Bilingual Pharmacy Technician Refill Calls

Job Description

The Patient Engagement Specialist will be responsible for providing service for inbound pharmacy phone calls and/or placing outbound patient refill calls and assisting the patient through the entire refill process. This role will be responsible for some or all of the below types of activities: responding to patient requests and inquiries regarding prescription drug plan coverage and fulfillment through the pharmacy; inbound calls to support the health systems needs in patient; status checks on prescriptions; assists pharmacies to properly adjudicate electronic prescription drug claims and resolve adjudication error messages; responsible for providing knowledgeable and courteous customer assistance and response to members, providers, and pharmacy team member inquiries; serves as a point of contact between patients, pharmacy, liaisons, clinical providers, and various internal functional areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively coordinate medication refills including data entry and pharmacy claim adjudication
• Make outbound patient refill phone calls and complete the patient refill request
• Answer, resolve and triage inbound inquiries
• Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate
• Identify medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication
• 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; implement change
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives
• Act as a value-added business partner to stakeholders throughout the organization
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential
• Update knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining networks; participating in professional organizations
• Flexible scheduling to meet business needs with health system partners starting as early as 7:45 AM (EST)/8am EST
• Other duties and/or responsibilities may apply

Experience and Requirements

Required Licensure/Certification: We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are state registered as a pharmacy technician. Nationally certified as a CPhT or equivalent is strongly preferred but not required. Should additional licensure need to be obtained, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required licensure within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.

If the candidate's state of residence does not have a state registration available, then the National certification is required at time of hire. Should additional licensure need to be obtained, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required licensure within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.

Experience and Education

• 1-3 years of Pharmacy Technician and adjudicating claims experience strongly preferred but not required - managing refills, specialty pharmacy, working with clinical care teams, and working remotely

Education: High school diploma or GED required

Skills

Strong interpersonal communication skills, exceptional phone skills, comfortable with proactively engaging patients telephonically