
Website Walgreens
Job Description:
Responsible for fulfilling Pharmacist-in-Charge (PIC) requirements, upholding the board of pharmacy, state, and federal law,ensuring all pharmacy personnel complies with all requirements of federal and state pharmacy and drug laws, rules, and regulations and providing direction and supervision of Pharmacy Operations Manager, pharmacy technicians, interns, and pharmacists.
Job Responsibilities:
- Accountable for ensuring the use of all elements of the Good Faith Dispensing policy in conjunction with state and federal controlled substance laws when filling prescriptions are followed by all pharmacy personnel. The Product Review/Retail Fill Process Pharmacist has the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the elements of Good Faith are present.
- Performs pharmacist tasks including compounding, drug therapy reviews, verification, and medication management. Reviews, interprets, and accurately dispenses prescribed medications.
- Monitors and approves team member compensation.
- Responsible for leading, directing, and managing Pharmacists and Pharmacy Operations Manager performance and ensuring team member engagement. Ensures the professional growth and development of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Operations Manager.
- Responsible for driving overall compliance and business results of the pharmacy across operations, quality, clinical outcomes, and growth.
- Supervises Staff Pharmacists in execution of core pharmacist duties, including but not limited to patient care, provision of healthcare services (i.e. immunizations) collaboration with medical providers’ offices, and inventory management
- Promotes teamwork and motivates team members by establishing expectations, tracking results, showing enthusiasm, and sharing vision.
- Develops employee performance improvement plans and follows up according to deadlines.
- Upholds the compliance and state licensure requirements as mandated by state legislation and the Board of Pharmacy. Ensures the pharmacy operates in accordance with all regulations, company policies and standards.
- Develops and maintains good relationships with the local medical community, including physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
- Counsels patients and answers their questions regarding usage of medicine, side effects, interactions, contraindications, patient information privacy, generics, therapeutic interchanges, over-the-counter products, and refers to a medical provider as needed to ensure medication is taken properly and health needs addressed
- Supervises the Pharmacy Operations Manager’s execution of pharmacy operations, including but not limited to record-keeping and auditing, inventory, pharmacy maintenance, and core pharmacy workflow
- Collaborates and builds strategic partnerships that result in win-win results.
- Ensures proper pharmacy practice including but not limited to monitoring/evaluating/implementing prescription drug orders, dispensing prescription drug and device orders, educating patients on the proper use or delivery of medication, providing immunizations, completing drug regimen reviews, providing patient counseling, and medication therapy management. Responsible for compounding and labeling of drugs and devices and proper and safe storage of drugs and devices.
- Accountable for safe medication storage, diversion monitoring and other key pharmacy inventory activities.
- Develops strong relationships with customers by anticipating customer needs and proactively offering services. Enhances customer experience by increasing focus on healthcare services to improving health outcomes and quality of life.
- Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience. Monitors customer service provided by team members and offers reminders, training, encouragement, and develops plans for improvement.
- Makes hiring, promotion and performance management decisions. Addresses issues and disciplines store team members, engages with Employee Relations and Human Resources as appropriate.
- Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer complaints, helps respond to customers’ requests in a timely manner, and answers questions to ensure a positive patient experience.
Job Requirements:
- Current pharmacist licensure in the states within the district (or willing to obtain in 1 year) per district guidelines.
- 1 year pharmacy experience in a retail setting including prescription filling and verification, records and legal compliance, pharmacy operations, pharmacy software and technology systems and insurance.
- Experience performing prescription dispensing activities and strong working knowledge of applicable state and federal controlled substance laws.
- Certified Immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 90 days of hire.
- BS in Pharmacy or Pharm D Degree from an accredited educational institution.
- Achieving expectations rating on last performance review and no written disciplinary actions in the last 12 months (Internal candidates only).
Job Details:
Company: Walgreens
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Sarasota, FL, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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