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Overview

PROCUREMENT

Pharmacy Purchasing Technician

Schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:30am-4:30pm- Rotating Holidays, No weekends

Novant Health is seeking a Pharmacy Purchasing Tech, to join our pharmacy team, to ensure medications are available for our patients across all dimensions of care, every time.

The Pharmacy Procurement Technician serves as a part of the healthcare team at Novant Health and collaborates with other team members, to provide optimal care. The Technician accepts responsibility, authority, and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with the current policies and procedures.

The Pharmacy Procurement Technician is responsible for the daily processing and filing of all departmental purchase orders, invoices and purchase documentation. They will assist in updating cost and product information in the Pharmacy charging system. Responsible for unit does packaging and the maintenance and operation of the unit dose packaging machine as well as appropriate logs. Responsible for extemporaneous compounding duties under the direct supervision of a pharmacist as assigned.

Essential functions include:

• Purchasing: Inventories to par levels; reorder drugs from drug wholesaler or manufacturer.
• Stocking: Place inventory on shelves or appropriate storage area. Ensures unit does barcoding is in place and operable.
• Financial: Identify opportunities to reduce costs and to maintain quality of drugs purchased; collaborate with Director/Manager. Follows defined procedures for receiving drugs and processes invoices in a timely manner. Maintains documentation, drug ordering, transfers, purchasing, and communicates to department leader.
• Charge Management: Process interdepartmental charges; receive drugs and supplies, compare amount received to amount ordered.
• Compliance: Assist with regulatory compliance and professional standards; lead inventory related special projects.
• Evaluation: Act as part of the Novant Health System Procurement team by monitoring, researching, managing, and reporting drug shortages to department and corporate leadership.
• Procurement/purchasing experience preferred, Comfortable with vendor/rep relationships and Customer service driven is a must as this role will work directly with our NHMG clinics.

• Team player, must be responsive and professional and great clerical skills

Why Novant Health?

• Come join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality service, in every dimension, every time. Let Novant Health be the destination for your professional growth as you take advantage of the opportunities to work with an innovative, multidisciplinary team across our system ensuring medications are available in order to take remarkable care of our patients!
• 8 Magnet Designated Hospitals
• LeapFrog Grade “A” Ratings at Novant Health facilities
• Novant Health is recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Forbes Best Employers for Women in 2020, Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality and 50 Best Places for Women and Managers of Diverse Backgrounds to Work.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive benefits package
• We are an Approved Public Student Loan Forgiveness organization!

At Novant Health, one of our core values is diversity and inclusion. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities. Therefore, we invite applicants from all group dynamics to apply to our exciting career opportunities.

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Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED, required. 2 Year / Associate Degree, preferred.
• Experience: Two years pharmacy technician relevant experience, required.
• Licensure/Certification:
  • Current registry with applicable State Board(s) of Pharmacy, required.
  • PTCB or NHA Certification within 60 days of hire, required.
  • 340B University Education Program completion (or within 90 days of hire), required.
• Additional skills required: 
  • State Registration and/or evidence of renewal is required for both Pharmacists and Technicians fifteen days prior to expiration and Technicians are required to be either certified through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
  • Considerable knowledge and application of basic math skills, including ratio and proportion relationships; strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to follow verbal and written instructions. Basic technology skills. Other duties as outline in Novant Health and facility specific policies and procedures. Ability to drive/travel to multiple facilities/locations as needed. Ability to work as part of a high performing, change ready and resilient team. 
• Additional skills required: Auditing skills, accounting skills, microsoft office skills.

Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of every Novant Health team member to deliver the most remarkable patient experience in every dimension, every time.

• Our team members are part of an environment that fosters team work, team member engagement and community involvement.
• The successful team member has a commitment to leveraging diversity and inclusion in support of quality care.
• All Novant Health team members are responsible for fostering a safe patient environment driven by the principles of "First Do No Harm".