Floater Pharmacist
Weis Markets · Whitehall, PA · 1 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time
Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of its associates and communities? That's WEIS! Location: 3644 MacArthur Road.
Responsibilities
- Works with the pharmacy manager on controlling inventories by helping track weekly sales, may order various pharmaceutical stock to meet customer demand and maximize profits.
- Weighs, measures, mixes drugs and other medical compounds and fills bottles with correct quantity and compositions.
- May give advice to self-medicating patients; dispenses non-prescription medications.
- Maintains open communication with various health and insurance professionals.
- Performs patient immunizations on a regular basis.
- In the absence of the Pharmacy Manager: schedules pharmacy associates, rewards and recognizes performance, disciplines associates as required, and assigns work to effectively utilize skills and abilities while meeting company profit objectives.
- Assists manager with ongoing training and development of department personnel to improve performance, ensure continuous development, reduce turnover, and control labor costs.
- Helps control department expenses by monitoring and improving operations, ensuring labor goals are met, and reducing losses due to shrink.
- Responds to customer complaints and questions efficiently and courteously; provides effective counseling on prescription-related issues (adverse drug reactions, patient history bearing on prescribing decisions, proper medication storage, patient medication questions).
- Identifies areas to improve customer service and collaborates with pharmacy manager to correct deficiencies.
- Helps maintain a safe, clean department through an effective housekeeping program meeting company, health department, and OSHA standards.
- Maintains appropriate department records and files (associate performance and discipline, sales plans, etc.); submits required pharmacy reports documenting department activities.
- Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors; responsible for continuously improving job performance.
- Performs duties of staff as required.
Supervisory responsibilities
This position currently has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Pharmacy or Pharm D
- State Pharmacist License