Pharmacy Technician Coordinator

SSM Health; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health is seeking a Pharmacy Access position at Mission Hill in St. Louis, MO. This hybrid role blends prior authorizations, care coordination, and process improvement under pharmacist supervision.

Ideal candidates have pharmacy technician experience, familiarity with Epic and Microsoft Office, and the ability to adapt to shifting priorities in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Three years' experience as a pharmacy technician or relevant healthcare field.
• High School diploma or equivalent; 10 years of work experience accepted in lieu.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead workflows within the specialized operational area across ministries.
• Identify quality improvement opportunities and implement operational changes.
• Provide cross-coverage and training for team members in the specialty area.
• Maintain HIPAA confidentiality and deliver excellent customer service.

Skills

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Customer service

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Tools

Epic

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Join SSM Health's newly established Infusion Access Team and play a key role in ensuring oncology, bone marrow transplant, and specialty infusion patients receive the treatments they need!

ThisHybrid position combines prior authorizations, care coordination, and problem-solving in a collaborative environment where you'll help shape new processes from the ground up. Previous pharmacy, prior authorization, medical billing, or healthcare experience is welcomed, but not required.

Computer and phone based work!

• Department: Pharmacy / Corporate Offices
• Schedule: Fixed, varying shifts Monday through Friday, with start and end times between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• No on-call requirement.
• Hybrid opportunity: several days required in office each week.
• Location: Mission Hill (Corporate Offices) St. Louis, Missouri.

Ideal candidate

• Proficient with Epic and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Medical Billing or Prior Authorizations is preferred
• Knowledge of Infusion medication.
• Adaptability to shifting priorities and timelines in a dynamic environment.

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and in accordance with standard procedures, provides coordination and leadership for workflows and process improvement within a specialized operational area that spans multiple ministries. At least 80% of time is dedicated to this focused role, which may include areas such as community operations, technology and automation, regulatory compliance, finance, medication access and adherence, transitions of care, and purchasing.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

• Performs daily services and functions of the specialized role at multiple ministries or in a centralized service model. Interacts in a matrix manner that includes learning multiple workflows for various sites, travel, managing matrix relationships and collaborating across team members and ministries to prioritize and efficiently complete work. Solves issues in the specialized area as they arise. Ensures documents and records are accurate and completed in a timely manner.
• Serves as a resource in the specialized area for other regional, system, and/or external stakeholders. Solves complex problems that may impact more than one ministry and ensures that issues are escalated and closed as needed.
• Complies with legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Keeps current with changes in the specialized field and collaborates with department leadership to adopt best practices. Coaches team members across multiple ministries when practice standards are not upheld.
• Conducts reviews and audits of specialized area. Reports and monitors KPIs to ensure optimal performance. Identifies quality improvement opportunities based on specialized skill set to ensure safe, effective, and efficient services and patient care. Creates system standardization and leads implementation of operational changes and advancements. Participates in regional or system specialized work teams, committees, and councils.
• Collaborates with regional or system leaders to develop and coordinate team member education, training, orientation, and competency. Trains other team members in specialized area. Prepares and distributes work schedules and provides cross-coverage for specialty area, as assigned.
• Serves as the multi-ministry or regional liaison to regional or system pharmacy teams in specialty area. Collaborates with leadership to communicate changes in specialty area.
• Provides excellent customer service to patients, other staff and ancillary departments and maintains high standards of confidentiality in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• Three years' experience as a pharmacy technician or relevant healthcare field

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
• (IDFPR)
• Or
• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 2 months - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• And
• IL Registration Application Process Complete At Time Of Hire - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Pharmacy Technician - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or
• MO Registration Application and Finger Print Process Complete AT TIME OF HIRE -
• Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• And
• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 months - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Pharmacy Technician, Registered - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
• Or
• WI Registration Application Number (PAR) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
• And
• FUTURE - Pharmacy Technician, Registered within 6 Months - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

3931000130 Pharmacy Access STL Network

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.