What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialty Pharmacy Technician Full Time position at Shields Health Solutions?
Why join the specialty pharmacy tech at Albany?
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.
Job Duties:
Required Licensure/Certification: 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.
Years of Experience: Required 1 years, Preferred 5 years experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Skills: 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
Traits: Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator
Other: energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data
This information is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Shields Health Solutions. The current salary range for this position is $20.00 per hour to $22.00 per hour. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience, and other relevant factors.
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- Competitive hourly rate $20-$22, plus 4k sign on bonus
- Monday-Friday schedule, Saturday coverage as needed
- Health benefits effective immediately
- 401k with match
- 4 weeks of PTO (paid time off)
- 10 paid holidays
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.
Job Duties:
- 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
Required Licensure/Certification: 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.
Years of Experience: Required 1 years, Preferred 5 years experience as a Pharmacy Technician
Skills: 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
Traits: Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator
Other: energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data
This information is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Shields Health Solutions. The current salary range for this position is $20.00 per hour to $22.00 per hour. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience, and other relevant factors.
California residents employed by or applying for work at Shields have certain privacy rights. Please review our: California Workforce Privacy Notice and Privacy Policy.
By providing your mobile number, you agree to receive text messages from Shields Health Solutions related to job opportunities, interview scheduling, and recruiting updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out at any time by replying 'STOP.' Consent is not a condition of employment.
Shields Health Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $20 - $22