Staff Pharmacist Full Time

CVS Health • Farmingdale, NY

20d • $60 - $76 • Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist supports CVS Health’s purpose of improving access to health care and helping patients manage their health. In retail pharmacy locations, the Staff Pharmacist helps cultivate a culture of excellence by modeling genuine care, supporting the Pharmacy Manager in leading the pharmacy team, and helping manage and 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. The role includes dispensing, counseling, immunizing, and providing pharmacist-delivered clinical services where permitted, while maintaining patient safety, privacy, regulatory compliance, and a safe, inclusive workplace.

The position requires regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends, completion of required training, and flexibility to meet scheduling and business needs. It involves extended periods of standing and mobility, handling and lifting items, repetitive finger movements, reaching, stooping, close visual work, and frequent communication with patients and colleagues. The role is full-time, with 40 anticipated weekly hours. The typical pay range is $60.00–$76.00 per hour; the position may also be eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program. Eligible full-time colleagues receive a benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources.

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 complete required training within the designated timeframe.
• 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, helpful customer service, understand patient reactions, and respond appropriately.
• Verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients and colleagues, including active listening and accurately conveying detailed instructions.
• Ability to use mathematics to calculate quantities, days’ supply, and bottle counts for 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 and stretch; perform repetitive finger movements; stoop and bend; and perform close visual work.
• Ability to occasionally lift or exert up to 20 lbs., frequently lift or exert up to 10 lbs., and consistently exert negligible force to move objects.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and accurately express or exchange spoken information.
• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Flexibility to meet scheduling and business needs.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of related work experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting.
• Ability to work in 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 pharmacy team members, follow up consistently, 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 and directing the pharmacy team to follow workflow procedures and safety guardrails at every workstation.
• Create positive patient experiences through empathy and genuine care; coach the team in compassionate care, collaborate with patients’ healthcare teams, and proactively resolve insurance or medication issues.
• Proactively offer and deliver immunizations and engage and support Pharmacy Technicians in learning to immunize.
• Manage pharmacy inventory effectively by following and coaching inventory 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 to the Pharmacy Manager and/or Rx DL for timely resolution.
• Remain flexible to 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 through required training, continuing medical education, and other learning opportunities.
• Support access to care and patient outcomes through pharmacist-delivered clinical care, including testing and prescribing services where permitted, and empower the pharmacy team to provide holistic care.
• Comply with applicable 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.
• 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 based on eligibility
• May be eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program

What This Job Offers

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