/ / Store Associate **Store Associate**

**Job ID:** 1303028BR

**Category:** Cashier

**Address:** 1245 Dixwell Ave

**Location:** Hamden, CT

**Job Description**

Retail Store Associates play a meaningful role within the CVS Health family. At CVS Health, were shaping the future of health care for people, businesses, and communities. With your talents and expertise, you can help us play a more active and supportive role in each persons unique healthcare needs. Join our team of thousands as we positively impact millionsone customer at a time.

The Retail Store Associate position provides an opportunity, in a leading retail setting, to excel in a growing, high impact, customer focused role, working both independently and as a member of a team, to positively impact the lives of others.

Essential Functions:

Providing differentiated customer service by anticipating customer needs, demonstrating compassion and care in all interactions, and actively identifying and resolving potential service issues

Focusing on the customer by giving a warm and friendly greeting, maintaining eye contact and offering help locating additional items, when needed

Accurately perform cashier duties handling cash, checks and credit card transactions with precision while following company policies and procedures

Maintaining the sales floor by restocking shelves, checking in vendors, updating pricing information and completing inventory management tasks as directed by store manager

Supporting opening and closing store activities, when needed

Providing customer support to all departments, including photo and beauty, ensuring departments are fully stocked and operational while remaining current with all updated services and tools

Assisting pharmacy personnel when needed, including working regular shifts in the pharmacy as part of opportunities for growth and career development

Embracing and advocating for new CVS services and loyalty programs that support our purpose of helping people on their path to better health

**Required Qualifications**

At least 16 years of age

Physical Requirements:

Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time

Lifting and exerting up to 35 lbs of force occasionally, up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force regularly to move objects to and from, including overhead lifting

Visual Acuity Having close visual acuity to perform activities such as: viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts/details

**COVID Requirements**

CVS Health requires its Colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

If you are vaccinated, you are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status within the first 10 days of your employment. For the two COVID-19 shot regimen, you will be required to provide proof of your second COVID-19 shot within the first 45 days of your employment. In some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination before you can begin to actively work. Failure to provide timely proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status will result in the termination of your employment with CVS Health.

If you are unable to be fully vaccinated due to disability, medical condition, or religious belief, you will be required to apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment in order to remain employed with CVS Health. As a part of this process, you will be required to provide information or documentation about the reason you cannot be vaccinated. In some states and roles, you may be required to have an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work. If your request for an accommodation is not approved, then your employment may be terminated.

**Preferred Qualifications**

Previous experience in a retail or customer service setting

**Education**

High School diploma or equivalent

**Business Overview**

At CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive and patient-focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart.

We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.