Pharmacy Technician Ops Coordinator, First Shift, Consolidated Pharmacy Services

UC Health (Cincinnati); United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K

Employee Paid Short- and Long-Term Dis

Job summary

UC Health is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician Operations Coordinator at the UC Health Business Center. The role develops and plans nonprofessional operations within Consolidated Pharmacy Services Center, including procurement, workflow, and inventory management for medications and related supplies.

Under supervision, you will handle purchasing, auditing, distribution, and regulatory documentation, ensuring stock availability, recalls, and vendor coordination, with emphasis on 340B and

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy operations and inventory management.
• Knowledge of procurement, distribution, and record-keeping.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards in pharmacy operations.

Responsibilities

• Multi-Sector Purchasing: Manage daily procurement for specialty and retail pharmacies and physician offices.
• Supply Chain Optimization: Monitor inventory levels, analyze purchasing patterns, and track drug shortages.
• Receiving & Quality Verification: Oversee the intake of pharmaceutical shipments.
• Distribution Logistics: Coordinate medication transfers and inventory replenishment.
• Regulatory Compliance: Maintain rigorous documentation for applicable.
• Creates and maintains processes for medication, supplies, and equipment procurement to ensure optimal inventory management:
• Coordinates drug procurement operations and proper inventory management practices to ensure critical drug availability at all times
• Oversees medication and pharmaceutical supply purchasing processes including procurement of medications and other pharmaceutical supplies, working with hospital wholesaler, vendors, and freight companies, and other departments within UC Health
• Maintains all purchase records, invoices, receipts and inventory control records as required
• Orchestrates accurate inventory value assessment annually or as directed and in accordance with internal audit processes
• Manages purchasing of medications in accordance with policy for 340B compliance (if applicable to site)
• Coordinates inventory to resolve/manage backorders, shortages or recalls and secures acceptable product alternatives when necessary. Evaluates and adjusts par levels in response to ongoing utilization, shortages, waste and critical needs.
• Manages vaccine purchasing and compliance oversight within scope (VFC program, etc.)
• Manages oversight of emergency supplies (bioterrorism, influenza, chempack, etc.)
• Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department:
• Participates in the recruitment, retention, performance enhancement and competency assessment of subordinate staff in collaboration with Pharmacy management team members.
• Establishes productive, collaborative relationships with team members
• Participates in department and hospital system continuous quality improvement and medication safety initiatives where appropriate.
• Coordinates, orients, trains, and provides functional guidance to designated Pharmacy Technicians and support staff including cross-training across teams/locations as applicable
• Participates in the development of tools and standards to establish and improve competency levels of the pharmacy technician, student, and support staff including orientation of new employees, in-service training, and competency assessments.
• Maintains active technician cert

Skills

Procurement

Inventory management

Regulatory compliance

Vendor coordination

Job description

Location: UC Health Business Center

Department

Consolidated Pharmacy Services Center

Hours: Full-Time, 40 Hours/Weekly

Shift: First

UC Health is hiring a full-time Pharmacy Technician Ops Coordinator at the UC Health Business Center with our Consolidated Pharmacy Services Center.

Under the supervision of the Pharmacy Manager, and according to standard procedure, the Coordinator-Pharmacy Technician Operations is responsible for developing and planning the nonprofessional operations of the department. This can include, but is not limited to, coordinating procurement, workflow, processes and services related to drug, equipment, and supplies. This includes tasks such as purchasing, diversion auditing, technology management, inventory management, distribution, and record keeping for medications in the pharmacy department as well as the associated clinics and departments that require medications; initiating purchase orders for pharmaceuticals, supplies, and service contracts; receiving and distribution of supplies, processing purchase requisitions, authorizing payment for wholesaler invoices, maintaining adequate inventory levels, providing inventory action and communication relative to shortages, recalls, alternative product source and selection. They collaborate within their facility and across the system as necessary for medication ordering, inventory management, medication distribution, auditing, and record keeping, ensuring that all regulatory standards are met and maintained. In addition, they maintain an active technician certification and the competency to be able to assist in times of extreme technician shortage or emergency.

About University of Cincinnati Medical Center

As part of the Clifton Campus of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati's academic health system, University of Cincinnati Medical Center has served Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from our world-renowned clinicians and care team each year. Our experts utilize the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available, providing a level of specialty and subspecialty medical care that is not available anywhere else in Greater Cincinnati.

Unit Details :

• Learning environment allows for constant development.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 401K

Key Responsibilities:

• Multi-Sector Purchasing: Manage daily procurement for specialty and retail pharmacies and physician offices.
• Supply Chain Optimization: Monitor inventory levels, analyze purchasing patterns, and track drug shortages.
• Receiving & Quality Verification: Oversee the intake of pharmaceutical shipments.
• Distribution Logistics: Coordinate medication transfers and inventory replenishment.
• Regulatory Compliance: Maintain rigorous documentation for applicable.

Creates and maintains processes for medication, supplies, and equipment procurement to ensure optimal inventory management:

• Coordinates drug procurement operations and proper inventory management practices to ensure critical drug availability at all times
• Oversees medication and pharmaceutical supply purchasing processes including procurement of medications and other pharmaceutical supplies, working with hospital wholesaler, vendors, and freight companies, and other departments within UC Health
• Maintains all purchase records, invoices, receipts and inventory control records as required
• Orchestrates accurate inventory value assessment annually or as directed and in accordance with internal audit processes
• Manages purchasing of medications in accordance with policy for 340B compliance (if applicable to site)
• Coordinates inventory to resolve/manage backorders, shortages or recalls and secures acceptable product alternatives when necessary. Evaluates and adjusts par levels in response to ongoing utilization, shortages, waste and critical needs.
• Manages vaccine purchasing and compliance oversight within scope (VFC program, etc.)
• Manages oversight of emergency supplies (bioterrorism, influenza, chempack, etc.)

Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department:

• Participates in the recruitment, retention, performance enhancement and competency assessment of subordinate staff in collaboration with Pharmacy management team members.
• Establishes productive, collaborative relationships with team members
• Participates in department and hospital system continuous quality improvement and medication safety initiatives where appropriate.
• Coordinates, orients, trains, and provides functional guidance to designated Pharmacy Technicians and support staff including cross-training across teams/locations as applicable
• Participates in the development of tools and standards to establish and improve competency levels of the pharmacy technician, student, and support staff including orientation of new employees, in-service training, and competency assessments.
• Maintains active technician cert