Pharmacist

About the Role

Guardian Pharmacy of South Carolina, a member of the Guardian family of pharmacies, offers an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing team in Charleston, South Carolina. We are reimagining medication management and transforming care with a focus on delivering customized medication management solutions to support healthcare organizations serving seniors and individuals with complex care needs.

This role provides a challenging, team-oriented environment where you can put your expertise to work in a fast-paced, diverse, and inclusive setting.

Responsibilities

• Accurately prepare medications for final dispensing to the patient, including filling, order entry, and packaging.
• Review completed orders and cycle-fill medications to ensure prescriptions were filled correctly.
• Verify the legality and pharmaceutical feasibility of dispensing a drug based on patients' allergies, incompatibilities with current medications, frequency of refills, etc.
• Interpret prescription orders, exercising professional judgment in determining whether to dispense a particular prescription, taking into account patient safety and legal limitations.
• Adhere to all Federal and State Board of Pharmacy regulations and applicable guidelines for compounding.
• Transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies as needed.
• Answer questions from patients, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Evaluate inventory levels and place orders when below par; look up the most cost-effective product for exception items.
• Notify customer/facility if a product is out of stock and provide an estimated fill date.
• Restock station supplies as needed (e.g., vials, cassettes, labels, delivery tickets).
• Oversee the work of all technicians and provide feedback to their supervisor regarding performance.
• Log all medication error occurrences.
• Perform other essential functions and duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required.
• State Pharmacist License required without restrictions.
• 1+ years of related experience.
• Advanced computer skills; pharmacy operations system experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently and deliver to deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving skills with minimal direction.
• Great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment working on multiple tasks simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Quality-minded; motivated to seek out errors and inquire when something appears inaccurate.
• Medical consulting experience preferred.

Attributes

• Work Ethic/Integrity: Intrinsic drive to excel coupled with values in line with company philosophy.
• Leadership: Ability to lead project teams to deadlines while maintaining a strong team orientation.
• Relational: Ability to build relationships with business unit management and become a “trusted advisor.”
• Strategy and Planning: Ability to think ahead, plan, and manage time efficiently.
• Problem Solving: Ability to analyze causes and solve problems at both a strategic and functional level.
• Team Oriented: Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all team members.

Work Environment

Ability to work flexible hours.

Benefits

Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, supporting our core value of, “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”

• Compensation & Financial:
  • Competitive pay.
  • 401(k) with company match.
• Family, Health & Insurance Benefits (Full-Time employees working 30+ hours/week only):
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision.
  • Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment.
  • Company-paid Long-Term Disability and optional Short-Term Disability.
  • Voluntary Employee and Dependent Life, Accident, and Critical Illness.
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Wellbeing:
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Guardian Angels (Employee assistance fund).
• Time Off:
  • Paid holidays and sick days.
  • Generous vacation benefits based on years of service.