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Senior Analyst, Sales Operations, Basking Ridge, NJ

Who We Are

Aucta Pharmaceuticals is an emerging product development pharmaceutical company.We are on our way to becoming a significant specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. marketplace integrating R&D, manufacturing, and commercialization. We focus on improved dosage forms for patients with a therapeutic focus in CNS and select orphan drug disease states.

Aucta successfully launched its first branded product, Motpoly XR, in the epilepsy space with a targeted sales force in March 2024 and an expanded presence of 20 field sale territories and 3 inside sales positions in late 2024. Our objective is to enhance our marketing, managed care, and sales capabilities to support future pipeline products in neurology over the coming years.

Position Description

The Senior Analyst, Sales Operations, is a key member of Aucta’s Commercial Operations team and plays a critical role in enabling sales effectiveness, operational execution, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This role serves as the primary point of contact and vendor manager for core Sales Operations platforms, including Veeva CRM, MMIT, and Power BI, and is responsible for managing core quarterly commercial processes such as Incentive Compensation updates, targeting changes, sales force size and structure adjustments, and system governance.

In addition, this position leads the development and maintenance of training materials and delivers training for both field and inside sales and home office teams across Commercial Operations tools and platforms.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role in a fast-growing environment that requires strong analytical skills, operational rigor, comfort working cross-functionally, and the ability to translate complex data and systems into clear, actionable guidance for the business.

The role reports to the Director of Sales Operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Sales Operations & Vendor Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact and internal owner for Sales Operations tools and vendors, including Veeva CRM, MMIT, Power BI, and related commercial analytics platforms.
• Manage vendor relationships, system enhancements, issue resolution, upgrades, and roadmap discussions to ensure tools meet evolving business needs.
• Partner with IT, Finance, Sales leadership, and external vendors to maintain data integrity, system performance, and compliance.

Commercial Process Management

• Own and manage the quarterly change process for:
• Incentive compensation plan updates and calculations
• Targeting and call plan changes
• Sales force size, structure, and territory adjustments
• Ensure timely, accurate execution of all changes and clear communication with stakeholders.
• Support forecasting, goal setting, and sales performance tracking activities.

Analytics & Reporting

• Utilize advanced Excel, SQL, and Power BI to analyze sales performance, trends, and operational KPIs.
• Build, maintain, and enhance dashboards and reports to support Sales leadership, Commercial Operations, and Executive leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally to translate business questions into data-driven insights.

Training & Enablement

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve training materials (guides, SOPs, slide decks, job aids) for Sales Operations tools and processes.
• Conduct training sessions for field and inside Sales and home office associates on:
• Veeva CRM functionality and best practices
• MMIT data usage and interpretation
• Power BI dashboards and reporting
• Other Commercial Operations platforms as needed
• Serve as a trusted resource for ongoing user support and best-practice guidance.

Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Managed Care, Finance, and leadership to support commercial execution.
• Participate in sales meetings, planning sessions, and plan-of-action meetings as needed.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and scalability as the organization grows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Commercial Operations, or analytics roles, preferably within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Hands-on experience with Veeva CRM, MMIT, and Power BI strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including complex formulas and data modeling); SQL experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of sales force structure, targeting, incentive compensation, and CRM processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage vendors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong communication and training skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, collaborative team player with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Work Location:

This position is based at our Basking Ridge, NJ site. It is an office-based role, requiring presence 5 days a week. The selected candidate must be able to commute to Basking Ridge, NJ

Salary Range

Aucta Pharmaceuticals considers a combination of education, experience, internal equity, and external market data when determining compensation.

• Base Salary: $80,000 – $110,000 (commensurate with experience)
• Bonus Incentive: 10%

Benefits

Aucta offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Aucta Pharmaceuticals is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please refrain from forwarding unsolicited resumes from agencies to Aucta Pharmaceuticals. Aucta is not liable for any fees incurred from the use of resumes from this source. We only compensate agencies with whom we have a formal agreement. For recruitment inquiries, please reach out directly through this post

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Revenue Cycle Report Analyst professional to join our dynamic revenue cycle team. As a vital member of the revenue cycle team and will play a key role in shaping the company's financial data, support reporting initiatives, and informing critical business decisions to facilitate rapid growth and expansion. Additionally, the analyst will provide support for month-end closing activities as required. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Power BI, Power Query, and Advanced Excel (including pivot tables), enabling effective data analysis, insightful reporting, and compelling presentations to upper management.

Data & Reporting

• Develop, maintain, and automate revenue cycle reports (billing, coding, claims, AR, denials, collections, reimbursements, Independent Dispute Resolution).
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of recurring and ad-hoc reports.
• Validate data from multiple source systems (EHR, billing, payer portals, clearinghouses, 3rd party vendors).

Revenue Cycle Performance Analysis

• Analyze KPIs such as days in A/R, denial rates, clean claim rate, net collection rate, and cash posting lag.
• Identify trends, variances, and root causes impacting revenue performance.
• Provide actionable insights to reduce denials, underpayments, and delays in reimbursement.

Stakeholder Support

• Partner with billing, coding, finance, compliance, and operations teams to understand reporting needs.
• Translate complex data into clear dashboards, summaries, and executive-level presentations.
• Respond to leadership and operational ad-hoc data requests.

Compliance & Data Governance

• Ensure reports align with regulatory, payer, and organizational standards (e.g., HIPAA, CMS).
• Maintain data integrity, definitions, and documentation for metrics and reports.
• Assist with audits by providing accurate revenue cycle data and analysis.

Technical & Systems Responsibilities

• Use reporting and analytics tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI, Tableau)
• Perform data extraction, transformation, and validation.
• Troubleshoot reporting issues and collaborate with IT/IS teams.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Finance, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or related field
• 7-10+ years of experience in Healthcare Revenue Cycle
• 2-5+ years of experience in healthcare analytics, or financial reporting
• Hands-on experience with billing, claims, coding, AR, denials, and reimbursement workflows
• Experience supporting hospital, physician practice, or health system revenue cycle operations

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas, Power Query)
• Experience with BI and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
• Experience in developing data visualizations and dashboards to support business insights.
• Expertise in Power BI for automating data extraction, transformation, and visualization processes

Billing Auditor

Phoenix, AZ (on-site) | Full-time | $70,000–$90,000 + sign on bonus + quarterly bonus | Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30AM-5:30PM or 9AM-6PM | Comprehensive Benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, legal services, pet insurance & more.

We’re seeking an experienced Billing Auditor to support Patient Financial Services by ensuring billing accuracy, data integrity, and compliant system updates. This role is ideal for someone with strong RCM/PFS experience, expert‑level Excel skills, and deep knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid fee schedules.

What You’ll Do:

• Audit unbilled/missing accounts, stuck claims & aged AR

• Validate data across dispatch, clinical & billing systems

• Support external audits (e.g., Deloitte)

• Execute test plans for billing system releases, fee schedule updates, diagnosis/code changes, and automation modifications.

• Ensure all testing follows established QC standards, internal controls, and documentation requirements.

• Take ownership of the quality and reliability of system releases impacting billing functionality.

• Collaborate with Billing, Collections & PFS leadership

• Ensure accuracy of billing system releases and workflow updates

What We’re Looking For:

• A minimum of 5 recent years in medical billing, collections, RCM, or healthcare data analysis

• Strong Medicare/Medicaid knowledge

• Advanced Excel (pivots, formulas, comparisons). Must pass excel assessments.

• Analytical mindset & high attention to detail

• Strong communication and documentation skills

• High school diploma required; Associate’s preferred

• This role is designated Safety Sensitive under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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This Pharmacist opportunity is full time @ 40 hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient night shift schdule. This dynamic individual will interpret physician prescriptions and medication orders. Acts as a drug information resource to patients, medical staff, nursing staff and ancillary department personnel. Compounds and dispenses prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals for patient care by performing the related duties.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Reviews prescriptions issued by physicians or other authorized prescribers to assure accuracy and determines formulas and ingredients needed.
• Monitors all posting onto the patient profiles in order that accuracy, drug allergies, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, rational drug therapy and incompatibilities may be realized and better patient care received.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors
• Prepares IV admixtures and extemporaneous parenteral products under aseptic conditions.
• Supervises at least one to two (1-2) members of the Pharmacy Department staff on a daily basis.
• Interviews and assists in the hiring process, trains personnel, plans, assigns and directs work, addresses complaints and resolves problems.

Benefits for full and part time employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:

If you would like to learn more about this position before applying, please contact Jennifer Samudio @

TheSenior Process Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing and troubleshooting manufacturing processes in a manner that meets safety, quality and operational performance expectations. This position provides leadership and creativity in the formulation development, process development and optimization, scale up and manufacturing. The key function of this role is to identify and solve problems in the manufacturing process transfer and scale up, and deliver effective, safe and efficient manufacturing processes for parenteral drug products. The Senior Process Engineer is hands-on, able to handle multiple tasks with sound planning and communication and providing training and support to peers.

This role will:

• Analyze organic or inorganic pharmaceutical excipients to determine chemical or physical compatibilities with active drug molecules for the development of stable pharmaceutical product
• Evaluate changes in the composition/stability of pharmaceutical products due to changes in variables such as heat, light, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis
• Propose and prepare formulations with different excipients or solvents to conduct experiments and analytical testing at laboratory scale
• Propose and develop lyophilization product and process or other complex formulation process such as liposome, TFF and viscous product
• Take an active part in scale-up and technology transfer of newly developed products from R&D to manufacturing
• Identify and order materials required to perform development and manufacturing
• Identify tooling and equipment required to perform development and manufacturing
• Create documents for laboratory/manufacturing operations and quality such as master batch records, study protocols, engineering batch record, process characterization reports, standard operating procedures (SOP), etc. Review these documents for their compliance with cGMP and FDA standards
• Due diligence on manufacturing process design and risk analysis to ensure operation safety, efficiency and quality
• Propose testing procedures for analyzing CQA and coordinate with quality control testing to ensure the quality of finished drug product
• Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions
• Analyze in-process and release testing results to design, analyze, and control pharmaceutical manufacturing processes through the measurement of critical process parameters (CPP) which affect the critical quality attributes (CQA) of the pharmaceutical product
• Maintain ownership of assigned laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed
• Study effects of various manufacturing techniques or packaging configuration on the composition or stability of pharmaceutical product
• Develop, improve or customize equipment, formulas, processes or analytical methods to maintain quality of pharmaceutical product
• Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests
• Provide leadership in daily operations, and have employees incorporate these compliance practices into their daily routines
• Lead/support validation activities including equipment validation and process validation
• Lead problem solving and investigate quality events related to formulation process or batch records
• Propose and lead process improvement initiatives to improve operating performance and laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with the cGMP and FDA standards
• Lead or participate in root cause analysis and quality event investigation such as OOS and deviations
• Supervise, mentor and develop team members or relevant personnel across departments

This role requires:

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in pharmaceutical research and manufacturing
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or Pharmaceutical Science
• Experience in sterile manufacturing is preferred
• Experience in lyophilization and terminal sterilization techniques are a plus
• Knowledge of parenteral drug product manufacturing
• Proficient with calculation, data analysis, statistics and applied mathematics

Payment Accuracy Manager, Outpatient Facility

Overview

As a Payment Accuracy Policy Manager, you will serve as a critical bridge between healthcare payment expertise in our facility capability. This role combines deep subject matter knowledge with strategic influence—driving the development of payment integrity policies that protect our clients while advancing Rialtic's platform capabilities.

You'll lead the research, evaluation, and implementation of new policies based on CMS guidelines, Medicaid requirements, industry standards, and emerging medical cost trends in the facility space of our offering. Working closely with client management, product, engineering, and content leadership teams, you'll translate complex payment policy concepts into actionable strategies that deliver measurable value. This is an opportunity to shape how health plans approach payment integrity and to build the content foundation that powers our enterprise platform.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the SME for outpatient facility editing policy development, leading the research, scoping, and creation of new claims editing policies for the facility capability
• Source, interpret, and scope new payment integrity policies to expand Rialtic's claims editing content library from outpatient facility claims
• Prioritize policy updates based on savings potential, client impact, and strategic alignment with platform goals
• Leverage CMS, Medicaid, clinical guidelines, and industry trends to identify opportunities for new content development for facility claims
• Quantify and communicate policy value through data-driven analysis and clear financial impact assessments in the facility space
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to ensure client needs inform platform development, building out our facility capability
• Collaborate with content leadership to maintain consistency, quality, and relevance across the policy library
• Perform investigation of current facility policy defects and unexpected claim outcomes, performing root cause analysis and policy research to identify corrective actions and improve policy accuracy and performance
• Serve as the facility payment accuracy SME in client discussions, presenting policy concepts and addressing facility-related questions when needed

Qualifications

Required

• 5-7 years of experience in payment integrity at a health plan, claims editing vendor, or similar healthcare organization with focus in outpatient facility claims editing and reimbursement methodologies
• Active coding certification (COC, CPC, CCS, or equivalent specialty certification) — required for this position
• Proven expertise in:
• Interpreting medical and payment policies
• Applying CMS and Medicaid reimbursement guidelines
• Professional and outpatient coding standards
• Common claims payment error identification and resolution
• Demonstrated ability to advise clients and explain complex payment accuracy concepts in clear, accessible terms
• Strong analytical skills with experience quantifying policy impact and ROI
• Track record of managing claims editing implementations or similar client-facing initiatives
• Intermediate Excel skills (i.e., formulas, v-lookups, pivot tables, etc)

Preferred

• Expertise across both professional and institutional claims environments
• Advanced proficiency with Google Suite or similar collaboration tools
• Experience working cross-functionally with product and engineering teams in a SaaS or health tech environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels

Randstad is presently conducting a search for a Sr. Financial Reporting Analyst for a well-established, progressive, and rapidly growing healthcare organization. Organization offers competitive benefits, opportunities for professional development, collaborative working enviornment, and top-notch leadership. The role will report to the VP, Finance.

The BI Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and standardized

workforce and productivity reporting to finance, operations, and executive leadership. This role serves as the primary owner of SQL based data queries and report production, translating workforce data into clear Excel outputs and dashboards that support operational and financial decision making. This position focuses on descriptive and diagnostic reporting, not predictive modeling or data science.

This role provides foundational workforce reporting infrastructure, improves turnaround time for

leadership insights, and ensures advanced analytics resources are focused on higher value strategic work rather than routine reporting.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, Statistics, or related field
• 5 + years of relative experience
• Demonstrated experience writing SQL queries against relational databases.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas, data validation).
• Experience producing operational or workforce reports for business leaders.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or SSRS.

For immediate and confidential consideration, please email resume to Chip Doshi,

Company Mission: To be the best provider of comprehensive and innovative clinical laboratory services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of complex chronic disease.

Company Vision: The Genova Diagnostics team will improve the lives and well-being of patients by bringing insights to the complexity of health.

Position Summary: This position increases the number of customers utilizing Genova Diagnostic services and the number of products used by existing Genova Diagnostic customers; achieves revenue targets per annual plan; uses consultative selling skills to ethically persuade the client to use company products; provides up-to-date health science information to local, regional, and national health care providers; and provides an avenue for doctors to propose additional research ideas, novel applications, and new diagnostic tests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Technical

• Achieving revenue targets through the use of consultative selling skills.
• Increase the total number of customers served by Genova Diagnostics.
• Positively promote new products to existing customers.
• Promotes positive relationships between our company and our physician clients. Responsible for furthering the medical community's scientific knowledge of our company’s products by providing up-to-date medical information from our company to local, regional and national health care providers.

Other

• Represents the company at professional meetings and conferences by staffing the company booth and being available to physicians for educational consultation and support.
• Must be able to work within and manage a travel budget.
• Works closely with Regional Account Managers, members of the sales and marketing staff, medical education, accounts receivable business office, and laboratory management.
• Work independently to effectively manage a large geographic territory consisting of multiple accounts
• Meets with practitioners face to face to promote Genova’s product portfolio
• Performs in-services to clients and staff when applicable

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does require close communication with all departments.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Candidates should have the following skills and attributes: reliable transportation, communication, interpersonal skills, and conflict resolution; some familiarity with company products and operations; ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents; ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; ability to write presentations using original or innovative techniques or style; ability to make effective and persuasive presentations to doctors and public groups; ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems; ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.); and ability to read medical literature in a discerning fashion. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences is preferred for this position. Preference is given to candidates who have had consultative sales training or graduated from a corporate sales training program.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully computer skills allowing for broad end-user applications are required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; operate a motor vehicle to travel to customers or prospects, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MUST:

• Healthcare revenue cycle experience (3–5 years) with knowledge of medical billing, collections, Medicare/Medicaid, and fee schedules.
• Expert-level Excel skills (formulas, VLOOKUPs, calculations) with the ability to build templates and improve efficiencies, lots of calculations in Excel
• Very strong experience validating data
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to spot data discrepancies, audit reports, and validate data accuracy
• Process improvement focus, reviewing current workflows and identifying opportunities to streamline manual or outdated systems.
• Ability to investigate and resolve issues, not just flag them—reconstructing reports and correcting errors when discrepancies arise.
• Ability to clearly share findings and insights with management and business stakeholders.
• Not hoppy, has stability in their resume
• Strong at looking at process improvements, reviewing current processes with the business
• Ability to work within billing systems + perform manual transport and manual data review before it gets processed in our system
• experience recreating spreadsheets manually to repopulate the accounts + running reports
• Run a report and audit what you run to ensure data accuracy is there, running and validating reports.
• Knows the payors and that medicare and Medicaid has fee schedules, diagnosis updates within medicare, need someone to find the discrepancy and fix the errors and go back and reconstruct the reporting
• Ability to help manually create files to update fee schedules, knowing fee schedule expires every October 1st for Arizona Medicaid and that September 30th is the final day.

DAY TO DAY:

The Auditor, Quality Control & Billing Data position is responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and reliability of billing and collection processes, data, and supporting software applications within Patient Financial Services. This role specifically focuses on billing software updates, including Medicare and commercial insurance fee schedule updates, diagnosis and code updates, and system automation changes that impact billing and collection workflows, assist with compliance audits. The position executes test plans, develops and documents test cases, and performs post‑implementation validation to ensure system changes function as intended and do not negatively impact billing accuracy, reimbursement, or compliance. The role analyzes billing data, validates system logic, and reports on quality metrics, trends, and risks, serving as a key quality and data integrity partner to Billing, Collections. This position reports to Director, Patient Financial Services. Also you will work within the system called Centricity Group Management, and use Excel daily.

Job Title: Non-Sterile Compounding Pharmacy Technician

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida

Full-Time

Job Summary

The Non-Sterile Compounding Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in preparing customized medications that do not require sterile preparation. This role focuses on compounding creams, capsules, suspensions, and other dosage forms in accordance with pharmacy regulations and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare non-sterile compounded medications including creams, ointments, capsules,
• Accurately weigh and measure pharmaceutical ingredients
• Mix compounds using mortar and pestle or other compounding equipment
• Operate capsule-filling machines and ointment mixers
• Maintain compounding logs and documentation
• Label and package compounded prescriptions
• Clean and sanitize compounding equipment and workstations
• Follow USP guidelines
• Assist pharmacists with prescription processing and inventory management

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Pharmacy technician registration or license (depending on state)
• Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) required
• Experience in non-sterile compounding required
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to follow written formulas and procedures

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical calculations
• Experience with capsule machines and tablet machine compounding
• Familiarity with compounding documentation and quality assurance
• Ability to work in a laboratory-style environment