Pharmacy Inventory Specialist-SMH

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This job is responsible for coordinating drug purchases for hospitals and associated departments within the health system. Responsible inventory best practices and standard operating procedures pharmacy department and ensures appropriate levels of inventory are maintained and available. Prepares for physical inventory and supports the physical inventory day activities. Ensures the pharmacy maintains inventory compliance with state and local laws and organizes files and retains all invoices/receipts/return authorizations inventory activities. Serves as a liaison between system centralized buyers and local hospital team members to facilitate inventory management concerns.

Job Description

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Education

Required – High school diploma or equivalent

Completion professional pharmacy training program

Preferred – Associate or Bachelors' Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Work Experience

Required – 2 years Pharmacy or Retail related experience

Certifications

Required – Pharmacy Tech Certification in the state of practice

Pharmacy Wholesaler Buyer University – Completed within 6 months of hire

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Organizational skills.

• Must have computer skills and skilled required for data entry and retrieval data information.

• Ability to coordinate diverse information into management data and reports.

• Strong problem solving and math skills.

• Must have a positive attitude, be energetic and flexible.

• Familiarity with inventory software.

• Effective Leadership and teaching skills are required.

• Must be knowledgeable in Microsoft Suite Program.

Job Duties

• Works with system centralized buyers and pharmacy leadership to maintain appropriate inventory levels are available, while ensuring local inventory financial opportunities are captured.

• Communicates with system centralized buyers and pharmacy leadership to ensure capture local inventory financial opportunities.

• Responsible for executing, monitoring, and training inventory best practices and standard operating procedures for the entire pharmacy department, ensuring the pharmacy maintains inventory compliance with state laws regarding pharmacy inventory and compliance of DSCSA.

• Helps to prepare for annual physical inventory and supports the physical inventory day activities, including but not limited to pharmacy stockroom and medication inventory.

• Supports pharmacy inventory management activities, including receiving, cycle counts, wholesaler order errors, and facilitating returns.

• Manages product expiration process and stocks products on shelves by expiration priority, while organizing all invoices/receipts/return authorizations as necessary.

• Pharmacy inventory activities including but not limited to pharmacy recalls following Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal policy, vendor returns, non-controlled, and damaged salvage returns.

• Responsible for reviewing programs and the proper use of reports and system applications, which have an impact on the accuracy pharmacy on-hand inventory and pricing.

• Will work with system centralized buyers to ensure accuracies with 340B split billing software, wholesaler, and inventory management system.

• Attends trainings for continuous development and completes all e-learning modules including inventory software updates and changes.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns. The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue.

The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain communicable diseases. The incumbent has an occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases.

Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

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