Job Posting: Entry Level Assistant Purchasing Agent (Pharmacy)

Location: Florence, South Carolina

Hours: Monday-Friday 8a-4:30p

Pay: $16-17/h

Applicable backgrounds: Looking to get into healthcare or pharamcy? Retail backgrounds with experience in inventory or purchasing will translate for this role!

About Us: We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. Our mission is to deliver high-quality patient care while upholding the values of integrity, compassion, and excellence. We're currently seeking an Entry-Level Purchasing Assistant to join our dynamic pharmacy team. If you're looking to start your career in healthcare and pharmacy while making a difference in the lives of patients, this role is a perfect fit for you.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Service Excellence: Maintain a professional image and exhibit excellent customer relations with patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.

2. Mission-Driven: Lead by example and make decisions based on the Mission, Vision, and 4 Core Values of our organization.

3. Inventory Management: Assist with inventory management and ordering of all pharmaceuticals and supplies for the pharmacy.

4. Fiscal Inventory: Assist with the yearly fiscal inventory.

5. Receiving: Receive and check in all shipments for correctness and ensure proper stock rotation.

6. Control Substances: Receive control substances and deliver them to the control substance vault.

7. Returns: Assist with returns of damaged drugs for credit and proper storage.

8. Document Management: Responsible for filing purchase orders and all documents pertaining to purchasing.

9. Supply Ordering: Assist with ordering supplies from Material Services weekly and distribution of stock received.

10. Ordering Responsibility: Assume responsibility for all ordering in the absence of the Purchasing Agent.

11. Direct Shipments: Place orders for direct shipments weekly.

12. Price Information: Review price information in the computer system and provide pertinent information for product changes.

13. Invoice Monitoring: Review and monitor invoices weekly for price changes and updates in the computer system.

14. Product Changes: Provide appropriate information for product changes to pharmacy buyer for computer updates.

15. Recalled Medications: Coordinate the departmental response to recalled medications.

16. Communication: Communicate information on recalled medications to pharmacy staff and affected auxiliary departments and offices.

17. Inventory Management: Remove recalled medications from pharmacy stock.

18. Documentation: Collect documentation for all affected areas and forward to MRMC Recall Coordinator.

19. Recalled Medications: Return or destroy recalled medications per manufacturer directions.

20. Stock Room Organization: Maintain the stock room in a neat and organized manner.

21. Inspections: Perform monthly departmental drug inspections for out-of-date products in the stock room area.

22. Waste Management: Remove all cardboard waste daily.

23. Order Fulfillment: Fill daily routine orders for practices within the McLeod physician network.

24. Packaging: Fill orders for checking and package securely for delivery.

25. Billing: Process paperwork for billing.

26. Purchase Data: Monitor and maintain purchase data in third-party split-billing software.

27. Data Entry: Enter all direct purchases in third-party split-billing software via manual transaction.

28. Mapping: Monitor mapping in third-party split-billing software to ensure all purchased NDCs are mapped.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in computer applications and software.

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