Floating Registered Pharmacist

About the role

Hy-Vee is hiring a Floating Registered Pharmacist in its Pharmacy department in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This is a non-exempt position that works across multiple locations and reports to the District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers and the Pharmacy Department Manager. The pharmacist provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, fills and verifies prescriptions and counsels patients in line with state and federal regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, greet customers by name and help them find products, load or unload heavy items and answer the telephone.
• Fills and/or verifies prescriptions and counsels patients according to OBRA '90 regulations.
• Assists with pharmacy inventory, including controlled substances, on an annual basis or as recommended, and helps with monthly inventory.
• Orders and stocks merchandise, checks invoices and enters inventory information into the computer.
• Assists with reconciliation and balancing of third-party accounts and visits schools, doctors' offices and senior centers to market services.
• Builds growth and sales through counseling and wellness programs, and follows security and regulatory procedures including quality assurance programs.
• Coaches, counsels and trains employees, and acts as department head in the absence of the pharmacy manager.
• Maintains a professional appearance, keeps confidential customer medical information under HIPAA, and acknowledges exposure to hazardous drugs (USP 800).

Required profile

• College degree and pharmacy licensure, with continuing education to maintain the license.
• Six months to a year of similar or related work experience.
• Ability to administer immunizations; Medication Therapy Management (MTM) preferred.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and 10 pounds frequently, with good vision, depth perception and color vision.
• Full-time availability, reporting to work on schedule; employment is contingent on a pre-employment drug screen.

Required skills

• Pharmacy knowledge and ability to perform arithmetic, algebraic and geometric calculations.
• Use of pharmacy software, PC, cash register, scanner, balance and ordering equipment.