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Posted Apr 13Specialty Pharmacy Technician - Russian Speaking
GlobalRemote
Responsibilities
- Handle all medication needs of patients.
- Grow the specialty pharmacies patient population by strictly adhering to Shields’ programs and processes with enthusiasm and purpose.
- Review the patients need for financial assistance and secure financial assistance when needed and available.
- Document patient information within the hospital EMR, Therigy and all Shields proprietary tools as required.
- Ensure that patients remain on track with medication regimens- outbound therapy/medication adherence check-ups, refill prescription.
- Identify medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication.
- Identify supplies necessary for select medications such sharps containers, needles/syringes, alcohol swabs, Band-Aids.
- Achieve operational objectives by inputting data, performing adjudication on test claims and preparing action plans for follow-up.
- Update knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining networks; participating in professional organizations.
Requirements
- Skills : Strong interpersonal communication skills, exceptional phone skills, comfortable with proactively engaging patients telephonically, comfortable reaching out to on-site clinicians, payors, and pharmacies telephonically, highly proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word; able to quickly learn other programs, adapt to Shields’ unique model / tools and able to extract relevant information; strong organizational skills a must.
- Other : Energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills, ability to sit and/or stand with focus at a workstation for a long period of time; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data. Specialties
- Experience and knowledge in working in one or more of the following disease states a plus: transplant, hepatitis C, infectious disease (including HIV), diabetes, MS, oncology.
- Required Licensure/Certification : We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are state registered as a pharmacy technician.
- Nationally certified as a CPhT or equivalent is strongly preferred but not required.