Job Summary
Responsible for providing advisory services to customers on how to manage any health conditions they are experiencing as part of the Health Corner initiatives. Oversee multiple Health Corner sites and employees within a given Area. The primary goal is to ensure the successful utilization of Health Corners within the Walgreens stores. Provides oversight to the Health Corner Advisors. Addresses health-related questions posed by the customer and provides educational material and information, and as necessary, referring the customer to the appropriate clinical provider. Provides training to Health Corner Advisors on existing Walgreens diagnostic devices and instruct them on the proper use and setup. Handles escalation and assistance with complex customer needs/questions and solutions. Provide adoption of existing Walgreens products and services that complement customer care, and refer them to other resources, services, and potential solutions related to their condition.
This role will serve as lead role in escalated healthcare assistance and advice, but will not diagnose or prescribe therapy for the customer based on their condition.
Job Responsibilities/Tasks
Job Objectives
* Provide supervision and training to all staff. Ensure the Health Corners initiatives and goals are fully communicated to staff in order to ensure successful operations and services to customers.
* Oversee the Health Corner Advisors in providing both instore and online diagnostic devices and solutions and assist with proper use of devices to all customers. Support the customer on all available Walgreens digital tools and services relevant to managing his/her condition.
Customer Experience
* Engage customers by greeting and offering assistance with healthcare and with diagnostic products, services and solutions, and any other in-store assistance customers may need. Provide customers with courteous, friendly, fast, and efficient service. Answer questions about service offerings, hours, promotions for health products and services.
* Maximize the customers knowledge on how to effectively manage health and prevent their existing conditions from escalating, inclusive of the customers use of their diagnostic devices in managing their care. Provide exceptional customer care in a friendly, efficient, knowledgeable, and professional manner; give impartial, professional advice and assistance.
* Builds relationships with customers and foster trust. With the customers consent, this position should oversee and schedule follow-up calls and meetings with the customer.
* Provide health care advice at customer request and limitations of the Advisor role. Advisory services include, but are not limited to:
* Health-related questions to assist with their care journey;
* How new or existing products or services may help in managing their condition;
* The proper use and setup of connected devices and applications;
* Other Walgreens services, third party applications, etc. that may complement their care; and,
* Refer them to other resources, services, and solutions that may assist them with their care journey.
* Learn, understand and document the needs of the consumer
* Assist customer in determinging possible options to healthcare, referrals to local clinicians and other resources.
* Model and share customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinct and delightful customer experience.
Operations
* Exhibit knowledge about the Walgreens pharmacy services and products and any other healthcare service offered by Walgreens such as Find Care.
* Assist customers accessing healthcare services through the Walgreens app, website, and within the Walgreens store.
* Conducts approved health care screening services. This would be services including but not limited to Blood Pressure, BMI, A1C testing.
* Maintain organization and cleanliness of the Health Corner area.
* Demonstrate a high level of professionalism when representing the Walgreens Health Corner to visitors internal and external to Walgreen Co.
* Comply with all company policies and procedures; maintain respectful relationships with coworkers.
* Collaborate with Walgreens Health Corner business team to collect key learnings from customers on their experience.
* Conduct customer surveys and document experiences for future changes for Health Corner. Participate in meetings and conference calls concerning new and modified offerings for the digital health corner and other healthcare service programs and promotions and complete special assignments during down time as assigned.
People & Performance Management
* Promotes teamwork and motivates team members by establishing expectations, tracking results, showing enthusiasm and sharing vision.
* Communicates regularly with team members through one-on-one discussions, group meetings, soliciting input, answering questions, and ensuring communication is open between management and non-management team members.
* Train and coach team members on the responsibilities of roles, new equipment, new and upgraded programs and products.
Training & Personal Development
* Complete Walgreens training on instore health products/devices and online digital tools as well as learning modules. Maintain a working knowledge of technology tools provided to perform duties.
* Seek to gain a deep understanding of Walgreens products, services, and technology in order to maintain relevant and up-to-date knowledge of healthcare services, products, and promotional offerings listed above.
* Seek self-development by monitoring own performance, setting high personal standards, learning from others, and improving job performance.
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy. As Americas most loved pharmacy, health and beauty company, Walgreens purpose is to champion the health and wellbeing of every community in America. Operating more than 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving approximately 8 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with platforms bringing together physical and digital, supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in local communities nationwide.
Deerfield, IL
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. It operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. The Retail Pharmacy USA segment sells prescription drugs and an assortment of retail products, including health, beauty, personal care, consumable, and general merchandise products through its retail drugstores and convenient care clinics. It also provides specialty pharmacy services and mail services; and manages in-store clinics. As of August 31, 2018, this segment operated 9,560 retail stores under the Walgreens and Duane Reade brands in the United States; and 7 specialty pharmacies, as well as approximately 400 in-store clinic locations.
The Retail Pharmacy International segment sells prescription drugs; and health, beauty, personal care, and other consumer products through its pharmacy-led health and beauty stores and optical practices, as well as through boots.com and an integrated mobile application. This segment operated 4,767 retail stores under the Boots, Benavides, and Ahumada in the United Kingdom, Thailand, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Chile; and 618 optical practices, including 167 on a franchise basis.
The Pharmaceutical Wholesale segment engages in the wholesale and distribution of specialty and generic pharmaceuticals, health and beauty products, and home healthcare supplies and equipment, as well as provides related services to pharmacies and other healthcare providers. This segment operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands, Egypt, Norway, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. The company has a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.