Staff Pharmacist

The Kroger Co. • Hampton, VA

6d

About The Position

The Staff Pharmacist fulfills customers’ prescription needs with a focus on accuracy and provides patient counseling and pharmaceutical care. The role supports a positive customer experience, maintains a safe, clean, professional pharmacy environment, and helps the department meet sales, profit, quality assurance, and expense goals. The pharmacist monitors department functions and activities, properly schedules and staffs technicians, and demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The position is responsible for legal and policy compliance, including HIPAA and requirements for scheduled drugs. It also oversees inventory, records, security, sanitation, equipment, returns, signage, and other pharmacy operations in accordance with company policy. The pharmacist maintains current knowledge of the trade area and works cooperatively with customers, associates, and vendors.

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.
• A second language, in speaking, reading, and/or writing.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill customers’ prescription needs, concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled.
• Provide patient counseling and pharmaceutical care to customers.
• Ensure the pharmacy complies with 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.
• Develop a 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 according to 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 and accounting policies, and requested reports.
• Keep the work area clean and organized, including counters, shelves, floors, and the customer counter.
• Ensure product returns are handled promptly and according to 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 members 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.
• Monitor department functions, duties, and activities; schedule and staff technicians appropriately to meet business needs.
• Help achieve department sales and profit goals while controlling established quality assurance standards and expenses.
• Establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customers to return.
• Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time