Pharmacy Manager

About the job

Walgreens in Lewiston is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Manager to run the pharmacy and lead its team. The job covers counseling patients on medications, providing clinical services such as immunizations and diagnostic testing, making sure prescriptions are dispensed accurately, and managing staff, workflow, inventory and pharmacy finances.

Walgreens says it serves nearly 9 million customers and patients a day through about 8,500 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, with about 220,000 team members, nearly 90,000 of them healthcare service providers.

What you'll do

• Counsel patients on how to take their medicines, side effects, interactions, contraindications, generics, lower-cost options and over-the-counter products, and refer them to their medical provider when needed
• Review, interpret, verify and dispense prescriptions, and handle compounding, drug therapy reviews and medication management
• Offer clinical and wellness services, for example immunizations, diagnostic testing and disease state management
• Run daily pharmacy operations within regulations and company policy: set up workflow, oversee staff scheduling and roles, open and close the pharmacy and manage shift changes
• Follow the Good Faith Dispensing policy and state and federal laws on controlled substances whenever prescriptions are filled
• Make sure insurance claims are processed correctly, work with insurers and medical providers to solve patient problems, and take part in third party audits
• Contact medical providers to clarify medications, doses, refills, interactions and allergies and to suggest alternatives
• Work with the Store Manager on hiring, discipline and termination, set team goals, oversee staff training, give formal performance reviews and support career growth
• Analyze the pharmacy's financial, customer service and inventory results, manage inventory and asset protection, and prepare the records and reports state and federal law require
• Greet and help patients, raise awareness of the pharmacy's health services, and build ties with local physicians, nurses and other providers

What you need

• A BS in Pharmacy or a Pharm D degree from an accredited school
• A current pharmacist license for the states in the district
• Certified Immunizer status, or willingness to become one within 90 days of hire
• At least 1 year of pharmacy experience that includes filling prescriptions, keeping records, legal compliance, running pharmacy operations, using pharmacy software and technology, and insurance billing; some states ask for more specific experience
• Experience dispensing prescriptions that shows a strong working knowledge of state and federal controlled substance laws
• Internal candidates only: a qualifying average leadership rating on their most recent review (when there is one on file) and no written discipline within the past 12 months
• Keep up the licenses and certifications that federal and state rules require for clinical services, and complete required education credits and training

Preferred

• Experience supervising pharmacy staff, including planning, organizing and directing their work
• At least 6 months of pharmacy experience with Walgreens
• Internal candidates only: an average leadership rating on their most recent review that is higher than the required minimum

Schedule

• Full-time