Staff Pharmacist FT

CVS Health • Gilbert, AZ

23h

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist supports the Pharmacy Manager in leading and directing the pharmacy team and is accountable for helping manage, oversee, and operate all aspects of the pharmacy. The role delivers safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and pharmacist-provided clinical care, while modeling genuine care and supporting positive patient experiences. When working a bench shift without overlap, the Staff Pharmacist oversees the pharmacy as the Pharmacy Manager’s proxy and may assume the manager’s day-to-day duties when serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty.

The Staff Pharmacist supports accurate prescription fulfillment, pharmacy workflow, inventory management, regulatory compliance, team coaching, and patient access to care. The role requires flexibility to meet scheduling and business needs, ongoing development of clinical and technical skills, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies.

Requirements

• Active pharmacist license in the state where the store is located.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Not 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 to ensure patient safety.
• Customer-service orientation, including looking for ways to help people and responding appropriately to patients’ reactions.
• Verbal and written communication skills to interact with patients and colleagues, including active listening.
• Mathematical reasoning to calculate quantities to dispense, days’ supply, and bottle quantities.
• Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
• Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including remaining upright for extended periods, lifting, scanning and bagging items, reaching, repetitive finger movements, precise machine adjustment, stooping, and close visual work.
• 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.
• Ability to accurately express and exchange detailed spoken instructions and receive detailed information through oral communication.

Nice To Haves

• One to two 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.
• Help strengthen pharmacy performance measures through coaching and consistent follow-up with pharmacy team members, 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 and directing the team to follow pharmacy workflow procedures and safety guardrails.
• Promote positive patient experiences by demonstrating empathy and genuine care, collaborating with patients’ healthcare teams, resolving insurance or medication issues, and coaching the pharmacy team to do the same.
• Offer and deliver immunizations and engage and support Pharmacy Technicians in learning to immunize.
• Manage pharmacy inventory by following and coaching the team on inventory best practices, with particular attention to cold chain products.
• Partner with the Pharmacy Manager to maintain compliance with state Board of Pharmacy regulations and escalate issues or concerns to the Pharmacy Manager and/or Rx DL as needed.
• Remain flexible for scheduling and business needs, contribute to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic, and write the pharmacy schedule if directed.
• Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, complete required training and continuing medical education, and seek opportunities to expand knowledge.
• Support access to care and patient outcomes through pharmacist-delivered clinical care, including testing and prescribing services where permissible.
• Comply with federal and state laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies and procedures, including requirements for controlled substance dispensing and recordkeeping, patient privacy and security, and workplace safety and inclusion.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, and complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• Perform other 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, 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed