Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research.

Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area.

For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology.

Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

General Description of the Job Class

To perform a variety of routine and advanced technical duties related to 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 (WorkflowRx) for all 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.

Experience

Preferred 3 years pharmacy, purchasing/procurement or related experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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  Excellent oral and written communication skills, problem solving, organizational, logistical skills required with the ability to accurately and simultaneously manage significant amounts of detail.

• Proficiency using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

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