Registered Pharmacist

About the role

Hy-Vee is hiring a Registered Pharmacist for its pharmacy in Fort Madison. The pharmacist provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, fills and verifies prescriptions and counsels patients in line with state and federal laws, and helps manage pharmacy inventory, including controlled substances. The position reports to the District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers and Pharmacy Department Manager, and supervises pharmacy technicians, clerks, delivery persons and pharmacy students.

Key responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, greet customers by name and escort them to 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 controlled substance inventory annually or as recommended, and with monthly and annual inventory control, ordering, stocking and entering inventory data.
• Helps coach, counsel and train employees, and assists the HBC manager with ordering and merchandising OTC products.
• Reconciles and balances third-party accounts, markets pharmacy services at schools, doctors' offices and senior centers, and builds growth through counseling and wellness programs.
• Follows security and regulatory procedures, including Quality Assurance Programs, and acts as department head in the manager's absence.
• 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.
• Medication Therapy Management (MTM) preferred; ability to administer immunizations.
• Ability to handle a fast pace in a retail setting, multiple tasks per day, and occasional exposure to dangerous chemicals or solvents.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and 10 pounds frequently, with good vision, depth perception and color vision.

Required skills

• Pharmacy software and PC use.
• Arithmetic, algebraic and geometric calculations.
• Ability to read technical manuals, write correspondence and follow security and regulatory procedures.