Ambulatory Specialty Coordinator Pharmacy Technician

Saint Joseph Hospital•Saint Joseph, MO

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our Intermountain Health Ambulatory Rheumatology Pharmacy Team as a pharmacy technician based onsite in a rheumatology clinic. You will engage directly with patients who are seeing their specialist and work alongside a clinical pharmacist. As a crucial part of the pharmacy team, you will facilitate medication access by helping resolve financial barriers and insurance prior authorizations. You will collaborate with pharmacists and advanced practice providers and clinic staff to ensure safe, high-quality care and monitoring. You will coordinate lab monitoring and assist with adherence to provider recommendations. You will also work closely with a specialty pharmacy for medication availability and adherence and perform clinic administrative tasks, including scheduling visits and handling phone calls. If you enjoy focused, detail-driven work, strong teamwork, and making a meaningful impact on patient access to care, you’ll feel right at home on this team. Saint Joseph Hospital was founded in Denver in 1873 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth as the first private teaching hospital in Colorado. Today, it remains the largest private teaching hospital in Denver. The hospital provides a tradition of healthcare that includes compassionate caregivers, stellar clinical expertise and active clinical partnerships with Kaiser Permanente, National Jewish Health and community physicians. Saint Joseph's new state-of-the-art hospital opened in December 2014. The Pharmacy Technician demonstrates consistent application of knowledge and skills in assisting the pharmacist in execution of appropriate, safe, efficacious, efficient, and cost-effective pharmaceutical care. The position participates in many procedural aspects of pharmacy practice under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist or technician supervisor and is an integral part of the pharmacy team. This position supports Pharmacy Services in all locations (i.e., acute, community, ambulatory, specialty).

Requirements

High School or equivalent is required
Current pharmacy technician certification and/or license applicable to state of practice.
Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of approved drugs, controlled substances, and investigational agents.
Technical competency
Regulatory compliance
Financial awareness
Service delivery
Job performance
Reliability (or Attendance)
Communication
Organization
Computer proficiency
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification as appropriate to practice site.

Responsibilities

Assists the pharmacist in collecting clinical and other patient information and maintaining appropriate records as required by regulation and policy.
Utilizes pharmacy technology effectively to prepare medication orders for dispensing, performs calculations as necessary, and compounds medications for accurate compounding as appropriate to practice site, in accordance with state law, policies, procedures, and protocols.
Attains appropriate supervision and accuracy checks by the pharmacist(s) and clearly understands when a pharmacist must verify tasks and activities.
Accurately fills and maintains medication supplies including verifying and monitoring controlled substance inventories to ensure security, accuracy, cost effectiveness, and 340B/Charging management as required to practice site.
Communicates with caregivers regarding responsibilities, identified concerns, and participates in quality and patient safety initiatives, identifying potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff and takes appropriate actions to escalate items to the pharmacist for review as appropriate based on urgency, regulations, and scope.
Facilitate medication access by helping resolve financial barriers and insurance prior authorizations.
Collaborate with pharmacists and advanced practice providers and clinic staff to ensure safe, high‑quality care and monitoring.
Coordinate lab monitoring and assist with adherence to provider recommendations.
Work closely with a specialty pharmacy for medication availability and adherence.
Perform clinic administrative tasks, including scheduling visits and handling phone calls.