Sr. Pharmacy Technician - Inventory Management

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A Brief Overview
The Sr. Pharmacy Tech is responsible for purchasing pharmaceutical stock and supplies required to prepare and dispense medications; ensuring adequate inventories to support the patient care needs of the institution; managing drug shortages by locating, procuring, and arranging delivery of pharmaceuticals when not available through regular suppliers; managing inventory to maximize utilization of budgeted resources; conducting recalls of various drugs; and complying with regulatory and accreditation requirements related to the purchase and documentation of all pharmaceutical transactions.

What you will do

• Inventory Management:
• Determines and establishes inventory levels for main storage locations using current AMU data, package sizes and refill turn-around times (minimum, maximum, reorder quantities)
• Min and max levels for new medications must be calculated and reviewed with the Purchasing Pharmacist Lead
• Maintains designated inventory of pharmaceuticals, IV solutions, and related supplies such as plastic bags, IV supplies, and compounding supplies for the pharmacy.
• Uses kanban cards
• Maintains kanban cards. Documents missing kanban cards weekly and reports to Purchasing Pharmacist Lead
• Ensures wholesaler's reorder barcodes are up to date and present on a minimum of 98% of kanban cards
• Maintains current main inventory storage shelves.
• Main Inventory storage shelves and refrigerated storage shelves must be current within 2 weeks of notification regarding a formulary medication addition or change
• Each formulary medication must have a storage bin in designated main storage areas and placed in alphabetical order
• The bin must be labeled with a typed label. A wholesaler barcode must be placed on the shelves
• Formulary medications taken off of the formulary must be removed from the formulary storage shelves and placed in the non-formulary sections within 2 weeks of notification
• Manages inventory by maximizing inventory turns and minimizing stock-outs to achieve the most appropriate utilization of budgeted funds
• Conducts audits for proper kanban placement and ensures ordering to max quantity
• Utilizes kanbans and other purchasing practices to maximize inventory turns and minimize stock-outs to achieve the most appropriate utilization of budgeted funds
• Blood Factor Products:
• Reviews Daily Blood Factor usage report verifying patient usage
• Maintains pre-determined par levels
• Places supplemental orders of Blood Factor products to address emergent patient needs
• Coordinates return of Blood Factor products with pending expirations
• Facilitates the annual physical pharmaceutical inventory count providing requested cost reports or inventory documents
• Oversees monthly return of outdates through returns company
• Ordering:
• Orders inventory stock:
• Per kanban card, procure products at an appropriate time, quantity, inventory location and supplier
• In response to above average product use by specific patients, temporarily increase reorder quantities beyond maximum quantities on kanban card (no greater than 4-5 day supply) with daily monitoring of patient status
• Orders for controlled substances are accompanied by all required documentation
• Utilizes wholesaler computer systems to purchase drugs
• Evaluates available products and utilizes contracted options 95% of the time
• Optimizes value of both GPO and 340B program participation in product selection
• Utilizes hospital electronic purchase order system to place direct orders with manufacturers and suppliers of drugs and related supplies
• Obtains non-