Description
Oregon Urology Institute has a Full Time Pharmacy Technician position available.
Oregon Urology Institute (OUI) is one of the largest urology practices in Oregon. OUI is the only urology practice in Lane and Douglas County, has satellite locations in Roseburg and Florence with our main office located in Springfield. We have 25+ providers (MD/PA/NP) and around 200 employees between OUI and OSC (day surgery center).
Briefly, this position is to support the In Office Dispensary (IOD). Our IOD assists patients in finding funding for their oral oncolytic medications, preparing medications, ensuring documentation is accurate in the EMR, validating Rx with physician and accurate billing using a pharmacy software system.
Job Responsibilities
- Accept the full responsibility for the patient's pharmacy care plan
- Answer patient questions, communicated with providers and troubleshoot/resolve problems promptly
- Aid in streamlining communication between the patient, insurance companies, physicians, nurses, lab and other healthcare-related parties
- Help patients with their drug therapy and pharmacy care issues
- Maintain current notes and paperwork related to the patient's drug therapy and pharmacy care plan
- Inform patients of financial requirements and prescription assistance options to include taking payments for out of pocket expenses and managing IOD questions from OUI Director of Finance timely (within 48hours)
- Promote patients' drug compliance along with monthly care calls to patients
- Understand the various challenges of specific diseases (including but not limited to prostate cancer)
- Arrange medication prior authorizations with third parties and ensures medications are ordered timely
- Coordinate responses and resolutions with appropriate internal and external parties
- Retain experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure; this may include using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and being able to compute rate, ratio, and percent
- Exhibit typing skills of at least 30 wpm
- Establish and maintain good relationships with physician/healthcare practices
- Understand and interpret strong interpersonal and "people" skills
- Work as part of a team to provide support to other members of the healthcare team
- Process new prescriptions and refill prescriptions
- Report all drug adverse events
- Perform all tasks in a safe manner that is consistent with corporate policies as well as state and federal laws
- Other tasks and jobs may be included in position depending on need or demand
Job Qualifications
- Pharmacy Technician Certification (Preferred)
- Proven experience working independently and in a team environment
- Familiarity working with insurance companies, patient assistance programs
- Minimum of 2 years Pharmacy Technician experience
Preferred Job Requirements
- Must be flexible, quick learner, team player
- Excellent computer skills and ability to work simultaneously in different computer applications
- Ability to multitask
- Self-motivated, driven, does not need to be prompted to complete tasks
- Must be able to communicate in both written and verbal form clearly and effectively to physicians, patients, and coworkers.
- Must develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with physicians and staff.
- Follow outlined policies and procedures
- Maintain information confidentiality
This is a Full-time position. Oregon Urology Institute offers employees a competitive wage, fully employer paid life, health, dental and vision, 6 paid holidays, generous PTO, voluntary benefits, and an outstanding retirement. Please visit the Oregon Urology Institute's career page to apply.
Oregon Urology Institute is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to fair and impartial treatment of employees, job applicants, and contractors, and to maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free work environment where people treat one another with respect. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.