Pharmacy Call Center Agent- Relief

About the role

Join our team as a Relief Pharmacy Call Center Agent at our Central Fill Pharmacy in Yakima, WA!

We've transformed into a leading community health center in the Pacific Northwest with 40+ clinics across Washington and Oregon. We offer a wide range of services such as medical, dental, pharmacy, orthodontia, nutritional counseling, autism screening, and behavioral health. Our holistic model also extends assistance to shelter, energy, weatherization, HIV and AIDS counseling, home visits, and mobile medical/dental clinics.

What We Offer

• $18.47-$22.62/hour DOE with the ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates
• Additional pay for your bilingual skills!

What You’ll Do

• Handle incoming and outgoing non-professional level phone inquiries and transfer calls to appropriate staff
• Update patient demographic information in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
• Respond to inquiries and provide information such as business hours, delivery services, price information, prescription status, and/or refill availability
• Ensure that all newly enrolled mail-order patients have been completely and successfully signed up
• Actively promotes and educates patients on all pharmacy services, including the mail order process and auto-refill
• Complete third-party rebilling process, including contacting insurance companies for authorization
• May perform Lead duties by acting as a liaison between staff and the direct supervisor
• Manages breaks, lunches, sick calls and overtime
• Provides insights to leaders regarding the skill level and performance of the employees
• Performs quality audits as directed
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• One year of pharmacy assistant, office, administrative, patient care, call center or customer service experience
• Pharmacy Assistant state registration within 60 days of employment
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required at a level 9

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of medical billing and terminology preferred
• Effective communication and customer relations skills, conflict resolution abilities, and teamwork proficiency
• Adaptability in a fast-paced environment, multitasking capabilities, attention to detail, and basic 10-key proficiency
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Drug Testing

This position requires testing for controlled substances before employment and you will also be subject to further testing throughout employment.