Entry Level Floater Pharmacist Jobs
New grad floater pharmacist jobs are open to recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong internship rotations or clinical hours can carry more weight than tenure. Most openings are on-site roles across Retail, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Food & Beverage, with employers like Kroger, Harris Teeter, and Giant Eagle hiring at this level now.
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Your Purpose
Provide professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients and supervising pharmacy technicians. Assure that all services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
What You’ll Do
- Be dedicated to the overall pharmacy department success by executing strategy, motivating staff as the pharmacist-on-duty, setting priorities to maximize contribution, and seek feedback and opportunities for advancement.
- Perform all functions of a pharmacist and act as a role model for the pharmacy team; appropriately handle customer complaints and direct workflow to reduce customer wait times
- Fulfill customer’s prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled
- Ensure pharmacies comply with all local, state and federal laws
- Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct and attitude and the physical condition of the pharmacy; adhere to pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards
- Create a positive pharmacy department image through strong service, friendliness and cooperativeness with customers, associates and outside vendors
- Comply with all corporate mandated controlled substance operating procedures
- Supervise pharmacy technicians when acting as the pharmacist-on-duty.
- Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies/procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, proper operation of all equipment, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls per company policy
- Maintain proper records, inventory and security on all scheduled drugs (i.e controlled substances-narcotics)
- Provide direct patient clinical services, including immunizations, patient coaching services and medication therapy management.
- Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies/procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, proper operation of all equipment, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls per company policy
- Maintain proper records, inventory and security on all scheduled drugs (i.e controlled substances-narcotics)
- Follow procedures for handling pharmacy products from authorized sources
- Ensure all accuracy tools, including the accuracy scanner, are utilized appropriately
- Establish/maintain all record keeping practices necessary for legal compliance, company policies, accounting policies and other requested reports
- Maintain a clean, neat work area, including work counters, shelves, floors and the customer counter to present a professional, sanitary, organized image to customers
- Ensure all product returns are handled in a timely fashion and per company policy
- Maintain all equipment (e.g. computers, printers, accuracy scanners and cash registers) to ensure it remains in working condition
- Maintain proper signing (e.g. store hours, services signs, pharmacists’ photographs and names, and all other signs requested) in all areas necessary
- Make a strong and continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills
- Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Supporting Leadership Through the 5 Es
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As a salaried individual contributor, you are expected to demonstrate leadership from where you are by actively modeling the 5Es through your behaviors, contributions, and impact—playing a critical role in team success, culture, and results.
- Envision: Understand how your role supports the company’s strategic direction. Stay curious and ask questions to clarify the "why" behind the work. Offer ideas that help connect tasks to the bigger picture and contribute to meaningful improvements.
- Energize: Bring passion, positivity, and a drive for results to your daily work. Embrace new challenges with a solution-focused mindset. Celebrate team and individual successes, volunteer to support high-priority efforts, and encourage others during demanding times.
- Enroll: Stay actively connected to your team, your work, and the organization. Participate in discussions, share your voice, and listen to others. Demonstrate care for your colleagues by offering support, recognizing strengths, and building trust across functions.
- Enable: Take ownership of your development and help create an environment where others can thrive. Access resources, seek feedback, and engage in training opportunities. Build relationships that help you solve problems and expand your capabilities. Offer to support onboarding or mentoring of new team members.
- Execute: Deliver high-quality work consistently. Set clear goals, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines with attention to detail. Proactively address potential issues, communicate clearly, and stay focused on driving measurable outcomes. Continuously look for ways to improve your performance and impact.
What You Bring
- Must be a licensed pharmacist, in good standing, within the state(s) of the region, as necessary
- Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD.
- Immunization-certified through APhA and CPR-certified through an accredited, state-approved organization
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Numerical and financial aptitude
- Commitment to providing excellent customer service
- Ability to understand and solve complex problems
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Repetition
Weight
Frequently - near constant work
Up to 25 lbs
Intermittently - up to several times an hour
Up to 50 lbs
Occasionally - up to several times a shift
Up to 75 lbs
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published guidelines for safe lifting. Based on those, Harris Teeter requires our associates to obtain assistance from a second associate ("team lifting") when lifting any case or object weighing 50lbs or greater. Harris Teeter also recognizes that some associates may need to obtain assistance with weights under 50lbs, and encourages team lifts for any weight that an associate feels uncomfortable lifting by themselves.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The associate is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and reach 6 to 48 inches, intermittently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds and reach from 6 to 72 inches. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The individual is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Job Title: Floater Pharmacist (Modified Hours)
Job Code: 393
Department: Pharmacy
Reports To: Pharmacy Manager
Supervises: N/A
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Retail Store Locations
Created/Updated Date: October 2025
Harris Teeter reasonably expects to pay between $88,000/year and $120,000/year for this role as a newly hired associate. Pay may depend on previous experience and skill sets of the applicant.
- Posting Date: Nov 4, 2026
Benefits
You will be eligible for Harris Teeter’s group benefit plans that pertain to your position upon the completion of applicable waiting periods. Your eligibility for these benefits is subject to the terms of the applicable plan and Harris Teeter policy.
Your Purpose
Provide professional pharmacy services, including filling prescriptions, counseling patients and supervising pharmacy technicians. Assure that all services comply with professional standards and applicable statutes and regulations. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
What You’ll Do
- Be dedicated to the overall pharmacy department success by executing strategy, motivating staff as the pharmacist-on-duty, setting priorities to maximize contribution, and seek feedback and opportunities for advancement.
- Perform all functions of a pharmacist and act as a role model for the pharmacy team; appropriately handle customer complaints and direct workflow to reduce customer wait times
- Fulfill customer’s prescription needs while concentrating on the accuracy of every prescription filled
- Ensure pharmacies comply with all local, state and federal laws
- Maintain a professional image through personal appearance, conduct and attitude and the physical condition of the pharmacy; adhere to pharmacy standards and enforce company dress standards
- Create a positive pharmacy department image through strong service, friendliness and cooperativeness with customers, associates and outside vendors
- Comply with all corporate mandated controlled substance operating procedures
- Supervise pharmacy technicians when acting as the pharmacist-on-duty.
- Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies/procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, proper operation of all equipment, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls per company policy
- Maintain proper records, inventory and security on all scheduled drugs (i.e controlled substances-narcotics)
- Provide direct patient clinical services, including immunizations, patient coaching services and medication therapy management.
- Monitor stock replenishment, inventory levels, policies/procedures, record keeping, security, sanitation, scheduling, proper operation of all equipment, pricing, planograms, returns, budgets, reports to management, and product recalls per company policy
- Maintain proper records, inventory and security on all scheduled drugs (i.e controlled substances-narcotics)
- Follow procedures for handling pharmacy products from authorized sources
- Ensure all accuracy tools, including the accuracy scanner, are utilized appropriately
- Establish/maintain all record keeping practices necessary for legal compliance, company policies, accounting policies and other requested reports
- Maintain a clean, neat work area, including work counters, shelves, floors and the customer counter to present a professional, sanitary, organized image to customers
- Ensure all product returns are handled in a timely fashion and per company policy
- Maintain all equipment (e.g. computers, printers, accuracy scanners and cash registers) to ensure it remains in working condition
- Maintain proper signing (e.g. store hours, services signs, pharmacists’ photographs and names, and all other signs requested) in all areas necessary
- Make a strong and continuous effort to broaden personal knowledge and pharmacy skills
- Maintain the ability to work at multiple locations as needed.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Supporting Leadership Through the 5 Es
-
As a salaried individual contributor, you are expected to demonstrate leadership from where you are by actively modeling the 5Es through your behaviors, contributions, and impact—playing a critical role in team success, culture, and results.
- Envision: Understand how your role supports the company’s strategic direction. Stay curious and ask questions to clarify the "why" behind the work. Offer ideas that help connect tasks to the bigger picture and contribute to meaningful improvements.
- Energize: Bring passion, positivity, and a drive for results to your daily work. Embrace new challenges with a solution-focused mindset. Celebrate team and individual successes, volunteer to support high-priority efforts, and encourage others during demanding times.
- Enroll: Stay actively connected to your team, your work, and the organization. Participate in discussions, share your voice, and listen to others. Demonstrate care for your colleagues by offering support, recognizing strengths, and building trust across functions.
- Enable: Take ownership of your development and help create an environment where others can thrive. Access resources, seek feedback, and engage in training opportunities. Build relationships that help you solve problems and expand your capabilities. Offer to support onboarding or mentoring of new team members.
- Execute: Deliver high-quality work consistently. Set clear goals, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines with attention to detail. Proactively address potential issues, communicate clearly, and stay focused on driving measurable outcomes. Continuously look for ways to improve your performance and impact.
What You Bring
- Must be a licensed pharmacist, in good standing, within the state(s) of the region, as necessary
- Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or PharmD.
- Immunization-certified through APhA and CPR-certified through an accredited, state-approved organization
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Numerical and financial aptitude
- Commitment to providing excellent customer service
- Ability to understand and solve complex problems
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Repetition
Weight
Frequently - near constant work
Up to 25 lbs
Intermittently - up to several times an hour
Up to 50 lbs
Occasionally - up to several times a shift
Up to 75 lbs
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published guidelines for safe lifting. Based on those, Harris Teeter requires our associates to obtain assistance from a second associate ("team lifting") when lifting any case or object weighing 50lbs or greater. Harris Teeter also recognizes that some associates may need to obtain assistance with weights under 50lbs, and encourages team lifts for any weight that an associate feels uncomfortable lifting by themselves.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The associate is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and reach 6 to 48 inches, intermittently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds and reach from 6 to 72 inches. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The individual is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Job Title: Floater Pharmacist (Modified Hours)
Job Code: 393
Department: Pharmacy
Reports To: Pharmacy Manager
Supervises: N/A
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Retail Store Locations
Created/Updated Date: October 2025
Harris Teeter reasonably expects to pay between $88,000/year and $120,000/year for this role as a newly hired associate. Pay may depend on previous experience and skill sets of the applicant.
- Posting Date: Nov 4, 2026
Benefits
You will be eligible for Harris Teeter’s group benefit plans that pertain to your position upon the completion of applicable waiting periods. Your eligibility for these benefits is subject to the terms of the applicable plan and Harris Teeter policy.
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Entry Level Floater Pharmacist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level floater pharmacist job?
Start by completing your PharmD and securing your state pharmacist license, as most entry level floater roles require licensure before day one. Highlight any retail, hospital, or clinical rotation experience on your resume, since floater positions demand adaptability across different pharmacy environments. Demonstrating comfort with multiple dispensing systems and a flexible schedule gives new candidates a clear edge over the competition.
Which companies hire entry level floater pharmacists?
Companies hiring entry level floater pharmacists right now include Kroger, Harris Teeter, and Giant Eagle, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from retail pharmacy chains, regional health systems, and staffing agencies that maintain floater pools to cover gaps across multiple locations.
Are there remote entry level floater pharmacist jobs?
Yes, though most floater pharmacist work is on-site by nature, since the role involves covering physical pharmacy locations. About 0% of entry level floater pharmacist openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions typically involve telepharmacy, prior authorization review, or clinical support roles rather than traditional dispensing duties.
Are these new grad floater pharmacist jobs?
Yes, many of these postings are new grad friendly and welcome recent graduates, junior candidates, and applicants with zero to two years of experience. A new grad posting at this level typically accepts PharmD graduates who completed diverse rotations, holds internship experience in lieu of full-time work history, and does not require prior floater-specific employment as a condition of hiring.
Which industries hire the most entry level floater pharmacists?
Entry Level floater pharmacist roles concentrate in Retail, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Food & Beverage, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive the most entry level hiring because high dispensing volume, multi-site operations, and staffing variability create a consistent need for flexible pharmacists who can step into different locations on short notice.