About the Role

Serves as a full-time certified pharmacy technician accountable for performing day-to-day non-clinical pharmacy operations and administrative activities. Ensures efficient pharmacy workflow and a positive patient experience.

Responsibilities

Customer Experience

• Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services
• Resolves customer complaints and helps respond to customers' requests in a timely manner
• Answers non-clinical questions to ensure a positive customer experience
• Models and shares customer service best practices
• Develops strong relationships with customers by anticipating customer needs and proactively offering services
• Enhances customer experience by increasing focus on healthcare services

Operations

• Assists pharmacist in the delivery of patient care including patient registration, prescription data entry, preparation of medications for patients, counting, and verifying (where allowed by law)
• Completes patient and physician calls under the supervision of a pharmacist (where allowed by law)
• Assists with healthcare service offerings including administering vaccines, health screenings, and any health services allowed by law
• Exercises independent judgment to delegate, direct, and assign non-clinical work in the pharmacy within authorized company policies and state and federal laws/regulations
• Ensures tasks are completed on-time and holds others accountable for efficient workflow
• Prepares and files reports and records required by the company and various government agencies
• Manages core pharmacy workflow and drives excellence in pharmacy operations
• Coordinates and organizes pharmacy daily schedule of activities
• Recommends allocation of pharmacy hours
• Assures the pharmacy is clean, neat, orderly, and stocked with adequate supplies
• Exercises independent judgment to ensure compliance with all business administrative activities and pharmacy inventory management tasks that do not require pharmacist licensure
• Manages annual inventory preparation
• Accountable for completion of non-clinical patient calls
• Drives new technology/process roll out, champions change, and engages team around action planning
• Assures proper operation and maintenance of pharmacy department equipment
• In collaboration with Pharmacy Manager, responsible for recordkeeping and ensuring security safeguards are in-place
• Strictly adheres to the Walgreen Co. policy regarding Good Faith Dispensing during all applicable prescription-dispensing activities
• Maintains and applies knowledge of Company asset protection techniques
• Supports Pharmacy Manager with diversion monitoring and reports any concerns that would compromise the security of the pharmacy
• Communicates prescription errors to the accountable pharmacist and adheres to Company policies and procedures in relation to pharmacy errors and the Continuous Quality Improvement Program
• Ensures the accurate processing of insurance claims to resolve customer issues and prevent payment rejections
• Follows-up with insurance companies as well as medical providers and conducts or participates in 3rd party audits
• Assists and supports Store Manager and Pharmacy Manager in analyzing and seeking to improve pharmacy financials, operational quality, and customer service
• Manages Community Outreach Portal and coordinates and assigns pharmacists to off-site immunization clinics and community events
• Builds and sustains relationships with retail partnerships

People & Performance Management

• Responsible for the selection, scheduling, and development of pharmacy technician personnel
• Leads training, coaching, and performance management of pharmacy technicians
• Makes decisions regarding performance management including discipline and termination
• Leads performance management of technicians using constructive discipline policy to discipline, suspend, terminate, or effectively recommend the same
• Uses constructive discipline policy to ensure pharmacy technicians are compliant with state and federal laws
• Holds technician accountable for attendance and timeliness
• Maintains and improves performance of pharmacy through team member engagement and action planning
• Accountable for technician hiring, on-boarding, training, and scheduling
• Monitors and holds pharmacy technicians accountable for timely training completion
• Follows established policies and procedures set by the company for scheduling and training
• Accountable for identifying gaps in pharmacy operations knowledge among team members and supporting those team members in their training, either through hands-on training or assignment of learning modules
• Assists Pharmacy Manager in monitoring that all pharmacy and team member licensures, registrations, and certifications are active and in good standing/compliant with all regulatory and legal requirements
• Leverages Walgreens resources such as Walgreens Online Verification System to assist in documenting licensure status
• Ensures proper procedures are followed for selection, recruitment, record retention, and training as required by Company policy and local, state, and federal laws

Training & Personal Development

• Maintains PTCB certification through the designated PTCB training program and/or state required certification/registration
• Maintains and enhances current knowledge and skills related to pharmacy and healthcare
• Obtains necessary certifications, education credits, and training such as LTMP e-modules as required by the Company
• Follows performance improvement plans offered by Pharmacy Manager
• Seeks professional development by monitoring one's own performance, solicits constructive feedback, and leverages Healthcare Supervisor as mentor and coach

Communication

• Communicates with pharmacy team, relaying messages from the support center or other key emails as required
• Participates in key store/pharmacy meetings, including 5-minute meetings and weekly check-ins with the Store Manager

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
• PTCB or ExCPT certification (except in Puerto Rico)
• Has one year of work experience as a pharmacy technician in a retail or hospital setting
• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English (except in Puerto Rico)
• Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours
• Willingness to obtain active immunization certification within 90 days of hire (except in Community Specialty Pharmacy and Health System Pharmacy locations)

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous people management/leadership experience
• Previous work experience with Walgreens with an Exceeding Expectation on last performance evaluation

Equal Opportunity

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Compensation

This information is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The current salary range for this position is $22.50 per hour - $31.00 per hour. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on various factors.