(USA) Staff Pharmacist (hourly)

Walmart • Huntsville, AL

16d • Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to customers by accurately processing and dispensing prescriptions, counseling patients about health care and medication needs, administering immunizations, and delivering other Walmart programs in compliance with pharmacy regulations. The role maintains confidential information, controlled medications, documentation, and records in accordance with company policies and applicable local, state, and federal requirements.

The pharmacist promotes quality patient care, safety, and accuracy; sets clear expectations; ensures adherence to standard operating procedures and patient-safety goals; and provides required counseling and documentation. The position identifies opportunities to improve team knowledge and reduce risk, encourages transparent reporting of errors, and develops interventions to address root causes.

The role also supports health care compliance by communicating and training associates on compliance initiatives, monitoring execution, ensuring proper billing and HIPAA practices, and using audits to identify and address compliance issues. The pharmacist provides customer-service guidance, helps resolve customer concerns, supports business solutions and operational initiatives, and models company policies, ethics, and values. They build relationships, mentor others, adapt to changing priorities, and pursue continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, PharmD degree, or equivalent FPGE (NABP).
• Pharmacy license by the job entry date.
• Completion of an ACPE-accredited immunization training program, such as APhA, pharmacy school curriculum, or a state pharmacy association-sponsored program.

Responsibilities

• Process and accurately dispense prescription orders, and counsel customers on health care and prescription medication needs.
• Administer immunizations and other programs developed by Walmart in compliance with Board of Pharmacy statutes and regulations.
• Maintain confidential information, controlled medication, required documentation, and assigned records in accordance with company policies and applicable laws and guidelines.
• Provide expert pharmaceutical guidance and apply current expertise to develop, execute, and improve action plans and business practices.
• Build relationships and partnerships with stakeholders to identify business needs, carry out processes, monitor results, and adapt to changing demands and responsibilities.
• Model, enforce, and guide associates in customer-service practices so customer needs, complaints, and issues are resolved within company guidelines.
• Model compliance with company policies, procedures, ethics, and integrity standards, and support their application in business plans and processes.
• Ensure compliance with company and legal policies, procedures, and regulations in assigned areas, including loss prevention, safety, operational, and quality assurance controls.
• Promote a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy, and communicate expectations for quality of care and patient safety.
• Hold others accountable for following standard operating procedures and achieving quality and patient-safety goals.
• Provide and document counseling and information about new therapies, new items, and health services when requested or required by practice or state regulations.
• Identify areas needing improvement and implement interventions to strengthen team knowledge and patient safety and reduce risk.
• Promote reporting and transparency of actual or perceived errors, and develop timely action plans focused on root-cause identification and correction.
• Communicate, train, and guide associates on health care compliance initiatives and monitor compliance execution.
• Ensure appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA requirements, and standard operating procedures.
• Use auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement improvements.
• Build trusting team relationships, communicate positively, and help develop and mentor others.
• Support continuous improvement, learn and use new technologies and skills, and help others through change.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off, including sick leave
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty leave
• Voting leave
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
• Walmart-paid education benefit program, Live Better U, for eligible full-time and part-time associates
• Performance-based bonus awards and annual or quarterly performance bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level