Primary City/State:

Arizona, Arizona

Department Name:

Ambulatory

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Pharmacy

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Innovation and highly trained staff. Our Pharmacy team members play a critical role in ensuring the best care for our patients. Join a nationally recognized leader that values excellence and begin making a difference in people’s lives. Apply today.

Banner Health was recognized on Becker's Healthcare 2024 list of 150+ top places to work in healthcare. This list highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that prioritize workplace excellence and the happiness, satisfaction, wellbeing and fulfilment of their employees.

As a Senior Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician, you will collaborate with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, providers and supporting staff at the clinics, and community pharmacies. You will also filter out refill requests that the program doesn’t support, work up and screen patient charts for relevant information, follow standard procedures for documentation, answer phone calls from patients to process their refill requests and navigate various systems (Cerner, Genesys, and Microsoft applications.) This position involves being on the phones for the full day, answering incoming calls from patients who need assistance related to their medication refills. This is a remote, work from home position, 40 hour work week within the hours of 6AM and 7PM Monday - Friday, with weekends and holidays based on a rotation. You must reside in Arizona to be considered for this position.

Recruiter to provide sign-on eligibility during the interview process. Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits. 

Banner Pharmacy Services is a recognized leader in healthcare and trusted partner in proactively providing innovative pharmacy services through excellence in integration, care coordination, medication management and services to make a difference in people's lives. Clinical Pharmacy Services is responsible for the management of the Banner formulary, development of standardized system wide clinical pharmacy services, and management of adverse drug event preventions. Clinical Pharmacy Services provides collaborative drug therapy management and educational interventions in patient care to optimize medication therapy, improve outcomes, promote wellness, and disease prevention. As a division, Banner Pharmacy services provides excellent patient care across our entire continuum through convenient access, improved medication outcomes and innovative pharmacy practices.

POSITION SUMMARY
This position performs a variety of support functions, under the supervision of clinical pharmacists, to contribute to the overall improvement of healthcare quality as well as efficient use of resources. Primary responsibilities include processing prescription renewal requests received electronically in the electronic health record, via fax, or phone call; data management and pre-screening to support pharmacist disease state management services, including patient outreach to enroll patients in the service; and patient outreach to assist with closing quality measure care gaps. Other support functions include data gathering and entry, electronic document filing, electronic faxing, and use of the EHR. Additional responsibilities may include outreach to physician offices.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Maintains full knowledge of clinical techniques, software applications, or skilled trade. Demonstrates understanding of department knowledge and resources. Documents according to standards set by the department and regulatory agencies.

2. Uses prior experience, diversified procedures and general instructions and procedures to solve a variety of problems. Chooses best alternative from group of known possibilities.

3. Responds to standard requests from internal and/or external customers. Interacts primarily with department personnel, cross-department personnel, internal and/or external customers, patients and physicians.

4. Uses discretion to prioritize assigned tasks and duties based on changes in workflow or other immediate situations. Uses independent decision making based on technical knowledge and department standards.

5. Position may require performing clerical or administrative duties that do not require a pharmacist technician license, on a full time or part time basis as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires pharmacy technician licensure in the state of practice (where applicable).

Incumbents in Arizona are also required to provide the AZ Board of Pharmacy Wallet Card at time of hire.

Must have two or more years of ambulatory pharmacy experience (retail/community or managed care) or demonstrate knowledge of ambulatory pharmacy. Must possess good organizational, problem solving and computer skills. Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. Moderate experience, typically gained through 2-4 years relevant work experience OR 12–18 months in an educational program.

Must have knowledge of computer software, particularly Microsoft applications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of a technical certificate program

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification

Strong analytical, creative problem solving, and customer service skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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EEO/Female/Minority/Disability/Veterans

Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.

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