Traveling Pharmacist

Overview

Are you an experienced pharmacist looking for variety in your practice? Or perhaps you’re a newly licensed pharmacist seeking your first experience in community pharmacy? There are perfect opportunities for you at Raley’s. We are hiring pharmacists who enjoy traveling and meeting new team members. As a traveling pharmacist, you will have opportunities to:

• Be a valuable part of a family-owned company who has been infusing customers’ lives with health and happiness for the past 80 years.
• Interact with diverse staffs and patients at various stores in your assigned region.
• Apply and enhance your clinical skills in immunizations, MTM, and travel health (at selected locations).
• Practice with generous staffing, including overlapping pharmacist shifts at most locations.
• Be compensated competitively and reimbursed for travel mileages.
• Participate in company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Participate in 401K plan with company’s matching and life insurance.
• Receive time-off and be paid for major holidays.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation, paid weekly
• Retirement Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself and eligible dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement for qualified courses
• Scholarship opportunities for continued education
• Family leave and paid time off
• Store discount programs (10% off household groceries, free items)
• Discounts to amusement parks, gym memberships, mobile phone plans, etc.
• Employee Assistance Program (free financial, legal, and mental health services)
• Fun work environment where you have the opportunity to nourish your community.

Compensation

The range displayed reflects the range the company reasonably expects to pay for the position. The actual compensation offered to the selected individual(s) will depend on their relevant education, training, or experience, among other bona fide factors.

Expected Minimum Pay Rate

USD $76.10/Hr.

Expected Maximum Pay Rate

USD $76.10/Hr.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

Responsible for helping the store pharmacy operations achieve their planned business objectives.

• Assists in the operation of assigned pharmacy which includes providing exceptional customer service, sales, gross margin improvements, inventory purchasing and management, expense control and staff management.
• Helps to ensure location compliance to all local, state, federal laws, and company policies and procedures.
• Assists in the training and development of retail pharmacy staff.
• Understands and complies with policy and procedure standards and monitors team job performance execution by pharmacy staff when pharmacy manager is absent.

Active role in delivering the Pharmacy Care programs, including immunizations, furnishing hormonal contraception, injections and testing.

• Timely successful completion of APHA immunization and other required training or the equivalent.
• Monitors patients to insure therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse drug effects.
• Consults patients in a professional manner to ensure patient understanding of drug therapy plans and outcomes.

In conjunction with senior leadership, assists in developing and implementing store programs to meet sales objectives and increase prescription volume.

• Provides the Pharmacy Manager and Store Director updates on Pharmacy operations.
• Confront complex pharmacy operational issues with situation specific business solutions in alignment with site management goals and objectives.
• Participative role in developing open communications between store staff and pharmacy group so as to improve morale, awareness of company programs, and support of Company objectives.

Performs all duties related to the preparation, dispensing and sale of prescription and pharmacy related products.

• Provides superior customer service combined with efficiency in processing scripts.
• Serves as a role model to team members in the areas of sales focus, customer service and stewardship.
• Maintains a professional attitude and image; leads by professional example.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Degree in Pharmacy required (B.S. or PharmD).

Licensed pharmacist in state where working.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:

· Knowledge of laws governing OTC drugs, pharmacy products and third party plans.

· Knowledge Pharmacy Policy & Procedure Procedures.

· Knowledge of financial reports and their use.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

· High degree of initiative and accuracy.

· Self-motivated with the ability to complete work with a minimum of supervision under rigid time constraints.

· Customer relations skills including meeting customer needs and establishing an exceptional service environment.

· Demonstrates sound business ethics.

· Working knowledge of computer skills including Microsoft office, Access, Excel, and Word

· Detail oriented with ability to prioritize work.

· Interpersonal skills including building relationships and conflict resolution.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Capability to effectively understand customers and employees’ inquiries.

· Ability to work different schedules to meet store and customer needs.

CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED

· Must have State-issued license for Pharmacist in state where working.

· Immunization Certificate as required.