(USA) Staff Pharmacist (hourly)

About the role

Provides pharmaceutical care to customers, including processing and accurately dispensing prescription orders, counseling customers regarding health care and prescription medication needs, maintaining confidential information, and maintaining controlled medication and required documentation.

Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices. Supports and aligns efforts to meet customer and business needs while building commitment for perspectives and rationales.

Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, identifying business needs, determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices, monitoring progress and results, recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities, and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Models, enforces, and provides direction and guidance to associates on proper customer service approaches and techniques to ensure customer needs, complaints, and issues are successfully resolved within company guidelines and standards.
• Ensures compliance with company and legal policies, procedures, and regulations for assigned areas by analyzing and interpreting reports, implementing and monitoring loss prevention and safety controls, overseeing safety, operational, and quality assurance reviews, developing and implementing action plans, and providing direction and guidance on executing company programs and strategic initiatives.
• Maintains confidential information, documentation, and assigned records as required by company policies and local, state, and federal guidelines.
• Provides comprehensive patient care by processing and accurately dispensing prescription orders, administering immunizations, and administering other programs developed by Walmart in compliance with Board of Pharmacy statutes and regulations.
• Creates a culture of patient care safety and accuracy by communicating clear expectations, ensuring accountability for following standard operating procedures (SOP), and achieving expected quality and patient safety goals.
• Ensures counseling and provision of information related to health services occurs for new therapy, new items, and as requested by patients or required by practice or state regulations, including appropriate documentation.
• Analyzes and identifies areas of improvement needed and implements intervention steps to improve team knowledge and focus on patient safety and risk reduction.
• Promotes reporting and transparency of errors, whether actual or patient-perceived, and writes timely and effective plans of action focused on identification and correction of root causes.
• Creates and fosters an environment centered on health care compliance execution, actively communicates, trains, and guides processes for completion and follow-up on compliance initiatives.
• Implements compliance initiatives and priorities, monitors compliance execution by others, and ensures appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA compliance adherence, and standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Utilizes auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implements processes for improvement.
• Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences to create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging.
• Works as a team, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor others, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models Walmart values, and holds oneself and others accountable.
• Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Delivers results while putting the customer first and makes decisions based on reliable information, balancing short- and long-term priorities.
• Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, and drives continuous improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or PharmD degree, or equivalent FPGE (NABP).
• Pharmacy license (by job entry date).
• Completion of an ACPE Accredited Immunization training program (for example, APhA, Pharmacy School Curriculum, State Pharmacy Association sponsored).

Preferred Qualifications

None listed.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards.
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO) including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.

Pay

The hourly wage range for this position is $47.12 - $82.69. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.