Staff Pharmacist Full Time

CVS Health • Greenacres, FL

7d • $60 - $76

About The Position

CVS Health is hiring a full-time Staff Pharmacist for a retail pharmacy. The Staff Pharmacist helps deliver safe, compassionate patient care and supports the Pharmacy Manager in leading and directing the pharmacy team. The role is accountable for supporting the management, oversight, and operation of all aspects of the pharmacy, including serving as the Pharmacy Manager’s proxy during certain shifts and assuming day-to-day duties when acting as the only or primary pharmacist on duty.

The position focuses on safe and accurate prescription dispensing, patient counseling, immunizations, clinical services where permitted, positive patient experiences, pharmacy workflow and inventory practices, regulatory compliance, and supporting the pharmacy team. The pharmacist must maintain clinical and technical skills as the industry evolves, complete required training, and follow applicable laws, professional standards, ethical principles, and company policies. The role requires regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and flexibility to meet scheduling and business needs.

Requirements

• Active pharmacist license in the state where the store is located.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Must not be on the DEA Excluded Parties list.
• Ability to concentrate on tasks over time and pivot quickly between tasks to meet patient and business needs.
• Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
• Ability to provide friendly assistance, understand patients’ reactions, and respond appropriately.
• Verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients and colleagues.
• Active listening skills, including giving others full attention, understanding their points, asking appropriate questions, and avoiding inappropriate interruptions.
• Mathematical reasoning skills to calculate quantities, days’ supply, and bottle requirements for prescriptions.
• Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including remaining upright for extended periods, lifting, scanning and bagging items, reaching, repetitive finger movements, precise machine adjustments, stooping, close visual work, and spoken and oral-information exchange.
• Ability to occasionally lift or exert up to 20 pounds, frequently lift or exert up to 10 pounds, and consistently move objects requiring negligible force.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of related work experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
• Ability to work at other locations across the market as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Help manage and improve patient health through safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, and immunizing practices.
• Take direction from the Pharmacy Manager and oversee the pharmacy as their proxy during bench shifts without overlap.
• Coach and follow up consistently with pharmacy team members to strengthen pharmacy performance measures, and provide performance feedback to the Pharmacy Manager as needed.
• Assume the Pharmacy Manager’s day-to-day duties when serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty.
• Support safe and accurate prescription fulfillment by following pharmacy workflow procedures and directing the team to follow them, including use of safety guardrails at every workstation.
• Promote positive patient experiences through empathetic care, collaboration with patients’ healthcare teams, and proactive resolution of insurance or medication issues.
• Offer and deliver immunizations, and engage and support Pharmacy Technicians in learning to immunize.
• Manage pharmacy inventory effectively, coach the team on inventory best practices, and protect cold chain products.
• Partner with the Pharmacy Manager to maintain compliance with applicable state Board of Pharmacy regulations and escalate issues or concerns to the Pharmacy Manager and/or Rx DL for timely resolution.
• Remain flexible for scheduling and business needs, contribute to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic, and write the pharmacy schedule if directed by the Pharmacy Manager.
• Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, complete required training and CMEs, and seek opportunities to expand knowledge in support of patients.
• Support access to care and patient outcomes through pharmacist-delivered clinical care, including testing and prescribing services where permissible.
• Empower the pharmacy team to provide holistic care throughout the patient care journey.
• Comply with federal and state laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies and procedures, including requirements for patient safety, controlled substance dispensing and recordkeeping, privacy, security, and workplace safety and inclusion.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Perform additional tasks as directed by a Supervisor or Manager.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings options
• Wellness programs
• Other resources supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being, based on eligibility
• Eligibility for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program in addition to base pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed