Pharmacy Technician Patient Support

Specialty Pharmacy Technician 

Location: Portland, OR

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.

Sign-On Bonus: $5,000.00

Job Purpose:

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.  

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

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

Experience/ Education:

Required Licensure/Certification:  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.

Years of Experience: Required 1+ years, Preferred 5+ years’ experience as a Pharmacy Technician

Education: High school diploma or GED required