Assistant Pharmacy Manager

About the role

As a Publix Pharmacy Associate, you’ll see how very satisfying it is to work for a company that is passionately devoted to its customers, to its associates, and to the wellness of the communities it serves. What sets our pharmacy departments apart is a genuine patient-centric environment with clinical services such as immunizations, MTM (medication therapy management), and much more.

Publix is continually recognized as one of the best places in America to work. With growth potential of up to 50 new pharmacies per year, our promote-from-within culture allows for a rewarding career path into retail management, specialty pharmacy, out-patient hospital pharmacy, corporate, or centralized pharmacy operations.

Your passion for health and wellness, combined with our reputation and commitment to excellence, are what set Publix apart. Join the team that pharmacists and patients feel good about.

Responsibilities

• Be dedicated to the overall pharmacy department success by executing strategy, motivating and inspiring staff as the pharmacist-on-duty, setting priorities to maximize contribution, seeking feedback and developmental opportunities for advancement in the absence of the Pharmacy Manager.
• Provide best-in-class pharmacy service to patients, empower staff in providing value and service through counseling, building personalized relationships, promoting customer loyalty, and offering pharmacist-led clinical services to improve health, wellness, and preventative care.
• Mentor, train, and develop a high-functioning pharmacy team, providing developmental opportunities and challenging assignments tailored to each staff member’s needs.
• Inspire your team to do the right thing, gain buy-in, and empower the team to be accountable for the goals of the pharmacy department while serving as a champion for executing programs and processes.
• Manage department performance, including scheduling and assigning tasks to ensure complex operational activities are met in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure continuous improvement and maintain a competitive advantage by understanding metrics related to sales and service, using best practices, and making sound business decisions in the absence of the pharmacist in charge.
• Be regarded as an expert on the pharmacy technology system and its use for both routine and complex prescription processing.
• Excel in managing medication on-hand inventory, mentor others on best practices to maximize sales, minimize shrink, and meet customers’ needs using programs such as auto refill and Sync Your Refills.
• Proactively advance pharmacy clinical initiatives including Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and immunizations.
• Participate locally as a community pharmacist in events that meet the unique health and preventative care needs within the local area, such as health screenings.
• Maintain a flexible work-week schedule to meet the needs of our customers.
• Assist in all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be a graduate of a school of pharmacy.
• Must have and maintain an unrestricted state pharmacist license.
• Must not have active suspensions, sanctions, or other restrictions related to participation in a private, federal, or state health insurance program upon hire and thereafter.
• Must not have received an unacceptable result on a company-sponsored drug test within the last three years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Be an immunizing pharmacist meeting the requirements as established by the state (or be scheduled to become an immunizer in the next set of training classes).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interpret and understand instructions and solve problems.
• Numerical and financial aptitude.
• Knowledge of retail merchandising and inventory control.

Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost.
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Group health, dental, and vision plans.
• Paid Time Off.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Publix pharmacies are closed for seven holidays per year.
• Retail bonus: Paid quarterly, based on sales and profits and calculated at the end of each inventory period.

Visit our website to see all of our benefits: https://jobs.publix.com/benefits/.