Specialty Pharmacy Technician Full Time

Shields Health Solutions•Albany, NY

4d•$20 - $22

About The Position

The successful candidate will provide integrated support to patients and pharmacists by providing a 'hands-on" approach to total quality patient care through the delivery of a full continuum of medication adherence support. We are seeking a highly motivated, self-starter who is looking for an exciting career path with a fast-growing company in the specialty pharmacy management services. Candidates MUST be nationally certified. We are seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) with extensive experience.

Requirements

We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are nationally certified as a CPhT.
NY Pharmacy Technician License is preferred but not required.
Should certification need to be obtained for a particular state or updated at the time of employment, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required certification within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.
Required 1+ years
strong phone skills
highly proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word
able to quickly learn other database programs and able to extract relevant information
strong organizational and interpersonal skills a must
Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator
energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills
discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data

Nice To Haves

5+ years experience as a Pharmacy Technician
NY Pharmacy Technician License

Responsibilities

Interpret and enter prescriptions
Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate
Label and fill prescriptions for the pharmacist to verify
Perform pharmaceutical calculations
Identifies medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication
Identify and assembling supplies necessary for select medications such sharps containers, needles/syringes, alcohol swabs, Band-Aids
Prepares medication for delivery to patients and departments
Answers, resolves and triages inbound inquiries
Provides outbound therapy/medication adherence check-ups
Secures refill prescriptions
Resolves insurance related issues and assists patients with various forms of financial assistance
Maintains pharmacy inventory including drug ordering and receiving
Communicate directly with patients over the phone to assist them in the awareness of their medications
Achieve operational objectives by inputting data, performing adjudication on test claims and preparing action plans for follow-up
Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications
Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
Identify trends, resolves problems; recommend improvements; implements change
Actively participates in process improvement initiatives
Acts as a value-added business partner to stakeholders throughout the organization
Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
Other duties as assigned