Pharmacy Procurement Technician Resume Example VA Medical Center

PHARMACY PROCUREMENT TECHNICIAN

Professional Summary

Certified Pharmacy Procurement Technician offering exceptional analytical, problem-solving and interpersonal skills. Seeks a position in inventory management offering challenging growth opportunities in a fast-paced professional environment.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail
Leadership skills
Excellent customer service
Dependable
Organized

Committed to quality assurance

Initiative and problem-solving abilities

Adaptability

Ability to work under pressure
Motivated self-starter

Cerifications

Pharmacy Technician Certification 10/2011
Certification of Completion for GSA SmartPay Purchase Card Training
Certificate of Completion Unauthorized Commitments (UAC)
Certificate of Completion for Government Ethics-The Essentials

Work History

Pharmacy Procurement Technician , 04/2012 to Current
VA Medical Center – 1101 Veterans Drive, Lexington, KY 40502

Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for new prescriptions and prescription refills, utilizing computerized planning tools.
Develops and supports the creation of acquisition and standardization initiatives to acquire and purchase high dollar medication, displaying familiarity with contracting laws and regulations with industry practices.
Manages and maintains inventory control of pharmacy supplies and medications.
Utilizes a range of standard and non-standard methods to determine need to intervene in response to an increase of usage, cost and availability from prime vendor and alternate vendors.
Assists hospital staff and pharmacy personnel in utilizing mandatory sources and standardization of sources to determine correct product for patients and provide excellent patient care.
Effectively prioritize tasks and organize workflow to procure both Outpatient and Inpatient pharmacy.
Researches new products and orders supplies to meet the Mandatory BPA's.
Assists ADPAC pharmacist in creating quick order supply lists for clinic services using computerized planning tools.
Creates, prepares and submits pharmaceutical orders daily for next day delivery to outpatient pharmacy from prime vendor via 1358 Fast Pay account.
Maintain a running balance of monthly budget, open/close/increase/decrease 1358 Fast Pay accounts in Vista.
Purchase and researches needed items thru alternate resources such as GSA Advantage website or open market vendors using assigned government credit card.
Follow contracting guidelines (FSS, BPS, NAT, BG4, ETC).
Uploads all corresponding information to recall share point site and sends back any affected product to manufacturer for credit.
Monitor kickbacks from CMOP due to back orders and contact prime vendor and open market vendors to order adequate stock to mail scripts locally.
Regularly stocks shelves, rotate stock and re-label medications for efficacy.
Exercises Ordering Officer Authority in determining best value and contract sourcing.
Maintain and provides necessary documents for purchase card annual audits.
Determins the most cost-effective procedures and routes for shipments of medication and supplies.

Pharmacy Technician, 11/2007 to 04/2012
VA Medical Center – 1101 Veterans Drive, Lexington, KY 40502

Directly trained new hires and pharmacy students on all rotating duties including IP cart-fill and all OP duties.
Primary IP cart-fill technician
Organized several Goal Sharing teams to improve employee morale and increase the pharmacy's productivity in each area.
Correctly read, interpreted, filled and dispensed prescriptions according to established guidelines and VA policy after appropriate pharmacist review.
Inventoried and replenished emergency carts with a pharmacist review.
Stocked medications into automated dispensing cabinets for clinic use.
Conducted monthly ward inspections of patient care areas as assigned.
Maintained, verified, stocked, and replace outdated or short dated medications in patient care areas.
Cleaned equipment and work areas to maintain safe and sanitary conditions.
Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
Provided excellent customer service to veterans by receiving phone calls and entering notes to providers in telephone room.
Monitored and maintained the medication dispensing machines within pharmacy to ensure medications were properly packaged and dispensed.
Implemented standard procedures for mixing, packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.
Partnered with pharmacist to develop and implement procedures to cut down on missing doses in IP pharmacy.

Lead Pharmacy Technician, 03/2005 to 11/2007
Rite Aid Pharmacy – 3120 Pimlico Highway, Ste 178, Lexington, KY 40517

Pharmacy Technician Internship with Rite Aid Pharmacy 2005
Directly trained new hires and pharmacy students.
Assisted the pharmacist with personal monitoring and performance of pharmacy students.
Effectively resolved insurance rejections and other billing issues.
Assisted pharmacist with drug inventory, purchasing, and receiving.
Conducted routine inspections of medication storage locations.
Regularly stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.
Performed technical processes required to dispense medications to patients.
Completed new and updated patient profiles, including lists of patient medications.
Efficiently operated cash register and handled cash, checks, and charge transactions.
Assisted the pharmacists with checking in and pricing drug orders, third party transactions and relevant paperwork.
Worked closely with Pharmacy Care Representatives (PCRs) in providing excellent patient care.
Received and accurately processed written prescriptions from customers using computer system.
Hand counted control medications, measured liquids and reconstituted antibiotics.
Communicated regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and managed care organizations.

Education

Pharmacy Technician Associate's Degree: 5/2005
National College of Business and Technology - 125 S Killarney Ln, Richmond, KY 40475

Pharmacology
Pharmacy Systems of Operation
Dosage and Calculations of Medications
Advanced Pharmacy Calculations
Pharmacy Practices
Health Care Law and Ethics
Terminology of Body Systems and Support
Diseases of the Human Body

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