Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist

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About Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The largest of Duke Health's four hospitals with 1062 patient beds, it features comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

General Description of the Job Class

To perform a variety of routine and advanced technical duties related to the purchasing and procurement of medications and other pharmacy products. To monitor, track, analyze, and report on medication shortages and pharmaceutical supply chain disturbances.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

The duties and responsibilities of the Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist include but are not limited to the following:

• manage all aspects of placing daily medication orders from pharmaceutical wholesalers and specialty distributors to ensure medication and supply availability
• maintain contracted and preferred items lists within internal databases for all inpatient pharmacy inventory areas
• manage pharmacy inventory levels on a daily basis
• create and track purchase requisitions through SAP for purchases of critical medications
• complete Controlled Substance Ordering System (CSOS) orders for controlled substances for multiple pharmacies
• identify and analyze drug shortages based on their potential impact to the health system
• provide drug shortage mitigation strategy recommendation to Procurement Pharmacists
• monitor and maintain medication backorders on wholesaler ordering platform
• respond to drug recall alerts
• update preferred inventory products in inventory software to align with GPO preferred products
• assist with management of vaccine distribution
• respond to medication sourcing and pricing information requests
• research and respond to Center for Medication Policy drug information requests
• interface with outside vendors in a professional manner, representing DUH to the outside community, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and other vendors
• reconcile Duke blood factor purchases to provide appropriate billing account information to Cardinal Health
• participate in efforts to minimize drug expense on WAC accounts
• monitor Public Health Service program (340B) drug purchases and maintain compliance with 340B program requirements
• support Duke Hospital compliance with Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)
• collaborate with Vizient to identify and implement purchasing conversion opportunities to increase compliance with preferred drug recommendations

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires analytical, communications and organizational skills OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program with one year of experience in program administration or event production. -OR- Two years of postsecondary education with three years of experience in program administration or event production. Preferred experienceWork requires analytical, communication, and organizational skills generally obtained through completion of a post-secondary education program in an accounting, business, healthcare policy/administration, clinical discipline, or related field.

Experience

Preferred experience3 years of pharmacy experienceorpurchasing/procurement experienceorrelated experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to make decisions independently by applying appropriate critical thinking and problem-solving variety of situations.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to accurately and simultaneously manage significant amounts of detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

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