Staff Pharmacist - Relocation Available

Walmart•Gloucester, VA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

A Staff Pharmacist at Walmart is a patient-facing role focused on communication, relationship building, and advocating for patient well-being. The position empowers pharmacists to utilize their clinical knowledge and work to the top of their license, serving as a community leader and a leader among pharmacy staff. The pharmacy environment is described as fast-paced, equipped with necessary resources and technology. Key aspects include patient-centered care, adapting to diverse patient backgrounds, ensuring accuracy in counseling, prescription processing, and immunization administration, and engaging in community involvement through outreach and events like Wellness Days. Pharmacists are also expected to understand business operations, including inventory control, cost savings, and compliance, while guiding staff on customer service and resolving concerns. The role requires using data and personal conversations to understand community health needs and stay updated on emergent issues.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or PharmD degree, or equivalent FPGE (NABP).
Pharmacy license (by job entry date).
Completion of an ACPE Accredited Immunization training program (for example, APhA, Pharmacy School Curriculum, State Pharmacy Association sponsored).
Be an advocate of patient-centered care.
Easily adapt to a patient base from a myriad of backgrounds and medical concerns, removing barriers for all patients to be healthier and happier.
Be accurate and consistent in all areas of patient care, from counseling patients to processing prescriptions to administering immunizations.
Be passionate about community involvement and enjoy doing outreach and events, including regular Wellness Days.
Truly understand the business, from inventory control to cost savings for patients to compliance.
Model and provide guidance to the pharmacy staff on proper customer service approaches, including techniques to make sure concerns are successfully resolved.
Use tools, data and personal conversations to understand your community and common concerns and stay up to date on emergent and urgent health issues therein.

Responsibilities

Provide pharmaceutical care to Customers, including processing and accurately dispensing prescription orders.
Counsel Customers regarding health care and prescription medication needs.
Maintain confidential information and required documentation.
Maintain controlled medication.
Demonstrate up-to-date expertise and apply this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans.
Provide expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices.
Support and align efforts to meet customer and business needs.
Build commitment for perspectives and rationales.
Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
Identify business needs.
Determine and carry out necessary processes and practices.
Monitor progress and results.
Recognize and capitalize on improvement opportunities.
Adapt to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
Model, enforce, and provide direction and guidance to Associates on proper Customer service approaches and techniques.
Ensure Customer needs, complaints, and issues are successfully resolved within Company guidelines and standards.
Model compliance with company policies and procedures and support company standards of ethics and integrity.
Incorporate company policies and procedures into the development and implementation of business plans.
Use the Open Door Policy.
Demonstrate and assist others with how to apply company policies in executing business processes and practices.
Ensure compliance with Company and legal policies, procedures, and regulations for assigned areas.
Analyze and interpret reports.
Implement and monitor loss prevention and safety controls.
Oversee safety, operational, and quality assurance reviews.
Develop and implement action plans.
Provide direction and guidance on executing Company programs and strategic initiatives.
Maintain confidential information, documentation, and assigned records as required by Company policies, and local, State, and Federal guidelines.
Administer immunizations.
Administer other programs developed by Walmart, in compliance with Board of Pharmacy statutes/regulations.
Identify the requirements, expectations, and needs of customers/members.
Support and align with initiatives, goals, and actions focused on improving customer/member service.
Address the concerns and issues of internal and external customers/members.
Use customer/member data, analyses, and insights to improve customer/member-related decisions.
Research and integrate relevant information and data, and use expertise to make recommendations or decisions.
Identify and apply sound, fact-based criteria in setting priorities and making decisions.
Use business measures and analyses to identify improvement opportunities.
Probe and look beyond symptoms to determine the root causes of problems and identify possible solutions.
Align and pursue work activities to achieve the mission and business priorities of the organization.
Share information, practices, and resources across functions, organizations, and locations to improve performance.
Effectively use existing processes and tools to achieve performance objectives.
Use and explain major process steps to manage time, resources, and challenges to meet goals.
Develop and implement plans, practices, and processes to better achieve organizational goals.
Develop contingency plans to manage or eliminate potential problems.
Identify and recommend ways to continually improve and streamline processes and practices.
Develop and present logical, convincing reasons in support of one's perspectives and initiatives.
Proactively share relevant information and timely updates with appropriate people.
Listen attentively and ask questions to ensure understanding.
Research information for and prepare documents and presentations that effectively convey relevant information in a timely manner.
Comply with policies and procedures.
Demonstrate ethical performance.
Support efforts to enforce compliance with policies and procedures.
Demonstrate creativity and strength in the face of change, obstacles, and adversity.
Adapt to competing demands and shifting priorities.
Update and share knowledge and skills to keep current in one's area of expertise.
Embrace change and support its implementation.
Build trusting, collaborative relationships and alliances across functional and organizational boundaries.
Relate to others in an accepting and respectful manner, regardless of their organizational level, personality, or background.
Collaborate with people from backgrounds, experiences, and functional areas to discover new perspectives.
Create a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy.
Communicate clear expectations regarding quality of care and patient safety.
Ensure others are held accountable for following standard operating procedures (SOP) and achieving expected quality and patient safety goals.
Ensure counseling occurs on new therapy and as requested by patients or required by practice or state regulations, including appropriate documentation.
Analyze and identify areas of improvement needed and implement intervention steps to improve team knowledge and focus on patient safety and risk reduction.
Promote reporting and transparency of errors whether actual or patient perceived.
Write timely and effective plans of action focused on identification and correction of root cause.
Create and foster an environment centered on health care compliance execution.
Actively communicate, train, and guide the processes for completion and follow-up on compliance initiatives to associates within Health & Wellness and other associates as applicable.
Implement compliance initiatives and priorities and monitor compliance execution by others.
Ensure appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA compliance adherence, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Utilize auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement processes for improvement.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Incentive awards for performance
401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO (including sick leave)
Multiple health plans (medical, vision, dental coverage)
Company-paid life insurance
Family care leave
Bereavement
Jury duty
Voting leave
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates)
Annual or quarterly performance bonuses