PHARMACY TECH BUYER

Central Valley Specialty Hospital•Modesto, CA

13h

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician Buyer completes a variety of pharmacy tasks and services and is responsible for the pharmacy’s daily operations within the Pharmacy Department’s established policies and guidelines. The position does not provide direct patient care. The buyer purchases and maintains inventory within the hospital’s pharmacies and drug repositories, following applicable State Board of Pharmacy guidelines for supportive personnel. The role requires sound judgment, confidentiality, accuracy, effective communication, and the ability to maintain assigned work hours and perform tasks over extended periods. The position serves an adult patient population, although it does not provide direct patient care. The employee is expected to support safe and effective operations, comply with facility requirements, participate in required education and quality improvement activities, and meet attendance and punctuality standards.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Current California Pharmacy Technician license.
Work efficiently under broad guidelines established by the State Board of Pharmacy for supportive personnel.
Frequently exercise judgment in decision-making.
Understand the limitations of one’s drug knowledge.
Communicate effectively in personal and professional interactions.
Handle information confidentially and maintain a high degree of accuracy.
Maintain assigned work hours and have the endurance to perform tasks over extended work periods.
Ability to express and exchange ideas and understand others’ communication, with or without adaptive devices.
Ability to perform advanced-level mathematics and read at a secondary level.

Responsibilities

Manage pharmacy inventory and independently approve purchase orders based on the pharmacy budget.
Respond to pharmacy staff inquiries about inventory and pharmacy budgeting.
Follow and improve inventory management and ordering procedures.
Monitor, communicate, and manage medication shortages.
Maintain and implement cost-saving efforts.
Review missed opportunities weekly.
Complete returns to vendors and other facilities.
Assist with inventory preparation.
Fill and label prescription bottles.
Compound specialty medications.
Perform pharmacy calculations while maintaining efficiency and accuracy.
Answer calls from customers, physicians, and vendors.
Facilitate ordering through multiple vendors.
Provide compassionate and efficient customer service.
Follow facility safety, legal, attendance, and punctuality requirements; report accidents, injuries, unsafe equipment, and unsafe conditions.
Participate in required in-services, educational programs, and quality improvement activities.