Retail Pharmacy Technician

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Job Details

The Retail Pharmacy Technician obtains new patients clinical and prescription plan coverage information review new prescription and / or prescription. This position is categorized as compliance critical and as such requires and is assigned specific responsibility for ensuring continual and proper compliance with all division corporate and regulatory requirements.

We strongly prefer a bilingual candidate proficient in Spanish and will offer a premium pay rate for those who meet this qualification

Location :

Lorain County Health & Dentistry

1205 Broadway Lorain OH 44052

Pharmacy Hours of Operation :

Monday through Friday

9 : 00 AM to 5 : 00 PM

Closed Weekends & Holidays

Responsibilities :

Responsible for creating a patient profile in the pharmacy information system.

Enters necessary prescription plan information in the patient profile for processing and adjudicating patients prescriptions.

Responsible for entering all new patient prescription information into the pharmacy information system.

Addresses insurance reimbursement and payment issues as appropriate by communicating with insurance providers patients and pharmacists.

Participates in achieving business goals and metrics for the Ambulatory Pharmacy.

Retrieves and prepares the medication for pharmacist review and verification.

Prepares inventory reports for pharmacist review to purchase. Submits receives and places inventory in stock.

Answers inbound telephone calls and triages calls as appropriate based upon the nature of the call to the appropriate staff.

Assists with the reviews and handling of all adjudicated prescription claims to ensure appropriateness of reimbursement co-pay and related financials and if needed as directed follows up all such claims deemed inappropriate.

Assists Pharmacist by providing required information for therapeutic consults with patients.

Intervenes with Pharmacy Benefit Manager Companies to resolve plan and patient specific adjudication issues.

Supply and monitor ambulatory dispensing robotic technology.

Actively participates by delivering medications and pharmaceutical supplies to patients as outlined by the concierge prescription program.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Education :

Normally requires a minimum of two (2) years directly related and progressively responsible ambulatory pharmacy experience; bachelors degree program preferred. Pharmacy technician certification with a national technical certification organization such as Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or other comparable national certification required. State pharmacy certification is acceptable if core competencies are equal to or better than national certification requirements.

Skills and Knowledge :

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Ability to work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraints

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to resolve patient issues quickly and creatively in order to improve customer satisfaction

Familiarity with pharmaceutical products services and drug interactions

Strong organizational skills; attention to detail

Good analytical skills

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.

The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment please call 888.692.2272 or email . We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies : AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Load & Unload,LTC Pharmacy,Typing,Inventory Control,Customer Service,Hospital Experience,Pharmacy Software,Communication skills,Math,Pharmacy Technician Experience,Order Entry,Compounding Medications

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1