(USA) Staff Pharmacist (hourly)
About The Position
The Staff Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to customers by processing and accurately dispensing prescriptions, counseling patients about health care and medications, administering immunizations, and providing other Walmart-developed programs in compliance with applicable Board of Pharmacy statutes and regulations. The role maintains confidential information, controlled medication records, and required documentation, while ensuring high standards of patient care, safety, and accuracy. The pharmacist supports operational and business needs by applying current expertise, advising others on best practices, partnering with stakeholders, and implementing and monitoring business solutions and improvement plans. The role guides associates in customer service, compliance, safety, loss prevention, quality assurance, billing procedures, HIPAA adherence, and standard operating procedures. It also promotes counseling and appropriate documentation for new therapies, health services, and patient requests; identifies root causes of errors and risks; and develops interventions to improve team knowledge and patient safety. The position is expected to model Walmart values, integrity, accountability, teamwork, inclusion, customer service, continuous improvement, and development of others.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, PharmD degree, or equivalent FPGE (NABP).
- Pharmacy license by the job entry date.
- Completion of an ACPE-accredited immunization training program, such as APhA training, pharmacy school curriculum, or state pharmacy association-sponsored training.
Responsibilities
- Process and accurately dispense prescription orders.
- Counsel customers regarding health care and prescription medication needs, including new therapies and health services, and document counseling as required.
- Administer immunizations and other programs developed by Walmart in compliance with applicable pharmacy statutes and regulations.
- Maintain confidential information, controlled medication records, documentation, and assigned records in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
- Provide expert pharmaceutical advice and guidance and apply current knowledge and best practices to action plans and business needs.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders, identify business needs, carry out processes, monitor results, and adapt to changing demands and responsibilities.
- Model and guide associates in customer service practices to resolve customer needs, complaints, and issues within company guidelines.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, ethics standards, and applicable regulations.
- Analyze reports and oversee loss prevention, safety, operational, and quality assurance reviews; implement action plans and guide execution of company programs.
- Promote a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy, communicate expectations, and hold others accountable for standard operating procedures and quality goals.
- Identify patient safety and risk-reduction improvements, implement interventions to improve team knowledge, and promote transparent reporting of actual or perceived errors.
- Communicate, train, and guide associates on compliance initiatives and monitor their execution.
- Ensure appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA requirements, and standard operating procedures.
- Use auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement improvements.
- Build trusting team relationships, communicate effectively, and help develop and mentor others.
- Support continuous improvement, use new technologies and skills, and help others through change.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave.
- Parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- PTO and/or PPTO usable for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefits, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
- Performance-based bonus awards and annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
