Pharmacy Lifestyle Coach at KTA Super Stores in Hilo, HI

This is a continuous recruitment posting for ongoing hiring needs across our pharmacy department locations. Applications received under this posting are reviewed regularly as openings become available.

About KTA Super Stores

We owe our century of existence entirely to the people of Hawai‘i Island. From our modest beginnings in a 500-square-foot store in 1916, KTA Super Stores and our associates remain deeply rooted in a single, quiet philosophy: to humbly serve the community that sustains us.

Core Responsibilities

Deliver and facilitate a CDC-approved Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) curriculum to help class participants make effective lifestyle changes to prevent or delay type-2 diabetes.

• Class Delivery & Instruction: Deliver lifestyle change sessions following the CDC-approved DPP curriculum in an engaging, meaningful manner. Encourage group interaction using motivational interviewing, goal setting, and interactive problem-solving.
• Participant Support & Outreach: Review lesson plans, class content, and participant food/activity trackers prior to class. Make reminder calls or texts, offer make-up sessions for missed classes, and remain accessible before and after sessions to answer questions.
• Data Management & Compliance: Collaborate with the Program Coordinator and Data Preparer to record, enter, and submit participant session data within DPRP Standards. Comply with all applicable privacy and data security laws, including HIPAA.
• Pharmacy Operations & Customer Service: Assist with general pharmacy and retail duties, including customer service, prescription receiving, typing/billing, dispensing assistance, cash register operation, stocking, and inventory maintenance as directed.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• Environment: Frequently work indoors in a clean, well-lit, air-conditioned pharmacy or classroom environment. Occasionally work in store warehouse areas that may be dusty or noisy. Seldom travel to teach or support classes at other store locations.
• Physical Effort: Continuously stand and walk throughout the shift. Continuously use hands and fingers to handle medication containers, type on computer keyboards, and manage class materials. Occasionally stoop, bend, squat, kneel, crouch, reach, or climb step-stools/ladders. Seldom lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Equipment Use: Frequently use computers, keyboards, POS cash registers, automated pill counters, counting trays, spatulas, telephones, copiers, fax machines, and PA systems. Line-use box cutters, step-stools, stock wagons, and hand trucks.
• Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Strictly adhere to HIPAA, healthcare privacy practices, CDC DPRP standards, and company safety protocols. Complete required organizational and CDC training (such as DPRP webinars)

Benefits & Work Culture

• Flexible work scheduling.
• Comprehensive on-the-job training and professional growth opportunities.
• Health, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement options for eligible associates.

Notice to Applicants: This document is a summary job posting for continuous recruitment purposes only. Active openings are filled from this applicant pool on an as-needed basis. Upon hire, associates are required to review, sign, and adhere to the official internal KTA Super Stores Job Description and company standards for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

KTA Super Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, arrest/court record, or any other protected class under Hawaii law. Pay differentials are strictly based on seniority, merit, production, or bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs)

What You Bring

• Education, Training & Background:

  • Must complete CDC-approved Lifestyle Coach training/webinars or be willing to complete training upon hire.
  • Must consent to a criminal background check and be free from any felony convictions related to controlled substances.
  • Signed Pharmacy Technician / Lifestyle Coach Pledge of Confidentiality required upon hire.

• Age & License Restrictions:

  • Must be at least 16 years of age to use a case cutter.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age to operate a freight elevator or power-driven equipment.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age with a valid Driver's License and company certification to operate a company vehicle or forklift.

• Skills & Knowledge: Excellent interpersonal, group facilitation, and motivational interviewing skills. Basic math skills for computing, measuring, and billing purposes. Proficiency with technology, computers, and data tracking applications. Knowledge of health insurance plans is helpful.

• Work Habits & Traits: Empathetic, encouraging, detail-oriented, and structured. Honest, trustworthy, punctual, and capable of handling participant information with strict confidentiality and discretion.

• Availability: General work availability 7 days a week and holidays, typically between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM.

• Note: In accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes § 378-2.4, KTA Super Stores does not ask for or rely on an applicant's salary history to determine starting pay.