Pharmacy Inventory Control Technician

Major Accountabilities / Critical Responsibilities

• Receives all pharmaceutical orders into the pharmacy department(s) and stores medications in the appropriate location and under proper storage conditions.
• Reconciles deliveries and reports and investigates all discrepancies to the wholesaler and pharmacy leadership.
• Works directly with Lead Purchasing and Inventory Control Specialist and assumes the responsibility of the role and acts as the primary backup when necessary.
• Repackages all pharmaceutical products into their unit of use.
• Maintains the accurate listing of medications with their NDCs in the auto-label and auto-packager software.
• Ensures barcode binder is up to date.
• Ensures proper inventory turnover through product rotation and participation in cycle count activities.
• Scans all pharmaceutical products received into the pharmacy department into the DSCSA software.
• Works with contract pharmacy partners to order, receive, package, and ship wholesale deliveries and support accumulator management and TPA invoicing activities for such.
• Operates, troubleshoots, monitors, and cleans department automation and equipment needed for unit-of-dose preparation such as the prepackager and barcode label makers.
• Affords assistance in orientation and training of personnel on appropriate hardware and software such as DSCSA software, auto-label, auto-packager, and Talyst carousel and auto cool systems.
• Acts as a backup and coordinates third-party returns with the reverse distributor monthly.
• Assists processing all drug returns promptly and appropriately to the carousel machines, refrigerator, freezer, and/or medication storage room.
• Maintains medication storage conditions, including temperature and humidity, in accordance with policy and regulatory requirements.
• Segregates state-supplied medications from hospital-acquired product.
• Rotates the inventory within the medication bins in the carousels and medication storage room by utilizing the first-come, first-use approach.
• Maintains an optimal inventory turnover rate by collaborating with the Lead Purchasing and Inventory Control Specialist.
• Alerts the Lead Purchasing and Inventory Control Specialist of low pars and restocking opportunities proactively.
• Triage urgent patient medication needs dependent on receipt of wholesale order when appropriate.
• Safeguards the ongoing operational needs of Epic’s inventory management system.
• Ensures accuracy of carousel inventory counts.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Registered pharmacy technician in the state of Connecticut
• National pharmacy technician certification (CPhT): required
• Three years pharmacy experience, preferably in an inpatient hospital pharmacy setting
• Demonstrated technology proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams
• Requires repetitive movement of boxes and storage supplies such as drug packages, boxes, coolers, and temperature gel packs up to 30 lbs.
• Manual Skills: some portions of daily assignments involve application of manual skills requiring motor coordination in combination with finger dexterity.