Pharmacy Technician - Onsite (Based in or Near Salt Lake, UT)

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and authorizes approval of prior authorization pharmacy requests from prescribers received by telephone and/or facsimile using client clinical criteria.
• Determines appropriateness for medications.
• Communicates decision to physicians, physician’s office staff, medical management staff and/or pharmacists.
• Supports both front-end and back-end operations, including order fulfillment, packaging, shipping, and ensuring accurate and timely processing of products.
• Researches, resolves and documents prior authorization outcomes in pharmacy system.
• Communicates selected prior authorization criteria, pharmacy benefit coverage and formulary alternatives to physicians, physician’s office staff, medical management staff and/or pharmacists.
• Escalates requests to Pharmacist when request requires extensive clinical review or denial.
• Researches, resolves and documents physician or client inquiries and grievances and provides verbal or written results to client, prescriber, provider and/or management.
• For CPTs assigned to work the fax queue, clinically reviews coverage determinations with attention to detail, for medications via Fax.
• Communicates decision to physicians, physician’s office staff, medical management staff and/or pharmacists within SLA (service level agreement) guidelines.
• Efficiently multi-tasks and monitors several queues and assignments.
• Adapts to team requirements as business needs change (e.g., fax work, pending queues, oral notifications, and failed faxes).

Requirements

• High school diploma from an accredited school or equivalent GED.
• Required CPT/ExCPT/LPT/PTCB/RPT, Pharmacy Technician, State Requirements - Pharmacy.
• May have no prior experience.
• This position in NOT a remote position and will require employee to be ONSITE.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for work visa or residency sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Must have an active pharmacy technician licensure or registration in accordance with state requirements.
• If state does not require an exam for licensure/registration, must possess both active pharmacy technician licensure or registration in accordance with state requirements AND an active national certification (e.g., PTCB or ExCPT).
• In states that do not require licensure or registration, must have an active national certification (e.g., PTCB or ExCPT).
• Active Pharmacist license supersedes requirement for CPT and/or PTCB.
• Must have at least 6 months dispensing or retail experience required, or equivalent internal training will be substituted.
• Ability to identify and trouble-shoot problematic issues.

Additional Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in a pharmacy or specialty pharmacy setting.

Pay

Potential pay for this position ranges from $17.85 - $25.48 based on experience and skills.

Benefits

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