Purchasing Inventory Technician Specialist

Inventory Pharmacy Technician

Symbria Rx Services in St. Louis, MO is seeking a team oriented, experienced Inventory Pharmacy Technician who shares our commitment to ensuring the health and wellness of seniors. The ideal candidate will be a tech savvy, quick study with the ability to wear multiple hats.

Position Summary The Inventory Pharmacy Technician is responsible for assisting in monitoring and maintaining the pharmacy's physical inventory, including returns.

Symbria offers the personalized care of an independent pharmacy along with the resources to drive groundbreaking solutions. With two decades of experience as a pharmacy technology leader, we continuously invest in cutting-edge innovations to ensure the safety of patients and residents while helping our organization partners thrive.

Our advanced strip packaging programs not only save time and enhance accuracy but also minimize waste and promote medication adherence across all healthcare settings.

Symbria services long-term care settings such as: Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, Memory care, Developmental communities and many more specialized live-in settings.

Work Schedule:

• Monday- Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
• Weekends as needed
• Available for quarterly inventories

Responsibilities

Functions and Responsibilities:

• Process and check in wholesale orders daily.
• Restock shelves with inventory and returns daily throughout pharmacy areas and restock shelves from overstock daily.
• Monitor and process returns of outdated, slow moving, and/or unused medications with wholesaler for credit.
• Work with wholesaler and pharmacy usage reports to establish par levels.
• Communicate product information, availability, and changes to pharmacy staff.
• Prepare and participate in quarterly physical inventory.
• Make suggestions to pharmacists for alternate product to fill a prescription.
• Communicate backorder problems to our customers and pharmacy staff.
• Prepare and manage returns process according to established policy.
• Any and all duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily is necessary and the qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Pharmacy Technician license and/or Certification (CPhT) as per State requirement.
• Must be able to work weekends, holidays and alternate shifts for PTO/staffing coverages as operational needs dictate.

Qualifications Preferred:

• Pharmacy inventory experience; minimum one year.
• Pharmacy technician experience: long-term care setting.

Why work for us?

At Symbria our employees act like owners because we are owners! As one of the few 100% employee-owned healthcare providers, our focus remains on delivering best-in-class services within our Pharmacy, Rehabilitation and Well-Being operations, which allows our clients to improve the lives and well-being of their patients and residents. Our teams utilize insights and analytics to drive better health outcomes for our partnered post-acute and senior living communities while providing them with flexible service options.

Symbria's Core Values drive the way we partner with those clients, their patients and residents and the way our diverse employee-owners work together:

• Integrity Honest, Fairness and ethics
• Compassion Commitment to serving seniors
• Stewardship Maximizing mission and margin
• Innovation Striving to enhance our value to your organization
• Teamwork Working together unselfishly toward goals

As an employee-owner, Symbria's success becomes your success. In addition, we provide:

• Competitive pay, aligned with market guidelines
• Full Benefits Package, including very generous paid time off plans
• Professional liability coverage
• 100% employer-funded ESOP retirement plan
• 401(k) and Roth(k) plans
• Continuing education
• Credit union membership

All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.