Pharmacy/Staff Pharmacist

The Kroger Co.•West Lafayette, IN

18d

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist creates an outstanding customer experience by embracing the Customer 1st strategy and inspiring associates to deliver excellent customer service. The role establishes and maintains a safe, clean environment, achieves department sales and profit goals, controls quality assurance standards and expenses, schedules and staffs technicians, and monitors department functions and activities. The pharmacist demonstrates the company's values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position fulfills customers' prescription needs with a focus on accuracy, provides patient counseling and pharmaceutical care, and ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA. It maintains pharmacy operations, records, inventory, security, equipment, and a professional, sanitary environment in accordance with company policies and applicable legal requirements. The pharmacist also maintains knowledge of the trade area, customers, and competition, and makes an ongoing effort to broaden pharmacy knowledge and skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in pharmacy.
Current state pharmacist licensure in good standing.
Ability to handle stressful situations.
Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
Effective oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

One year of retail experience.
Ability to speak, read, and/or write a second language.

Responsibilities

Fulfill customers' prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled.
Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care to customers.
Ensure pharmacies comply with all local, state, and federal laws, including HIPAA.
Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct, attitude, and the physical condition of the pharmacy; adhere to pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards.
Maintain thorough knowledge of the trade area, its customers, and its competition.
Create a positive pharmacy department image through strong service, friendliness, and cooperation with customers, associates, and outside vendors.
Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies and procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, equipment operation, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, management reports, and product recalls in accordance with company policy.
Maintain proper records, inventory, and security for scheduled drugs, including controlled substances and narcotics.
Follow procedures for handling pharmacy products from authorized sources.
Ensure accuracy tools, including the accuracy scanner and 24-hour post-dispensing audit report, are used appropriately.
Establish and maintain record-keeping practices necessary for legal compliance, company policies, accounting policies, and requested reports.
Maintain a clean, neat work area, including counters, shelves, floors, and the customer counter.
Ensure product returns are handled promptly and in accordance with company policy.
Maintain equipment, including computers, printers, accuracy scanners, and cash registers, in working condition.
Maintain and organize policy manuals, reference books, state laws, and required equipment, and verify staff know how to use them.
Maintain required signage, including store hours, counseling and service signs, pharmacists' photographs and names, and other requested signs.
Make a strong, continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.