Staff Pharmacist Full Time

CVS Health•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

At CVS Health, the Staff Pharmacist helps manage and improve patient health through safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, and immunizing practices. The role supports the Pharmacy Manager in leading and directing the pharmacy team and is accountable for supporting the management, oversight, and operation of all aspects of the pharmacy. During bench shifts without overlap, the Staff Pharmacist oversees the pharmacy as the Pharmacy Manager’s proxy and assumes the manager’s day-to-day duties when serving as the only or primary pharmacist on duty. The Staff Pharmacist supports safe prescription fulfillment, positive patient experiences, effective inventory management, regulatory compliance, and access to care through pharmacist-delivered clinical services where permissible. The role also helps develop pharmacy team members through coaching, feedback, and support for immunization training. The position requires flexibility for scheduling and business needs, including regular and predictable attendance at night and on weekends. This is a full-time role scheduled for 40 hours per week.

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 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, responsive customer service and work as part of a team.
Verbal and written communication skills, including active listening and accurate exchange of detailed information.
Mathematical reasoning sufficient to calculate quantities to dispense, days’ supply, and bottle counts.
Ability to identify challenging patient or colleague interactions and select an appropriate course of action.
Ability to complete the position’s physical demands, including extended periods upright, mobility, lifting, reaching, repetitive finger movements, precision control, stooping, and close visual work.
Ability to occasionally lift or exert up to 20 lbs. and frequently lift or exert up to 10 lbs.; consistently move objects using negligible force.
Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
Ability to complete required training within the designated timeframe.

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.
Support pharmacy performance measures through effective coaching and consistent follow-up with pharmacy team members, 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.
Promote positive patient experiences through empathy, compassionate 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.
Support pharmacy inventory management by following and coaching inventory best practices, with particular attention to protecting cold chain products.
Partner with the Pharmacy Manager to ensure compliance with applicable state Board of Pharmacy regulations; escalate concerns to the Pharmacy Manager and/or Rx DL as needed.
Remain flexible to scheduling and business needs and contribute to a safe, inclusive, and engaging team dynamic.
Support the Pharmacy Manager by writing the pharmacy schedule if directed.
Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, complete required training and CMEs, and seek opportunities to expand knowledge.
Support access to care and patient outcomes through pharmacist-delivered clinical care, including testing and prescribing services where permissible.
Comply with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, professional standards, ethical principles, and CVS Health policies and procedures, including controlled substance dispensing and recordkeeping, patient privacy and security, and workplace safety.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
Complete required training within the designated timeframe.
Perform additional tasks as directed by a Supervisor or Manager.