Pharmacy Buyer - Mercy San Diego

This is a full time position with day shifts at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Why join this team?

Pharmacy practice at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego is the most advanced in the county, boasting significant pharmacist practice authorities and exceptional pharmacy-provider working relationships. As a teaching hospital, Mercy San Diego values the investment in the future of pharmacy. Growth and development is a priority, with team-based shift assignments to encourage teamwork and balanced workloads as well as a defined career leader to recognize the significant value Pharmacy Technicians bring to our services. With the longest tenured Level I Trauma Center in the county, the team at Mercy San Diego thrives in a fast-paced environment and prides itself in its efficiency and teamwork in providing comprehensive care.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for procurement, receiving and inventory control of pharmaceuticals

• Processing purchase orders and invoices

• Maintaining contract files and for compliance with contracts

• Response to pharmaceutical recalls.

• Alerts the Director of Pharmacy of changes in buying trends, including unusual use of drugs and use of new costly drugs.

• Capable of fully functioning under the Pharmacy Technician job description.

• Facilitates teamwork and good interdepartmental relationships.

• Collaborates with other health care disciplines and supports the needs of patients and families.

• Maintains confidentiality of patient, staff, department and hospital information.

• Participates in continuous quality improvement.

• Performs other related functions as assigned.

• Responsible for performing basic pharmacy technician duties.

• Works under the supervision of registered pharmacists.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
  

Required Certification/Registration:

• California Board of Pharmacy Certification.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Certification by a National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
• Minimum of five years hospital inpatient pharmacy technician experience preferred.
• Minimum skills in word processing and spreadsheet software ability to use drug wholesaler online software.