Pharmacy Students - Per Diem

shieldshealthsolutions; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

SHIELDS HEALTH SOLUTIONS seeks a Pharmacy Intern in Massachusetts to provide hands-on patient care and support to pharmacists. You will interpret prescriptions, assist with insurance issues, and manage medication adherence with strong communication and organizational skills.

Requires MA Pharmacy Intern registration, at least 1 year of technician experience, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This role focuses on delivering quality service and safeguarding patient information.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Interns must be registered with the State of Massachusetts.
• 1+ year of pharmacy technician experience preferred.
• Strong phone skills and proficiency in Excel and Word; quick to learn other database programs.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and enter prescriptions accurately.
• Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist or clinician.
• Label and fill prescriptions for verification by the pharmacist.
• Perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Identify medications requiring special storage or handling.
• Assist with insurance issues and financial assistance for patients.
• Maintain pharmacy inventory and order medications.
• Communicate with patients by phone to support medication awareness.

Skills

Phone skills

MS Excel

MS Word

Data extraction

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Massachusetts Pharmacy Intern registration

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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 registered as a Pharmacy Intern.

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

Experience/ Education:

Required Licensure/Certification: We are seeking Pharmacy Interns who are registered as a Pharmacy Intern with the State of Massachusetts. 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 of pharmacy technician experience preferred.

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

Solid computer skills are required, including proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for communication, documentation, and data management, as well as, navigating the internet and web-based platforms. Data entry and computer skills will be evaluated through an assessment as part of the pre‑employment process.

Pay and benefits: The current salary range for this position is $20.00 per hour to $30.00 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.

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.