Specialty Pharmacy Pharmacist Intern - Year One

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The UW Medical Center-Montlake Pharmacy Department is looking for an outstanding Specialty Pharmacy Pharmacist Intern - Year One to join our Pharmacy team! This role assists ambulatory pharmacy services in patient care activities and performing assigned tasks. The intern will routinely interact with the public and health-care practitioners to engage in patient prescription benefit adjudication, prior authorization, preparation, processing, and counseling of outpatient medications and other pharmacy-related functions. The Pharmacist Intern performs all duties under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

Requirements

Open only to currently enrolled students in the UW School of Pharmacy
Certification as a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist Intern with the Washington State Board of Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

Review and screen new patients at intake to determine if patient has adequate insurance coverage. Refer appropriate patients to financial counseling for coverage or charity application.
Perform order entry of medication orders into the outpatient pharmacy computer system, including on-line processing of prescriptions, assisting patients with new prescriptions and refills.
Assist patient with alternate sources of payment if required.
Perform charging and/or billing functions, including third party payers. May perform hospital and clinic administered drug charging and credits.
Maintain required controlled substances documentation and research any identified discrepancies.
Ensure accurate filling and required back-counting when filling controlled substance prescriptions.
Maintain hard copy prescription filing systems. Participate in daily filing of prescription forms.
Provide customer service through the Specialty Pharmacy Call Center. Triage patient calls to appropriate party.
Document results of benefits investigation in the electronic medical record, follow up on submitted prior authorization requests, and notify patients of approvals as appropriate.
Obtain initial and renewal insurance authorization for prescription and infusion medications as required by insurance plans.
Counsel specialty pharmacy patients as necessary to assess therapy response, ensure patients understand their medication therapy, address side effects, and assist with adherence issues.
Assist in the training of new students and interns as assigned.
Perform intern patient care activities under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
Apply knowledge learned as part of the UW School of Pharmacy curriculum to provide medication information and patient care related functions.