What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician Associate position at Lakeland Pharmacy?
- Provides new and existing patients with the best possible customer service in relation to their drug prescriptions, clinical services, billing inquiries, patients suggestions and complaints.
- Records and processes orders and/or inquiries received by fax, mail, telephone, and/or through patient direct contact.
- Provides timely response to patient’s inquiries by telephone and/or email in an in or outbound service center, consistent with service and quality standards.
- Provides pricing, availability, and schedules information within established guidelines.
- Receives inbound and outbound calls to patients or MD Offices regarding orders for medications, pharmacy services and all other inquiries.
- Coordinates patient care by scheduling orders, communicating information to the patient regarding shipments, assessing supply needs, verifying patient information, notifying the pharmacist of issues or changes in the patient’s condition.
- Provides correct information or directs the call to the appropriate team member or department while maintaining a high level of professionalism
- Ensures that good patient’s relations are maintained and patient’s claims and complaints are resolved fairly and effectively.
- Creates patient activities as a reminder for the following tasks including but not limited to follow-up calls for patients, to initiate discharge of service, to contact a patient's doctor's office, to mail a letter to a patient, and any other reminders necessary as it relates to a patient's care.
- Contacts the pharmacists to alert them of any changes in patient's condition, compliance issues due to patient not taking medication or side effects, or to transfer a patient directly to pharmacist for counseling. Complete all additional special handling duties as assigned including but not limited to drug shipment notifications and Adverse Drug Event Reports
- Complete other stages of the order process as assigned including but not limited to scanning prescriptions, imagine indexing, preQA, load insurance information, run test claims, work issues and facilitate prior authorizations.
- Provides typed documentation of all communications received from calls and provides notification of any urgent orders, shipping related issues and any errors, complaints or compliments to the appropriate party or system.
Required Skills and Knowledge - Pharmacy Technician Associate
- Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers
- Basic level skill in Microsoft Office
- Previous call center experience a plus
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $13.00 - $16.00 per hour
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Sherman, TX 75092 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Sherman, TX 75092: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $13 - $16