Pharmacy Technician Purchaser - FT Day

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location: Plainsboro, NJ

Hours: FT days - 8 am to 4:30 pm; every 3rd Sunday, EOH

Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Pharmacy Tech Team?

This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity! We are an “all hands-on deck team”, we provided amazing training opportunities, and we do cross-train our employees to the highest standards. We are a growing team, and we have a work-life-balance approach!

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:

• Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
• Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20 hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)
• Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.
  
  

Summary:

• The Pharmacy Technician Purchaser is a member of the pharmacy department support staff who assists in the provision of pharmacy services as authorized by the NJ State Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations. Responsible for purchasing and reconciling of all pharmaceutical products and maintaining appropriate inventory levels of pharmaceuticals and equipment/supplies within the pharmacy. The Purchaser serves as a resource person for product and vendor information, and group purchasing contracting, and also maintains accurate records and reports regarding pharmaceutical products. This individual utilizes system reports to optimize the inventory quantities (e.g. minimize incidence of medication stock outs), responsible for coordinating workflow and services related to drug and equipment/supplies procurement processes.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Assists in managing influenza and other vaccine supply including NJIIS temperature logs as necessary.
• Maintains oversight of the management of emergency medication supply situations.
• Maintains pre-defined list of “fast movers” medications with wholesaler, in the event of a downtime.
• Communicates significant price changes to pharmacy management.
• Coordinates inventory to resolve/manage backorders, shortages or recalls and secures acceptable product alternatives when necessary. Evaluates and adjusts par levels in response to ongoing utilization, shortages, waste and critical needs.
• Collaborate with pharmacy staff to ensure drugs with restrictions or spikes in usage are available in sufficient quantity for patient care.
• Completes expiration checks for CPM medications and reorders as appropriate. Monitor that CPM cycle counts are being performed by pharmacy technician staff as assigned.
• Maintains overstock inventory, as appropriate.
• Develops effective strategies for accomplishing financial goals and objectives established by the Department Director as they relate to the purchasing processes. Makes consistent efforts to control costs while seeking ways to improve department performance.
• Provides timely communication to Pharmacy staff regarding the status of drug shortages.
• Receives notification of medication recalls
• coordinates and/or completes retrieval of medication from inventory, patient care areas, Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy.
• Manages the purchasing of all pharmaceutical and related products and supplies for inpatient, and outpatient infusion areas.
• Participates in weekly Inventory Management and System Shortage meetings. Helps develop and implement operational plans to prevent/manage medication shortages and their resultant impact to patient care.
• Works in conjunction with the Pharmacy Tech Specialists to coordinate/manage coverage of tasks for one another.
• Proposes formulary deletions based on data regarding usage trends to facilitate cost saving initiatives.
• Assists with the provision of pharmacy services to hospital inpatients and PMPH outpatients by assisting the staff as needed.
• Develop training material and train staff to proper processes regarding medication procurement and receipt.
• Participates in continuous quality assessment, improvement activities and medication safety initiatives.
• Coordinates returns of expired medication with Reverse Distributor Company, including conducting controlled substance reconciliation.
  
  

Credentials:

• Lic-Pharmacy Technician Reg (Required)
• NJ Board of Pharmacy Registration
• Certified Pharmacy Technician - PTCB (Required)
• CPhT- Certified Pharmacy Tech
  
  

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• Education Specialization: Equivalent Experience:
• 3 years Pharmacy Services
• 1 years 1-2 years Inventory Management and/or Pharmacy Purchasing
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.