Pharmacy Inventory Specialist

About the role

The Pharmacy Inventory Specialist will work closely with the Pharmacy Technician Supervisors, Pharmacy Fulfillment Manager, Pharmacy Director, and the Director of Procurement to ensure all aspects of inventory management at the pharmacy level are complete and accurate.

Responsibilities

• Participates in orientation, training, and competency assessment.
• Manages the medication return processes including medication returned to pharmacy, manufacturer returns and replacement product.
• Receive drugs and supply orders, stock shelves, rotate stock using FEFO, and remove outdated drugs from inventory.
• Maintain a clean and safe pharmacy work environment by complying with policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Monitor inventory levels of supplies and drug specific care kits to ensure compliance with SOPs.
• 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.
• Manage inventory out-of-stocks communicating with purchasing as necessary.
• 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

• Required: High school or GED equivalent.
• Required: 2+ Pharmacy or Healthcare Setting.
• Required: Registration with Board of Pharmacy as required by state law.

Qualifications

• Education/Learning experience: Desired: Certified Pharmacy Technician, Associates, or Bachelor degree.
• Work experience: Desired: Previous leadership experience.

Skills/Knowledge

• Required: Pharmacy or Healthcare related knowledge, data entry and experience in conjunction with pharmacy.
• Required: Registration with Board of Pharmacy as required by state law.
• Required: Basic math and analytical skills.
• Desired: Specialty pharmacy leadership.
• Desired: Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB).
• Desired: Good interpersonal skills, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and be flexible, Good organizational skills and detail oriented, Knowledge of medical terminology (including sig codes and Roman numeral), brand and generic names of medications and general pharmacy terminology.

Benefits

We offer a variety of benefits including: 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

Starting salary $22/HR and up

Schedule

Full-Time position, Monday - Friday 11-7:30 EST