Specialty Pharmacy Technician

Admin Campus
955 Powell Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057, USA

• Pay or shift range: $24.17 USD to $35.53 USD
  Compensation is determined based on job requirements, relevant skills, experience, and internal equity.

Pay Range: $24.17 to $35.53 USD

Would you like to have a career that makes a daily difference in people’s lives? Do you want to be part of a caring, respectful, diverse community? If you answered yes to these questions, keep reading!

HealthPoint is a community-based, community-supported and community-governed network of non-profit health centers dedicated to providing expert, high-quality care to all who need it, regardless of circumstances. Founded in 1971, we believe that the quality of your health care should not depend on how much money you make, what language you speak or what your health is,
because everyone deserves great care
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Position Summary:

The Specialty Pharmacy Technician obtains referrals and clinical progress notes, completes prior authorizations, ensures proper documentation in all relevant platforms, communicates with medical staff and patients, and dispenses specialty medication prescriptions in accordance with all applicable practice standards under the direct supervision of a Specialty Clinical Pharmacist.

Compensation is dependent on skills and experience.

Your contribution to the team includes:

• Comply with all federal, state and agency regulatory standards as related to specialty pharmacy practice.
• Dispense medicine prescribed to patients according to the instruction/supervision of the specialty Pharmacist. This entails data entry, including insurance input and billing, counting, labeling, and packaging.
• Process third party insurance claims online and complete prior authorizations as necessary.
• Research all available sources and apply available patient assistance programs to ensure patient access to specialty medications
• Answer/triage phone calls from patients and medical staff.
• Answer nonclinical questions for patients or providers, or refer them to the Specialty Clinical Pharmacist
• Arrange all medication shipments and deliveries, including packaging and facilitating deliveries through external vendors and internal couriers, to be executed on time, and in accordance with all internal shipping standards ensuring all temperature sensitive shipped specialty medications meet necessary stability standards. Participate in internal cold chain and other testing procedures, including validation of new shipping supplies
• Perform all necessary calls to patients as part of the refill process; document information in relevant platforms like dispensing software, care planning platform and EMR as necessary.
• Return prescriptions to stock as needed per Pharmacy procedure.
• Obtain referrals and patient consult notes from multiple medical organizations and upload information on to relevant data platforms
• Document relevant patient and outside/internal provider encounters in internal systems like EMR, dispensing software and care planning platform
• Assist with gathering data and compiling reports as directed.
• Order, receive and stock medications and supplies from wholesaler’s and/or distributors; manage medication inventory on daily basis including but not limited to all functions related to expired and outdated products for reverse distribution, inventory management system-Datarithm, DSCSA compliance monitoring system Advasur 360, ensure that all on hand quantities of medication within dispensing software are accurate.
• Maintain good attendance, is punctual and works full scheduled shift is a condition of employment.
• Demonstrate respectful, professional and appropriate behavior that supports a team-oriented work environment.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the mission, core values and goals of…