PHARMACIST FLOATER
Smith's Food & Drug Centers · Salt Lake City, UT · 1 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
Provide professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients and supervising pharmacy technicians. Ensure all services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
- Minimum Board of Pharmacy license.
- Effective interpersonal, communication and customer service skills.
- Work in a fast-paced environment.
- Friendly, approachable and outgoing demeanor/team player.
- Sound judgment/decision-making skills.
- Strong math skills (calculate discounts, proportions, percentages).
- Basic algebra and geometry skills (calculate circumferences, volume).
- Desired APhA Immunization Certified.
- Provide friendly and efficient customer service by demonstrating sincerity, patience and respect in all customer interactions and by thanking customers for their business.
- Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil codes.
- Adhere to all state and federal guidelines regarding annual licensing and restrictions on dispensing drugs.
- Interpret physicians' prescriptions and enter prescription and patient data into computer system.
- Provide pharmacy technician prescription information and supervise filling.
- Counsel patients over the phone and in person regarding possible side effects of medications, proper administration of medications, potential drug/food or drug/drug interactions. Ensure patient's understanding of the medication treatment program.
- Consult with the prescriber on matters affecting appropriateness of drug therapy.
- Follow the approved efficiency and accuracy procedures when filling prescriptions.
- Administer immunizations under defined protocols.
- Provide direct patient clinical services, including patient coaching services and medication therapy management.
- Monitor/maintain patient profiles.
- Maintain inventory levels to ensure adequate service levels.
- Perform daily operational duties under the direction of the pharmacy manager.
- Follow department policies, procedures and best practices for all pharmacy operations.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations.
- Ensure that all current merchandising, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention and maintenance rules are being followed; report all illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud.
- Comply with and reinforce all food safety, sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
Requirements
- Regularly use close vision, depth perception and adjust eye focus.
- Frequent standing, walking, stooping, kneeling or crouching.
- Frequent lifting or moving objects up to 25 lbs.
Qualifications
- Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.