What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at Vivent Pharmacy-WI?
Get ready for something extraordinary! Picture this – You've got 6 weeks of paid time off in your first year, plus 12 days of paid holidays. That's just the beginning of the perks at Vivent Health. There is 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits. And that's not even scratching the surface. Our complete package also includes employer paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, and so much more. We also offer benefits for part-time roles!
But here's the real deal. Your journey with Vivent Health isn't just a job. It's a chance to join an organization, to be a part of something bigger, and make meaningful impact in our communities and the lives of the amazing patients we serve.
Here are a few highlights of what working at Vivent Health may offer you:
- Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Collaboration on an inter-disciplinary team: Within our integrated HIV care and prevention model, we employ a high level of collaboration across disciplines. That means that, in your role, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to whole person-care across medical, behavioral health, pharmaceutical, research, and more!
- Delivery of quality patient care: Our integrated HIV care and prevention model is proven to help patients achieve positive health outcomes.
Working at Vivent Health, you can truly serve the underserved and become an impactful part of their health journey.
Position Purpose
The pharmacy technician is an integral member of the pharmacy team. A technician is responsible for providing superior customer service and being a good team member. The technician receives and verifies prescriptions, prepares the order, prices and fills the prescription, processes any paperwork and insurance claims and helps in inventory management.
Essential Functions
- Willingness and demonstrating the skills of a team player.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Detail oriented and desire to learn all areas of pharmacy practice.
- Accurate and efficient prescription processing. This includes collecting all pertinent patient information, provide thorough and accurate benefit verification, and processing prescription orders with detail, efficiency and accuracy.
- Make sure that all insurances are billed such that the patient has the lowest out of pocket cost.
- Fill prescription orders accurately efficiently. Ensure that the entire order is filled and given to the pharmacist for checking in prioritized staging manner.
- Be able to work in a collaborative manner with the Vivent Health medical clinic and other Vivent Health employees that interact with the pharmacy.
- Be a positive representative of Vivent Pharmacy when interacting with outside vendors and clinics.
- Participate in daily paperwork and processes relating to the technician duties that help manage pharmacy policies and procedures from a legal and Vivent Pharmacy policy and procedure basis.
- Expert insurance knowledge necessary for pharmacy operations. Some skills include obtaining prior authorizations quickly and with good communication with patients and providers if warranted.
- Master ADAP and 340B intricacies.
- Learn and master all policies and procedures needed for processing prescriptions with standard insurance or the 340B program.
- Participate in pill packaging of medications for patients as needed.
- Assist in packaging and shipping medication orders to patients as needed.
- Any and all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications
- Certified pharmacy technician preferred.
- 2 years of pharmacy technician experience.
- Preference for specialty pharmacy or 340B pharmacy experience.
- Preference for experience using EPIC Willow.
- Must have valid driver's license.
- Knowledge of and sensitivity to the HIV/AIDS patient population, and/or an eagerness to learn about this community.
- Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
- Ability to type along with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual) is a plus.
Salary
Starting at $21/hourly (Depending on Experience)
Public Student Loan Forgiveness
Employment at our organization may qualify you for federal student loan forgiveness programs. We do not directly pay for – nor forgive – federal student loans; however, our status as a not-for-profit organization under Section 501 c 3, makes us an eligible employer. There may be other determining factors for one to qualify.
Please follow this URL to review one such program and their requirements:
https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
Salary : $21