Pharmacy Inventory Specialist
CareMed Specialty Pharmacy · New Hyde Park, NY · 3 wk ago
Management$28/hrFull-time
About the role
A career with us is more than just a job. It’s an opportunity to connect and care for our patients, providers, communities, and each other. We attract extraordinary people who have a strong desire to live our mission – to better the lives of those battling rare diseases. Compassion is more important than numbers. We value teamwork, respect, integrity, and passion. We succeed when you do, and our company and management team work hard to foster an environment that provides you with opportunities for both professional and personal growth.
Responsibilities
- Manages the medication return processes including medication returned to pharmacy, manufacturer returns and replacement product.
- Receive drugs and supply orders, stock shelves, rotates stock using FEFO, and removes outdated drugs from inventory.
- Monitor inventory levels of supplies and drug specific care kits to ensure compliance with SOPs.
- Manage inventory out-of-stocks communicating with purchasing as necessary.
- Complete cycle counts as well as physical inventory and investigate/resolve any active variance.
- Ensure all intercompany pharmacy transfers are completed as requested in a timely manner.
- Maintains a clean and safe pharmacy work environment by complying with policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Maintain quarantined shelves and process drug returns in a timely manner to ensure all products are accounted for in inventory.
- Monitor CPR+ for negative inventory balances.
- Perform root-cause analysis and report findings to the team.
- Promptly respond to recall notifications per company’s policies and procedures.
- Understand USP 800 guidelines.
- Follow safe handling of hazardous materials.
- Ensure packing all deliveries are as per SOPs, including seasonal cold chain packing to protect product integrity.
- Escalates workflow/process improvement ideas to leadership.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related tasks such as, filling prescriptions, preparing packages for shipment, and any other tasks assigned by the pharmacy technician supervisors, fulfillment manager or pharmacy director.
- Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED, required.
- Associates Degree or equivalent program from a two-year college or technical school, or certificate program in pharmacy or healthcare, preferred.
- Minimum 2+ year of inventory related experience, required.
- 2-4 years of experience in retail or specialty pharmacy, preferred.
Qualifications
- Registration with Board of Pharmacy as required by state law.
- PTCB preferred.
Skills
- Proficient in data entry, verbal skills, computer skills and the ability to learn the department’s software system.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k with a match
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company paid benefits – life; and short and long-term disability
Pay
Salary Starting at $28.00/hr and up. Sign-On Bonus: $5,000 for employees starting before December 28th, 2026.
Schedule
Full-Time Mon - Fri 10am to 6:30pm EST. This role is ON-SITE