Staff Pharmacist Full Time

CVS Health•Greece, NY

27d•$60 - $76

About The Position

CVS Health’s Staff Pharmacist supports the Pharmacy Manager in leading and directing the pharmacy team and helps manage, oversee, and operate all aspects of the pharmacy. The role delivers safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, immunizations, and clinical care while cultivating a culture of genuine patient care, safety, quality, and team excellence. The Staff Pharmacist may oversee the pharmacy as the Pharmacy Manager’s proxy during non-overlapping bench shifts and assume the manager’s day-to-day duties when acting as the only or primary pharmacist on duty. The position supports accurate prescription fulfillment, positive patient experiences, pharmacy performance, inventory management, regulatory compliance, and access to care. It also requires maintaining clinical and technical skills, completing required training and continuing education, and following applicable laws, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies. The role requires regular, 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 on the DEA Excluded Parties list.
Ability to concentrate on tasks and pivot quickly between tasks to meet patient and business needs.
Ability to verify prescription information and label accuracy.
Ability to provide friendly customer service, understand patients’ reactions, and respond appropriately.
Verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patients and colleagues, including active listening and accurately conveying or receiving detailed spoken instructions.
Ability to use mathematics to determine quantities, days’ supply, and bottle counts for prescriptions.
Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and select an appropriate course of action.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including remaining mobile and upright for extended periods; lifting, scanning, and bagging items; reaching, stretching, repetitive finger movements, and precise machine adjustment; stooping and bending; 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 using 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 with pharmacy team members to strengthen performance measures, and provide the Pharmacy Manager with feedback about team performance 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 safety guardrails, and directing the team to do the same.
Promote positive patient experiences through empathy and genuine 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 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 to the Pharmacy Manager and/or Rx DL when needed.
Remain flexible to meet 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 through required training, continuing medical education, and ongoing learning.
Support access to care and patient outcomes by providing pharmacist-delivered clinical services, such as testing and prescribing 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, 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 additional tasks as directed by a supervisor or manager.