Hybrid Pharmacy Technician - Oncology bei VillageMD / Summit Health

About Our Company

We’re a physician-led, patient-centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians.

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

Please Note: We will only contact candidates regarding your applications from one of the following domains: @summithealth.com, @citymd.net, @villagemd.com, @villagemedical.com, @westmedgroup.com, @starlingphysicians.com, or @bmctotalcare.com.

Job Description

The Oncology Physician Dispensary Pharmacy Technician will be expected to demonstrate ability to perform the following:

• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

• Receives prescriptions and inputs into pharmacy database

• Adds insurance and co-pay information to patient’s profile

• Initiates prior authorizations for prescriptions in-house and prescriptions sent to specialty pharmacies (fax, phone, CoverMyMeds)

• Look at prescribed medication vs. indication for drug to ensure it matches intent of approval

• Initiate prior authorization by phone, fax, CoverMyMeds (this includes having all supporting documentation to complete the prior authorization)

• Specify if the authorization needs to be URGENT or not and submit

• Follow up on prior authorization within 24 hours, and have the Pharmacist re-transmit in QS/1 to determine if it will result in a paid claim

• Document prior authorization approval and dates into QS/1 to prepare for when to submit a new prior authorization request for patients

• Assist patients with financial assistance applications and renewals, including free drug manufacturer programs

• Keep track of all Open/Closed Foundations on a daily basis

• Enroll patients into foundation assistance (via pharmacy/physician portals or by paper application)

• Keep a record of all active patients on financial assistance

• Receives patient’s household income and number of people in household for required eligibility of financial income

• Renews the patient’s application at time of ended balance, or end of grant timeframe

• Updates price uploads from Oncology Supply into QS/1

• Maintains inventory in QS/1

• Ordering of drugs and supplies

• Runs reports for appropriate daily logs needed to be signed by pharmacist

• Maintains files of prescriptions in order of date processed, including refill logs

• Audits prescriptions on a weekly basis

• Maintains signatures from patients picking up their prescriptions

• Maintains Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse guidelines and procedures

• Collects payments of copays from patients

• Properly handle and dispose of hazardous drugs and waste materials following OSHA and NIOSH guidelines.

• Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for missing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.

• Conduct routine medication inventories including monitoring for drugs expiring, and assist with inventory control of medications in the dispensary.

• Assist in ordering supplies and medication. Receive and restock medications.

• Maintain any necessary QA logs, including (but not limited to) temperature logs, waste logs, expired and destroyed medication logs, and others.

• Participate in training and orientation of new employees as needed.

• Comply with the Summit Medical Group incident reporting policy and procedures.

• Adhere to all OSHA and Summit Medical Group training and accomplishments as required per policy.

• Provide other job duties as assigned.

• Report issues and concerns to supervising pharmacist and manager in a timely manner.

Physical / Mental Job Requirements:

• Dexterity of hands and fingers

• Endurance (e.g. continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking)

• This position operates in a typical office environment, often in cubicles and shared space.  The area is well-lit, temperature controlled and free from hazards.  

• Communicates frequently to person, via email, teleconference or telephone, with people in many various locations, on a variety of issues.  

• Manual dexterity is needed to operate a keyboard. 

• Hearing is needed for extensive telephone and/or in-person communication.

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements:

• Batchelor’s Degree

• New Jersey Board of Pharmacy Technician registration

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) with PTCB

• Minimum 5 years of retail experience or other applicable pharmacy experience

• Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing

• Standard Office Equipment (Phone, Fax, Copy Machine, Scanner, Email/Voice Mail)

• Standard Office Technology in a Window based environment

• BLS Certification

• Valid License

This is a non-exempt position. The base compensation range for this role is $30.00 to $33.00 per hour.  At VillageMD, compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc.  The selected candidate will be eligible for a valuable company benefits plan, including health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401k plan.

The provided compensation range is based on industry standards and salary determinations will be made based on numerous factors including but not limited to years of experience and location of position.

About Our Commitment

Total Rewards at VillageMD

Our team members are essential to our mission to reshape healthcare through the power of connection. VillageMD highly values the critical role that health and wellness play in the lives of our team members and their families.  Participation in VillageMD’s benefit platform includes Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, Vision, FSA coverages and a 401k savings plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, race, color, religion, creed, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender status), national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Safety Disclaimer

Our Company cares about the safety of our employees and applicants. Our Company does not use chat rooms for job searches or communications. Our Company will never request personal information via informal chat platforms or unsecure email. Our Company will never ask for money or an exchange of money, banking or other personal information prior to the in-person interview. Be aware of potential scams while job seeking. Interviews are conducted at select Our Company locations during regular business hours only. For information on job scams, visit, https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/JobScams or file a complaint at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.