PHARMACIST - PHARMACY LEADER
Huntsville, ALJob$137–174K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Pharmacist - Pharmacy Leader is accountable for pharmacy practice within state and federal laws and corporate policies. The role manages pharmacy financial performance, staff development, customer service, inventory, and clinical services. It also directs pharmacy operations and staff, supports sales and public health initiatives, and maintains required records and compliance.
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Full job description
Accountable for all aspects of pharmacy practice, within the limits of state and federal laws and corporate policies. Manage and maximize the financial performance of the pharmacy department by monitoring the pharmacy budget, minimizing or altogether avoiding unauthorized overtime, performing necessary pharmacy staff training and development, providing excellence in customer service, managing prescription pricing and generic utilization, controlling pharmacy inventory, and providing/implementing/participating in corporate approved clinical services. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES - Perform all functions of a staff pharmacist and act as a role model for the pharmacy team; appropriately handle customer complaints and direct workflow to reduce customer wait times
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Develop, implement, supervise, and promote the sales plan and other sales initiatives as developed by the division pharmacy department
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Perform all the duties required and expected of a registered pharmacist in the state of employment and responsible for following all legal and company requirements
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Direct the pharmacy team to achieve warehouse utilization goals, avoid unnecessary overstock, reduce the number of fill on-arrival prescriptions, and ensure that all staff members are trained, aware of and follow proper ordering and inventory record keeping procedures
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Comply with all corporate mandated controlled substance operating procedures
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Monitor third-party or insurance profitability; handle third-party problems, rejections, and audits in a timely fashion
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Schedule all pharmacy staff members in a manner to help control or avoid unnecessary labor costs
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Maintain all pharmacy records required by state and federal laws and company policies
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Direct pharmacy to meet budgeted labor, volume, inventory and sales goals
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Perform effective detailing visiting local physicians and other community targets
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Promote, implement, and participate in public health initiatives and disease state management services
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Travel independently as needed to support business needs
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Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide direct feedback to direct reports
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Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS * Minimum *
Bachelors Degree Pharmacy and/or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (Pharm.D.) from an accredited U.S. School of Pharmacy
2+ years related retail experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 21 years of age
Participation in clinical programs following company sponsored training
Ability and willingness to continue education as necessary
Ability to preserve confidentiality of information
Commitment to providing excellent customer service
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to read and interpret prescriptions and documents
Proven leadership skills
License must be in good standing
- Desired *
Relevant Pharmacy Board Certification(s)
Equivalent combination of education and experience in business management
$136,700.00 - $174,400.00 per year
How this job compares
Set against the 11,159 open Pharmacist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$137–174K/yr
- Alabama median$98–172K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$102–172K/yr1,526 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $156K, is 15% above the Alabama median midpoint ($135K) — in the top quarter of Pharmacist salary ranges in Alabama.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 135 open Pharmacist jobs in Alabama and 11,159 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Alabama
- CVS Health69 open
- Walgreens32 open
- Walmart18 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — more than three in four Pharmacist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 3,728 postings).
- Education
- 6,741 of the 11,159 open Pharmacist jobs (60%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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