Kroger

Relief Pharmacist

Kroger$100K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current Pharmacist license in the state of employment, unrestricted
  • Graduated from a US School of Pharmacy or passed a foreign equivalency exam
  • Passed the NAPLEX exam
  • Willingness to work at various locations
  • Ability to travel independently

Responsibilities

  • Promote trust and respect among associates
  • Create a welcoming environment for customers by addressing their inquiries
  • Communicate effectively with customers and store personnel
  • Possess in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical products for patient recommendations
  • Accurately process verbal RX orders in compliance with laws
  • Provide drug counseling to customers and prescribers
  • Maintain accurate records and insurance information for RX orders

Benefits

  • Clear commitment to customer service and quality assurance
  • Focus on a safe and clean store environment
  • Encouragement of company core values including respect and integrity
  • Involvement in clinical activities post-training
  • Opportunities for supervision and leadership in the absence of management
Full Job Description
Job Description

Embrace the Customer 1st strategy to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Role model and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Responsibilities

  • Promote trust and respect among associates
  • Create an environment that allows customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
  • Communicate effectively both written and verbally, with customers and store personnel
  • Possess knowledge of the pharmaceutical products and supplies kept in the department to be competent making recommendations to patients and prescribers
  • Receive verbal RX orders and accurately reduce to writing in adherence with State and Federal laws and regulations
  • Interpret, fill/refill, label and bag prescription orders completely and accurately
  • Evaluate appropriateness of RX orders with consideration to patient safety, and legal requirements
  • Provide drug counseling with customers and prescribers
  • Be familiar with and third party billing and procedures, facilitate charge for customer
  • Maintain accurate records-including insurance-properly receive RX information from customer, properly and accurately deliver RX to customer, assist with over-the-counter medication recommendations
  • Make phone calls to prescribers and prescribers' office staff
  • Demonstrate ability to accurately and efficiently utilize RX computer system
  • Maintain accurate inventory, reconciliation and research of controlled substances in compliance with the record keeping of the controlled substance account
  • Actively promote proper immunizations to patients and provide them safely and effectively.
  • Engage in all clinical activities for which they have received appropriate training
  • Delegate monitoring and ordering supplies; properly stock incoming orders
  • Compare and check incoming orders
  • Assist with supervision and delegation of responsibilities to associates
  • File prescription orders and records in accordance with state and federal regulations and procedures
  • Help resolve conflicts and problems with customers and personnel in the absence of department manager
  • Run, review and interpret reports
  • Oversee administrative needs in the department in the absence of the department manager
  • Notify management of customer or employee accidents
  • Report all pharmacy incidents or miss-fills to store management and Sedgwick within the proper timeframes as presented in the Corporate Accuracy Policy
  • Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud
  • Ability to stand for the entire shift and lift up to 25 lbs
  • Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation


Qualifications

Minimum
  • Possess a current Pharmacist license in the state where employment is sought, with no stipulations or Board ordered restrictions
  • Graduate of a US School of Pharmacy or have passed a foreign equivalency exam
  • Successfully passed the NAPLEX exam
  • Ability to work at various locations
  • Ability to travel independently


Desired
  • Staff pharmacist


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