Staff Pharmacist

Staff Pharmacist

CVS Health – Yakima, WA

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At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

We are focused on transforming health care for our customers and making our company a great place to work. Within our Retail locations, we bring this promise to life with heart every day. Our Staff Pharmacists play a critical role in cultivating a culture of excellence in their pharmacy by acting as a role model for all, demonstrating genuine care, and setting the bar for the pharmacy team.

As a Staff Pharmacist, you are accountable for supporting the management, oversight, and operation of all aspects within your pharmacy.

• Live our purpose by helping to manage and improve patient health through safe and appropriate dispensing, counseling, and immunizing practices.
• Take direction from the Pharmacy Manager and oversee the pharmacy as their proxy during bench shifts, strengthening pharmacy performance measures through effective coaching and consistent follow‑up.
• Assume Pharmacy Manager’s day‑to‑day duties when serving as the only or the primary pharmacist‑on‑duty.
• Support safe and accurate prescription fulfillment by following and directing the pharmacy team to follow pharmacy workflow procedures and utilizing safety guardrails at every workstation.
• Contribute to positive patient experiences by showing empathy and genuine care, coaching the pharmacy team to do the same.
• Proactively offer and deliver immunizations and engage and support Pharmacy Technicians to learn to immunize.
• Support effective management of pharmacy inventory, including protecting cold chain products.
• Partner with the Pharmacy Manager to ensure compliance with the appropriate state Board of Pharmacy regulations.
• Remain flexible for scheduling and business needs, supporting schedule creation as directed.
• Maintain relevant clinical and technical skills, and actively seek opportunities to expand knowledge.
• Support access to care and improve patient outcomes through pharmacist‑delivered clinical care such as testing and prescribing services where permissible.
• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and CVS Health policies.

• Active Pharmacist License in the state where the store is located.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Not on the DEA Excluded Parties list.

• Regular and predictable attendance, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to complete required training within designated timeframe.
• Attention and Focus: concentrate on tasks, pivot quickly, confirm prescription info and label accuracy.
• Customer Service and Team Orientation: look for ways to help people in a friendly manner, understand patients’ reactions.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  use and understand verbal and written communication, active listening.
• Mathematical Reasoning: use math to solve problems such as determining total number of tablets or supply.
• Issue Resolution: identify challenging interactions and choose best actions.
• Physical Demands: mobile, able to lift up to 20 lbs., perform repetitive finger work, stoop, etc.
• Any additional tasks as directed by Supervisor or Manager.

• 1–2 years of related experience in pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service.
• Ability to work in other locations across the market as business needs require.

35 hours

Full Time

The typical pay range for this role is
$60.00 – $76.00 per hour.

This range represents the base hourly rate or annual salary. The actual offer depends on experience, education, geography and other factors. This position is eligible for a bonus, commission or short‑term incentive program in addition to the base pay.

• Affordable medical plan options, 401(k) with matching contributions, and employee stock purchase plan.
• No‑cost wellness programs: screenings, tobacco cessation, weight management, counseling, financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions including paid time off, flexible schedules, family leave, dependent care, colleague assistance, tuition assistance, retiree medical access, and more depending on eligibility.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/09/2026.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.