Pharm Buyer

You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Pharmacy Buyer.

Your pharmacy knowledge is second to none: your patients feel it in the expertise you share. Families feel it in your communication. Colleagues feel it in your support.

You’re generous with your thoughts, your partnerships and especially your knowledge, because your coordination of all things drug related is crucial.

You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

Platte Valley Medical Center is a partner of SCL Health which is a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed community hospital is proud to offer comprehensive, integrated care focused on holistic health. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We’ll hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Pharmacy Buyer, you need to know how to:

• Be responsible for procurement and inventory control of pharmaceuticals, supplies and equipment in an efficient and effective manner by establishing systems which minimize stock outages, maximize inventory turnover, and maximize adherence to health system contracts.


• Monitor and manage pharmaceutical and supply shortages and acquire pharmaceuticals and supplies from appropriate alternative sources in accordance with laws and regulations. Effectively communicate shortages and other market changes to key stakeholders.


• Return expired pharmaceuticals and supplies to the returned goods vendor, properly dispose of other unusable pharmaceuticals per established procedures in accordance with laws and regulations, and identify and retrieve all recalled pharmaceuticals and supplies including proper disposal or return per manufacturer and FDA instructions and maintain documentation on actions taken.


• Monitor and report on utilization and purchasing trends to ensure optimal inventory management and contract compliance. Assist with billing and auditing functions and database maintenance.


• Possess knowledge of 340b pharmaceutical purchasing program and support of 340b compliance (if applicable to care site).


• Maintain, replace and charge inventory supplied to other departments and clinics. Effectively work with outside agencies/facilities to coordinate borrowing and purchasing of pharmaceuticals in emergency situations in compliance with policy and regulations.


• Maintain all records of acquisition, costs, purchase orders, and contract items.


• Coordinate annual physical inventory as required by the health system and laws and regulations, and ensure that pharmaceuticals and supplies are stored in a secure, organized manner under the appropriate storage conditions to maintain their quality/integrity and minimize retrieval errors.


• Develop and participate in quality improvement activities of the department, especially those designed for cost management and efficient workflow.


• Perform pharmacy technician and other duties as required/assigned.


• Maintain competence required for current job title/position.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• High School Diploma or equivalent


• Current Pharmacy Technician certification (CPhT) or the ability to obtain within twelve (12) months of hire and must be maintained during employment

Preferred:

• Technician training


• Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field


• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association


• Current 340b certification


• At least one (1) year of experience in pharmacy purchasing


• At least five (5) years of related work experience


• Previous experience in a hospital pharmacy technician role


• Previous experience utilizing wholesaler ordering systems and inpatient inventory management systems

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Pharmacy Buyer on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

Salary : $1 - $1,000,000