Specialty Pharmacy Technician

Shields Health Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Shields Health Solutions is seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to provide hands-on support in delivering quality patient care and medication adherence. Candidates must be nationally certified and registered with their state, with at least 1 year of experience preferred. This full-time role offers competitive pay and benefits including 401k and PTO.

Benefits

Great benefits starting day one

401k with match

Generous PTO and holidays

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.
• Registered and nationally certified as a pharmacy technician.
• Ability to learn database programs quickly.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and enter prescriptions.
• Label and fill prescriptions for verification.
• Manage pharmacy inventory and drug ordering.

Skills

Strong phone skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

National certification as CPhT

Registered with the State of employment

Tools

Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and Word)

Job description

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At Shields Health Solutions, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion, kindness, acceptance, and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to consistently be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ several years in a row; we’ve been recognized as a Fortunes Best Workplaces in Healthcare, Millennials, and Women; and a Becker’s Healthcare Top 150 Workplace.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to improving lives by ensuring seamless access to specialty medications, better health outcomes, and an enhanced care experience. That’s why more health system leaders trust us to deliver personalized support and comprehensive solutions that make specialty pharmacy more accessible for the patients who need it most. Through our proven Shields Performance Platform, we help drive the financial sustainability of health systems while prioritizing best-in-class outcomes that patients deserve. With a team of leaders in specialty pharmacy, a track record of success partnering with over 80 health systems, and an unwavering dedication to measurable results, we empower health systems to transform their specialty pharmacy into a driver of growth—ensuring every patient receives the best possible care.

• Why join the specialty pharmacy tech at Albany?
• Competitive hourly rate
• Monday-Friday schedule, Saturday coverage as needed
• Great benefits, start day one, 401k with match, Great PTO and holidays
  
  

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 nationally certified and registered as a technician with the State of employment. We are seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) with extensive experience.

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 experienced pharmacy technicians who are registered with the State of employment and also nationally certified as a CPhT. 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, Preferred 5+ years experience as a Pharmacy Technician

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

This information is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Shields Health Solutions. The current salary range for this position is $20.00 per hour to $22.00 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.

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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.

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• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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