Description
**Description**
The Purchasing Specialist position is responsible for maintaining inventories of "in-date" and properly stored medications required for patient care. This position is responsible for ordering of drug products and related supplies, management of the drug inventory, maintenance of information system drug data file, update list prices after Medispan update, handling of recalled and expired drugs, managing drug borrow/loan activities, and processing drug supply orders according to agency guidelines for cost, quality, collaborative product selection decisions, and vendor selection. When necessary, this position will perform the day-to-day Pharmacy Technician or Assistant support duties.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Providence Infusion and Pharmacy Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
**Required Qualifications:**
Graduate of pharmacy technician school.
Computer experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Associate's Degree. or equivalent education/ experience,
Coursework in purchasing, inventory control, and supply chain management.
3 years practical experience with ordering medications and supplies in a pharmacy setting.
Experience with purchasing and inventory control.
Computer experience with CPR+, QS1 and EPIC.
**Why Join Providence?**
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.
**About Providence**
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
**About the Team**
Providence Home and Community Care (HCC) is a service line within Providence with over 8,000 caregivers and 2,000 volunteers serving nearly 200,000 people a year, in their homes, in clinics and in a variety of congregate living ministries across our seven-state footprint.
HCC provides a full range of services and support for people of all ages, especially those facing chronic or life-limiting illnesses. Our core competencies include restorative care, longitudinal care and care through the end of life. Our service lines include assisted living/skilled nursing/rehabilitation, home health, home infusion/pharmacy services, home medical equipment, hospice and palliative care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), personal home services/private duty care and supportive housing.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
**Requsition ID:** 308145
**Company:** Providence Jobs
**Job Category:** Inventory Control
**Job Function:** Supply Chain
**Job Schedule:** Full time
**Job Shift:** Day
**Career Track:** Admin Support
**Department:** 3307 PIPS IV SPOKANE WA
**Address:** WA Spokane Valley 15918 E Euclid Ave
**Work Location:** Providence Infusion-Pharmacy Svcs-Spokane Valley
**Pay Range:** $17.62 - $26.91
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at
Compensation Information:
$17.62 / Hourly - $17.62 / Hourly
Starting At: 17.62 Hourly
Up To: 26.91 Hourly
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