Staff Pharmacist Full Time

CVS Health•Hartville, OH

7d•$60 - $76

About The Position

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Pharmacist to help deliver safe, compassionate, and accessible health care in a retail pharmacy. The Staff Pharmacist models the company’s values, supports the Pharmacy Manager in leading the pharmacy team, and helps oversee pharmacy operations. When serving as the primary or only pharmacist on duty, the Staff Pharmacist assumes the Pharmacy Manager’s day-to-day duties and may oversee the pharmacy as the manager’s proxy during non-overlapping bench shifts. The role includes dispensing and counseling patients, providing immunizations and other permitted clinical services, supporting accurate prescription fulfillment, managing inventory, coaching team members, and helping ensure regulatory and company-policy compliance. The pharmacist contributes to patient outcomes and positive experiences by collaborating with patients and their health care teams and resolving insurance or medication issues. The position 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).
Not listed on the DEA Excluded Parties list.
Ability to concentrate on tasks and pivot quickly between tasks to meet patient and business needs.
Ability to confirm prescription information and label accuracy.
Ability to provide friendly customer service, recognize patients’ reactions, and respond appropriately.
Verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients and colleagues, including active listening.
Mathematical reasoning skills to calculate quantities, days’ supply, and amounts needed to fill prescriptions.
Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and choose an appropriate course of action.
Ability to remain mobile and upright for extended periods; lift, scan, and bag items; reach, stretch, stoop, and perform repetitive finger movements; and adjust machines precisely.
Close visual acuity for tasks such as transcribing, viewing computer terminals, reading, and visual inspection of small parts.
Ability to occasionally lift or exert up to 20 pounds, frequently lift or exert up to 10 pounds, and consistently move objects using negligible force.
Ability to communicate detailed spoken instructions accurately and receive detailed information through oral communication.

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 immunization practices.
Support the Pharmacy Manager in leading and directing the pharmacy team, and oversee the pharmacy as the manager’s proxy during bench shifts without overlap.
Assume the Pharmacy Manager’s day-to-day duties when serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty.
Support pharmacy performance measures through effective coaching and consistent follow-up with team members, and provide performance feedback to the Pharmacy Manager as needed.
Follow and direct the pharmacy team to follow workflow procedures and safety guardrails to support safe, accurate prescription fulfillment.
Provide empathetic patient care, collaborate with patients’ health care teams, and proactively resolve insurance and medication issues.
Offer and deliver immunizations and support Pharmacy Technicians in learning to immunize.
Manage pharmacy inventory according to best practices, with particular attention to protecting cold-chain products.
Partner with the Pharmacy Manager to maintain compliance with applicable state Board of Pharmacy regulations and escalate issues or concerns as needed.
Remain flexible to scheduling and business needs, contribute to a safe and inclusive team environment, and write the pharmacy schedule if directed.
Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills through required training, continuing medical education, and other learning opportunities.
Support access to care and patient outcomes by providing permitted pharmacist-delivered clinical services, including testing and prescribing services.
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies and procedures, including requirements for patient safety, controlled substances, recordkeeping, privacy, security, and workplace safety.
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.