Target Pharmacy Manager worth it?

[Dutt1113]

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I have an interview coming up for a position as Target pharmacy manager. This particular store does around 500/week they said. I was wondering if anyone could share their experience as a Target pharmacy manager. Is it worth it? I have been a regular staff pharmacist for the past few years since graduation for both Kmart and Kroger at stores that do around 1000/week. I had never thought about being a manager ever until now when a position opened up in the nearby area. What additional responsibility do you have? If offered the position, is it normal to be nervice about being fully in charge of everything. Any thoughts, comments, or experiences would be greatly apprecitated.

Also, a couple additional side questions.

What is their vacation policy like

How is the computer system? is it windows based? everything barcoded and scanned?

 

[Farmercyst]

I have an interview coming up for a position as Target pharmacy manager. This particular store does around 500/week they said. I was wondering if anyone could share their experience as a Target pharmacy manager. Is it worth it? I have been a regular staff pharmacist for the past few years since graduation for both Kmart and Kroger at stores that do around 1000/week. I had never thought about being a manager ever until now when a position opened up in the nearby area. What additional responsibility do you have? If offered the position, is it normal to be nervice about being fully in charge of everything. Any thoughts, comments, or experiences would be greatly apprecitated.

Also, a couple additional side questions.

What is their vacation policy like

How is the computer system? is it windows based? everything barcoded and scanned

When I rotated there this time last year, they just fired the pharmacy manager, who was my preceptor, after my first week. They offered it to the other Rph on staff at the store. She said they offered her no extra pay, but she'd have to be on the POA to order C2s and she'd be responsible for their metrics. Don't know the other benefits (vacation, etc), but it didn't sound like anything more than the regular staff would get. They're still using PDX, which is serviceable, but one of the more outdated programs I've used.
Not sure if this helps coming from an outsider, but I'm not sure how many Target staffers or PICs we have.

 

[clachan3]

I have an interview coming up for a position as Target pharmacy manager. This particular store does around 500/week they said. I was wondering if anyone could share their experience as a Target pharmacy manager. Is it worth it? I have been a regular staff pharmacist for the past few years since graduation for both Kmart and Kroger at stores that do around 1000/week. I had never thought about being a manager ever until now when a position opened up in the nearby area. What additional responsibility do you have? If offered the position, is it normal to be nervice about being fully in charge of everything. Any thoughts, comments, or experiences would be greatly apprecitated.

Also, a couple additional side questions.

What is their vacation policy like

How is the computer system? is it windows based? everything barcoded and scanned?

Nope, not worth it. Working at a slow store does not mean you have more time to manage because you are using a computer that takes five times longer to fill a prescription versus CVS computer. Oh, no barcode or prescription scanning by the way 👎thumbdown👎

Vacation policy is typical 80 hours so if you work 42 hours a week and 10 hour shifts, that only gives you eight 10-hour days off. Also when you take vacation and have to use rph on the go, that will count against you, not only because you have to have a tech all day, I think if you use extra pharmacist hours that also count against you. I'm not sure how that pharmacist hours work for sure yet. I hope you didn't take the job

 

[thephoenician88]

princess cupcake are you in managed care? Why is the pool so small for residents?

And what kind of "managed care" role besides a staffing prior authorization role could a new grad fill??

 

[Wheresmyaricept]

princess cupcake are you in managed care? Why is the pool so small for residents?

And what kind of "managed care" role besides a staffing prior authorization role could a new grad fill??

I think you're lost...

 

[PharmtoCS]

They offer limited tech hours and no designated cashiers. You'll most likely be running around trying to do everything at once, including ringing patients up for their meds.

 

[type b pharmD]

princess cupcake are you in managed care? Why is the pool so small for residents?

And what kind of "managed care" role besides a staffing prior authorization role could a new grad fill??

The pool for residents is proportional to the number of managed care pharmacists. Managed care is maybe 1-3% of pharmacists .. so there just arent that many residencies.

New grad in mc can do anything pretty much, depends on your company's role really.

 

[OSU2017]

The pool for residents is proportional to the number of managed care pharmacists. Managed care is maybe 1-3% of pharmacists .. so there just arent that many residencies.

New grad in mc can do anything pretty much, depends on your company's role really.

I dont think this is true.

From what I hear, mostly PA.

They won't have a new PharmD grad negotiate with pharma companies...I heard this takes years and years of experience first. Likewise, they won't put a new grad in a client facing role right away.

 

[OSU2017]

I dont think this is true.

From what I hear, mostly PA.

They won't have a new PharmD grad negotiate with pharma companies...I heard this takes years and years of experience first. Likewise, they won't put a new grad in a client facing role right away.

Also, they probably won't throw a new grad into a role as a Part D pharmacist since there are many nuances to it

 

[type b pharmD]

I dont think this is true.

From what I hear, mostly PA.

They won't have a new PharmD grad negotiate with pharma companies...I heard this takes years and years of experience first. Likewise, they won't put a new grad in a client facing role right away.

From personal experience, I can definitively say while this may be the rule, there are exceptions.

I'm a recent grad .. I probably spend 1-2 hours a day max doing PA's.

If by client facing you mean providers and members, why wouldn't a new grad be able to do that?

I was asked at interviews if I feel ready to do pharma negotiations.. Why not train a Jr Rph alongside established ones on this? If you can do the financial analysis or even clinically interpret it from your analyst, it's just a matter of negotiating.. it's not hard to figure out what you want out of a deal, and what you need.

I do agree on Part D! CMS is maniacal.

 

[Lnsean]

Unless you want to climb the corporate ladder or like to brag about being manager...i just don't think the position is worth it anymore. maybe, 5 years ago it was worth a thought.

 

[All4MyDaughter]

In the long run, being a manager is not worth it (unless you have a desire to climb the corporate ladder)... but still, think about it this way. 500 rxs/week and probably open ~64 hours/week... That's less than 8 scripts per hour. And with the decreased number of scripts comes a decreased amount of phone calls, pick ups, insurance problems, etc. There are a lot of perks to working at slower stores. I've never worked full-time at a store has done less than 2000 rxs/week (and that's 4 different stores with 2 different companies), but I have filled in at several of these stores and the difference is astonishing. I once worked at a store that filled 263 rxs, which set the record for most rxs in a day for that store. It was one of the most cake shifts I'd ever worked, so I cannot imagine what a normal day would be like there.

The only perk to working at a slow Target is.... wait. There aren't any. You'll work by yourself most of the time and be busy even though you have low script count.

 

[Sunshine98]

Unless you want to climb the corporate ladder or like to brag about being manager...i just don't think the position is worth it anymore. maybe, 5 years ago it was worth a thought.

+1

try to find out how much more you would get plus bonus. I know where Im at...your got $1 more on the hour and bonus was more a few years ago, but now the bonus has turned into metrics even that isn't worth the extra headache!