Pharmacy Technician Medication Coordinator

Optum; Lebanon (TN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare company as a Pharmacy Medication Coordinator, where you'll play a vital role in supporting underserved communities. In this crucial position, you'll liaise between a partner clinic and a mental health specialty pharmacy, ensuring consumers receive the medication and care they need. Your responsibilities will include building strong relationships, managing prescriptions, and promoting services to increase consumer engagement. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in people's lives while working in a collaborative environment that values your contributions and growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

401k contribution

Equity stock purchase

Qualifications

• Must have an active Pharmacy Technician License for Tennessee.
• Strong communication skills to assist consumers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with clinic partners and assist consumers with medication plans.
• Monitor compliance and manage prescription refills.

Skills

Pharmacy Technician License

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Insurance Knowledge

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Pharmacy Management Software

Job description

Opportunities with Genoa Healthcare. A career with Genoa Healthcare means you're part of a collaborative effort to serve behavioral health and addiction treatment communities. We do more than just provide medicine: we change lives for the better. People with serious mental or chronic illness - and those who care for them - have moving stories, and at Genoa we become their voice, their partner. Working as part of a coordinated care team, we partner with community-based providers and others to ensure that people with complex health conditions get the right medications and are able to follow their treatment plans. Our personalized services - in-clinic pharmacies, medication management and more - are leading the way to a new level of care.

Genoa is a pharmacy care services company that is part of Optum and UnitedHealth Group's family of businesses. We are part of a leading information and technology-enabled health services business dedicated to making the health system work better for everyone. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Pharmacy Medication Coordinator position is an essential role that impacts the lives of an underserved population that needs a voice. This onsite position is a liaison between a partner clinic and a Genoa mental health specialty pharmacy.

Primary responsibilities include building strong relationships with the clinic partners and communicating with consumers to assist them with their medication plan, insurance and the full services of the Genoa pharmacy. A key function will be promoting Genoa services to obtain new consumers and increasing the number of consumers Genoa serves.

Check out one of our pharmacies: Genoa Healthcare On-site Pharmacy Tour - YouTube

Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm (1 hour lunch)

This position is located inside the doors of: 120 2 Mile Pike, Goodlettsville, TN
Genoa Location: 1404 Winter Drive, Lebanon, TN

Primary Responsibilities:

• Communicates with all consumers of the mental health center regarding the medication services Genoa provides


• Recruits and enrolls consumers utilizing enrollment forms and copy the consumer's insurance card


• Facilitates the collection of prescriptions to be faxed to the pharmacy for dispensing


• Ensures all consumer insurance information is up to date in the Pharmacy system and is properly charged for the medications dispensed


• Assists consumers in contacting the pharmacist regarding all their medication questions and ensure a prompt response to their questions


• Assists clinic staff and pharmacy with prior authorizations and Patient Assistance programs as needed


• Monitors compliance by contacting the consumer at least monthly to ensure compliance and determine refill needs as applicable


• Prescription refill management by utilizing the no refill report and contacting the appropriate prescriber to ensure timely refills are completed and dispensed to the consumer


• Medication delivery when needed and appropriate {Only applicable in states that are allowed}


• Checks for expiration dates (both on consumer's medications as well as house account products/standing order meds)


• Ensures that medications are stored properly (refrigerated drugs are kept in the refrigerator, pen-tips are not stored on insulin pens, etc.)


• Checks for discrepancies (dose changes, discontinued medications, etc.)

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Active and unrestricted Pharmacy Technician License for the state of Tennessee


• Driver's License and access to a reliable transportation


• 5% local travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• PTCB Certification
  


• National Pharmacy Technician Certification
  


• Sales or marketing experience

The hourly range for this role is $19.86 to $38.85 per hour based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age,
color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.