PHARMACY/PHARMACIST-CASUAL

The Kroger Co.•Denver, CO

About The Position

The Pharmacy/Pharmacist supports King Soopers’ Customer 1st strategy by providing exceptional service, maintaining a safe and clean environment, helping the department meet sales and profit goals, and monitoring quality assurance standards. The pharmacist serves as a role model for the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The role includes accurately processing prescriptions, assessing prescription appropriateness and patient safety, counseling patients and prescribers, supporting immunization and other trained clinical activities, and maintaining compliant records and controlled-substance inventory. The pharmacist also helps oversee department operations and associates when the department manager is absent. The position requires standing for the entire shift and lifting up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

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.
Be able to stand for the entire shift and lift up to 25 pounds.
Be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Staff pharmacist experience.

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create a welcoming environment for customers 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 to 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 accurately and completely.
Evaluate prescription orders for appropriateness, patient safety, and legal compliance.
Provide drug counseling to customers and prescribers.
Use knowledge of third-party billing procedures and facilitate customer charges.
Maintain accurate records, including insurance information; receive prescription information from customers; accurately deliver prescriptions; and assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations.
Call prescribers and prescribers’ office staff as needed.
Use the prescription computer system accurately and efficiently.
Maintain accurate inventory, reconcile and research controlled substances, and comply with controlled-substance recordkeeping requirements.
Promote appropriate immunizations and administer them safely and effectively.
Participate in clinical activities for which the pharmacist has received appropriate training.
Delegate monitoring and ordering of supplies, stock incoming orders, and check incoming orders.
Assist with supervising and delegating responsibilities to associates.
File prescription orders and records according to 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 and mis-fills to store management and Sedgwick within the timeframes set by the Corporate Accuracy Policy.
Report safety risks, other 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.
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 such as vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
Participation in a 401(k) plan and/or a Taft-Hartley pension fund, subject to eligibility.
Group term life insurance, subject to eligibility and other criteria.
Potential bonus eligibility, depending on location and other criteria.
Tuition assistance, college scholarships, and educational leave of absence, depending on location and eligibility.
Mental and emotional support resources through the Employee Assistance Program.
Internal training and development resources.