Pharmacy Technician Pharmacotherapy Support
Shields Health Solutions · Fullerton, CA · 4 mo ago
Healthcare$28–$36/hrFull-time
Job Purpose
The Pharmacy Technician supports the Pharmacotherapy Clinic by assisting pharmacists with patient communication, follow-up, and care coordination activities. This role focuses on enhancing patient access to clinical services, supporting medication management processes, and ensuring that patients receive timely monitoring and appropriate follow-up throughout their therapy. The Technician contributes to safe, efficient, and patient-centered clinical operations within a non-dispensing environment.
Job Duties
- Conduct routine patient check-ins to monitor therapy experience, identify concerns, and support adherence to treatment plans.
- Absorb initial outreach to confirm therapy start and assess early treatment experience.
- Cook up patient appointments, follow-up visits, and clinical monitoring schedules.
- Support pharmacists by completing delegated tasks such as gathering patient information, preparing charts or notes, and managing task queues.
- Track and follow up on required labs or monitoring parameters, ensuring completion and communicating status to the care team.
- Prepare and route prescription-related requests or medication renewals to the pharmacist for review.
- Maintain clear and timely documentation in all required systems to support continuity of care.
- Facilitate workflow efficiency by organizing patient lists, call queues, and clinical follow-up tasks.
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to clinic standards, policies, and professional expectations.
- Participate in relevant training, team meetings, and process improvement initiatives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Strong phone skills
- Highly proficient in Epic
- Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Word
- Able to quickly learn other programs and able to extract relevant information
- Strong organizational skills a must
Traits
- Organized
- High-integrity
- Attention to detail
- Dependable
- Quality focus
- Empathetic
- Good listener/communicator
Experience/ Education
- Required: 1+ years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician
- PREFERRED: 5-8 years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician
- Experience working with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals (preferably in a medical clinic) is a plus.
- Education: High school diploma or GED required