Pharmacy Liaison, Outpatient Pharmacy-Holden, 40hr, Day

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$23.81 - $35.08

(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours experience skills qualifications and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Holidays - Every Third Holiday Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

8am-6pm

Shift:

1 - Day Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10010 - 3830 Home Delivery Pharmacy

Union:

SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.

Under direct supervision of operations manager performs benefit investigation tasks such as running test claims submitting prior authorizations documenting on the patient chart and completing patient outreach and follow up calls.

Major Responsibilities:

• Completes benefit investigations when requested by clinic teams and appropriately documents result on patient electronic medical record.
• Submit prior authorizations to insurance via different methods including online and telephone. Appeal decisions as necessary and conduct follow up phone call inquiries to insurance.
• Knowledgeable in manufacturer patient savings opportunities and communicates information clearly and effectively to providers and patients.
• Performs follow up phone calls to patients as needed regarding insurance decisions rejections and prescription filling information.
• Maintains a perpetual inventory of appropriate medications from internal pharmacies and communicates to clinic team daily.
• Coordinates prescription delivery with patient and Home Delivery pharmacy and queues prescription up for home delivery team.
• Maintains a clean work area and assists in quality indicator monitoring.
• Participates in identifying problems or areas for improvement and assists manager with problem solving projects and improving operations; participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and/or teams.
• Assist pharmacy operations team in dispensing process if needed to include filling prescriptions inventory tasks as well as restocking supplies during downtime.

Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current license with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.
• Certified by one of the national governing bodies such as Pharmacy Technician Certification Board PTCB or the National Healthcareer Association ExCPT. If the individual is not nationally certified they must become certified within 6 months of hire.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Minimum of one year of related experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Position requires proficiency in math and knowledge and ability to use a computer.
• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy efficiency and dependability.
• Ability to work in a hybrid or remote environment.
• Positive work ethic motivated and professional demeanor to promote teamwork in the department.

Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Will assist in dispensing functions and patient outreach in Home Delivery pharmacy as well when needed.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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