Pharmacy Business Development Associate, Mid-Level

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Job Summary:

LCMC Health is a community-focused healthcare provider dedicated to delivering exceptional care to individuals across Louisiana. The Pharmacy Business Development Associate plays a crucial role in managing drug procurement, optimizing inventory, and ensuring compliance within the hospital’s inpatient pharmacy, while collaborating with various teams to control costs and adhere to regulatory standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provides training and oversight for the Pharmacy Department to ensure efficient operations are conducted in accordance with department policies and procedures.

• Works with pharmacy leadership to ensure that all processes are aligned and adhere to appropriate guidelines.

• Assist the buyer with scanning 3D barcodes to ensure compliance and to prevent diversion.

• Maintain optimal inventory levels by monitoring usage trends and minimizing waste and stockouts.

• Assist with the loan/borrow process to recover medications loaned to other facilities.

• Enter New NDCs in EPIC and work with the Willow Team on pricing and to clean up the med list.

• Evaluate purchases, vendor pricing, and contracts to ensure cost-effective buying practices.

• Track backorders, shortages, and work with wholesalers to ensure continuous drug availability.

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME), assisting Pharmacy Leadership with HRSA guidelines and auditing assistance.

• Monitor and maintain wholesaler software to keep an accurate record of purchases in the accumulator.

• Perform routine audits and data integrity checks to identify discrepancies or potential compliance risks.

• Partner with finance to reconcile purchases, accumulations, and savings metrics related to Pharmacy purchases.

• Monitor and manage patient-supplied medications, keeping a log to ensure it does not accumulate.

• Demonstrates and applies current knowledge of specialty pharmacy accounts, products, services, and criteria that influence accurate payment investigations and communication with accounts payable.

• Works closely with the Pharmacy Business Manager and Pharmacy Buyer as this cross-functional collaboration allows for balancing clinical priorities, fiscal stewardship, and regulatory compliance while aiming to improve patient care delivery.

• Demonstrates and applies current knowledge and criteria affecting financial investigations.

• Collaborates across the pharmacy to ensure seamless processes.

• Promotes and supports hospital policies, procedures, mission, vision, and core values by training and guiding others in their implementation.

• Understands and complies with ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements relevant to pharmacy, adhering to state and federal laws.

• Works with the pharmacy team to ensure all processes are aligned with and follow appropriate guidelines.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 3-5 years of hospital pharmacy experience; required.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Currently licensed as a Louisiana Certified Pharmacy Technician; required

Preferred:

Company:

LCMC Health is a provider of hospitals, medical centers & health centers for healthcare, medical diagnostics and treatment. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Product Management
• Industries Software Development

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