Pharmacy Buyer

Frankfort Regional Medical Center; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, dental, &视

Vision coverage

Paid time off and disability

401(k) with match

Job summary

Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Kentucky seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support the pharmacy operations as a Buyer and technician. You will assist with medication orders, restocking and floor stock while ensuring accuracy and compliance in drug handling.

Responsibilities include processing wholesaler orders, handling inquiries, assisting the DOP with inventory and security, and performing clerical tasks such as charges and filing.

Qualifications

• Ability to respond to non-clinical inquiries and route to pharmacists.
• Process wholesaler orders, returns and invoicing.
• Maintain secure handling of medications and DEA/state documentation.

Responsibilities

• Act as courier for med orders and restock automated dispensing cabinets.
• Answer calls, take messages, and direct questions to a licensed pharmacist.
• Assist DOP with inventory control, drug procurement, and floor stock.

Skills

Telephone etiquette

Inventory management

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Pharmacy Technician License (PharmTech)

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Pharmacy Buyer you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Frankfort Regional Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

• Acts as a courier for retrieving and delivering med orders, medications, restock automatic dispensing cabinets, and any required paperwork or filing.
• Answers telephone, takes messages, answers routine non-clinical questions and refers telephone orders or clinical questions to a licensed pharmacist.
• Process wholesaler orders, returns and invoice payment by current method.
• Perform some secretarial functions. Assists the lead technicians.
• Assists the DOP in maintaining security of the pharmacy and scheduled drug control throughout the hospital.
• Assists the Director in drug procurement, receiving, storage, inventory control and floor stock control.
• Is familiar with the operation of the department. Must be able to function in an appropriate technician capacity, as scheduling and patient need demands.
• Fills med orders, refills carts, and floor stock, mixes IV medications for the Admixture service.
• Can complete check tech check for floor stock medications.
• Repackages (unit dose) medications for checking pharmacist.
• Performs clerical duties – drug charges, completes reports, filing, computer procedures.
• Maintain designated work areas and equipment in clean and orderly condition.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Process narcotic orders and maintain all required DEA and state documentation.
• Organizes drug returns for wholesaler, or expired med returns, and reconciles amount to be received vs. checks received.
• Assists the DOP in developing and maintaining an accurate filing system by removing old reports and preparing for storage.
• Supervises and maintains inventory control processes and track cost savings for all ongoing and new SMAT initiatives.
• Keeps pharmacy technician registration current and provides DOP with most current copy for employee file

What qualifications you will need

• (CPhT) Certified Pharmacy Technician
• (PharmTech) Pharmacy Technician License
• High School Graduate / GED

Benefits

Frankfort Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center

has provided quality healthcare services for over 40 years. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 170+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Central Kentucky. Frankfort Regional has built an excellent reputation for outstanding subspecialty services. In addition, we have an exceptional network of quality primary care physicians in both family practice and internal medicine. We are consistently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky.

At Frankfort Regional Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.