The Pharmacy Purchaser analyzes, recommends, and coordinates changes to the pharmacy drug inventory based upon group purchasing organization contracts, purchasing patterns, price changes, and utilization. Stores and maintains purchase records and vendor contracts. May purchase controlled

substance inventory, satisfying legal and regulatory requirements. Provides input for inventory pars in the carousels. Uses customer service approach to relations with Pharmacy staff and outside customers.

• Coordinates the pharmacy drug inventory ($3-5M annually) to maximize theinventory turnover rate and to comply with group purchasing organization,
  balancing the consideration of the financial investment with daily operational needs.
• Purchases and receives routine drug inventory utilizing electronic interfaces with the vendor
• Recommends alternate product brands that would result in a cost savings.
• Determines the severity of problems related to drug shortages or other drug availability emergencies.
• Recommends alternative sources for procurement.
• Informs pharmacy management of the need to select a new vendor or to utilize an alternative product.
• Places order for all clinics on campus and offsite via a 62 or electronic form.
• Manages drug recalls via recall software and alerts appropriate parties that are impacted.
• Maintains records for DSCSA to be compliant with the FDA.
• Maintains Macrohelix 340b split billing software to be compliant with 340b guidelines.
• Participates in any additional 340B/purchasing related projects/tasks as designated by the director of pharmacy.
• Maintains expired meds and works with reverse distributor to send back all expired meds.

Required Qualifications

• 
  High School diploma or equivalent (GED) required
• Valid Illinois pharmacy technician license
• Experience and training as defined by one of the of the following qualifications: Minimum of at least 5 years experience as an inpatient hospital pharmacy technician OR Graduation from an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Technician Program, with at least 2 years of experience as an inpatient hospital pharmacy technician.
• Knowledge and proficiency with hospital operations and pharmacy practices and procedures, medications and medical supplies, hospital practice and healthcare regulatory requirements, and record keeping.
• Inpatient hospital pharmacy experience
• Work independently with attention to detail, perform mathematical computations, and overseeing the work of others, and interact effectively with others.

Preferred Qualifications

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  Bachelors or other advanced degree preferred
• Purchasing experience with pharmacy highly desired.
• 340B and/or purchasing experience in highly desired

Position Details

• Job Type: Full time
• Shift: Day
• Unit/Department: Inpatient/Home Infusion
• CBA Code: Non-Union

In this role you will work at our Harvey, IL campus. We anticipate that you will generally work approximately 40 hours per week. We anticipate that you will generally be scheduled to work the day shift, from approximately 8am-4:30pm and will not be scheduled for on-call shifts. The days of the week that you are scheduled will generally be Monday-Friday, working some weekends as needed.

For nearly a century Ingalls Memorial has pioneered sophisticated clinical care and developed the area's most convenient network of comprehensive outpatient centers, all dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the community. Now, partnered with UChicago Medicine, we have expanded our network of expert physicians, convenient facilities and scope of service to speed your healing process and help navigate your path to wellness. A skilled Medical Staff and talented employees dedicated to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness and injury provide a firm foundation for our reputation for quality. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial is for you. Here at Ingalls, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us!

UChicago Medicine Ingalls is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.