Pharmacy Technician Patient Support

<p><strong>Specialty Pharmacy Technician </strong></p>
<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559685":820,"335559740":267,"335559991":360,"469777462":[820],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[1]}"><span data-teams="true">Location: Portland, OR</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559685":820,"335559740":267,"335559991":360,"469777462":[820],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[1]}"><span data-teams="true">Compensation: An employee in this position can expect an hourly compensation range of $28.00/hr - $36.00/hr. The actual compensation range will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559685":820,"335559740":267,"335559991":360,"469777462":[820],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[1]}"><span data-teams="true">Sign-On Bonus: $5,000.00</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Job Purpose:</strong></p>
<p>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 and registered as a technician with the State of employment. We are seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) with extensive experience.  </p>
<p><strong>Job Duties:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Interpret and enter prescriptions.</li>
<li>Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate.</li>
<li>Label and fill prescriptions for the pharmacist to verify.</li>
<li>Perform pharmaceutical calculations.</li>
<li>Identifies medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication.</li>
<li>Identify and assembling supplies necessary for select medications such sharps containers, needles/syringes, alcohol swabs, Band-Aids.</li>
<li>Prepares medication for delivery to patients and departments.</li>
<li>Answers, resolves, and triages inbound inquiries.</li>
<li>Provides outbound therapy/medication adherence check-ups.</li>
<li>Secures refill prescriptions.</li>
<li>Resolves insurance related issues and assists patients with various forms of financial assistance.</li>
<li>Maintains pharmacy inventory including drug ordering and receiving.</li>
<li>Communicate directly with patients over the phone to assist them in the awareness of their medications.</li>
<li>Achieve operational objectives by inputting data, performing adjudication on test claims and preparing action plans for follow-up.</li>
<li>Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications.</li>
<li>Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer-service standards.</li>
<li>Identify trends, resolves problems; recommend improvements; implements change.</li>
<li>Actively participates in process improvement initiatives.</li>
<li>Acts as a value-added business partner to stakeholders throughout the organization.</li>
<li>Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.</li>
<li>Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.</li>
<li>Other duties as assigned</li>
</ul>
<p><u>Skills:</u>  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 </p>
<p><u>Traits:</u> Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator</p>
<p><u>Other:</u>  energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data</p>
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<p><strong>Experience/ Education:</strong></p>
<p><u>Required Licensure/Certification:  </u>We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are registered with the State of employment and nationally certified as a CPhT or equivalent.  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.</p>
<p><u>Years of Experience:</u> Required 1+ years, Preferred 5+ years’ experience as a Pharmacy Technician</p>
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