Pharmacy Technician: Patient Access & Medication Support

CommUnityCare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

CommUnityCare in Austin, TX seeks a Pharmacy Technician to assist the pharmacist in dispensing prescription medications, perform quality control, and manage inventory including 340B programs. The role involves coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure timely medication delivery.

Required are a current Texas State Board of Pharmacy registration (PT or Pharmacy Intern) and CPR certification. High school diploma is required; an associate degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Associates degree preferred.
• 3 years experience working in a pharmacy environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to the pharmacist in dispensing prescription medications: typing orders, billing orders, performing quality control functions and inventory management, including 340B program management.
• Prepare prescription medications for delivery to patients and perform prescription tracking using pharmacy systems.
• Contact patients to ensure medication delivery and return medications to stock per established procedures.
• Enter prescription and patient information into pharmacy database and determine patient eligibility for pharmacy benefits.
• Coordinate with Enterprise Pharmacy Benefits and Patient Assistance Program teams to ensure patient coverage and access to medications.
• Provide excellent customer service in-person and electronically, and navigate patients to appropriate departments.
• Register management: open/close registers and maintain transaction records.
• Multilingual Patient Support: identify language preferences and connect with translators.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associates degree preferred

Tools

EMR systems

Pharmacy databases

Billing systems

Job description

CommUnityCare in Austin, TX seeks a Pharmacy Technician to assist the pharmacist in dispensing prescription medications, perform quality control, and manage inventory including 340B programs. The role involves coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure timely medication delivery.

Required are a current Texas State Board of Pharmacy registration (PT or Pharmacy Intern) and CPR certification. High school diploma is required; an associate degree is preferred.