and safety regulations, guidelines, procedures, and programs; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.