Pharmacy Technician Medication Coordinator
Company: Optum
Location: Grand Prairie
Posted on: November 14, 2024
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Job Description:
$3,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates
Opportunities with Genoa Healthcare. A career with Genoa Healthcare
means you're part of a collaborative effort to serve behavioral
health and addiction treatment communities. We do more than just
provide medicine: we change lives for the better. People with
serious mental or chronic illness - and those who care for them -
have moving stories, and at Genoa we become their voice, their
partner. Working as part of a coordinated care team, we partner
with community-based providers and others to ensure that people
with complex health conditions get the right medications and are
able to follow their treatment plans. Our personalized services -
in-clinic pharmacies, medication management and more - are leading
the way to a new level of care.
Genoa is a pharmacy care services company that is part of Optum and
UnitedHealth Group's family of businesses. We are part of a leading
information and technology-enabled health services business
dedicated to making the health system work better for everyone.
Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. -
The Pharmacy Medication Coordinator position is an essential role
that impacts the lives of an underserved population that needs a
voice. This onsite position is a liaison between a partner clinic
and a Genoa mental health specialty pharmacy. -
Primary responsibilities include building relationships with the
clinic partners and communicating with consumers to assist them
with their medication plan, insurance and the full services of the
Genoa pharmacy. A key function will be promoting Genoa services to
obtain new consumers and increasing the number of consumers Genoa
serves. -
Tour a Genoa Pharmacy at the following link: -
Schedule for this position will be Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Each week will include work at the following locations: -
2 days per week at Suvida Healthcare, 2275 Ellis Ave, Fort Worth,
TX
3 days per week at Suvida Healthcare, 322 S Hampton Rd, Dallas,
TX
Primary Responsibilities:
Communicates with all consumers of the mental health center
regarding the medication services Genoa provides
Recruits and enrolls consumers utilizing enrollment forms and copy
the consumer's insurance card
Facilitates the collection of prescriptions to be faxed to the
pharmacy for dispensing
Ensures all consumer insurance information is up to date in the
Pharmacy system and is properly charged for the medications
dispensed
Assists consumers in contacting the pharmacist regarding all their
medication questions and ensure a -prompt response to their
questions
Assists clinic staff and pharmacy with prior authorizations and
Patient Assistance programs as needed
Monitors compliance by contacting the consumer at least monthly to
ensure compliance and determine refill needs as applicable
Prescription refill management by utilizing the no refill report
and contacting the appropriate prescriber to ensure timely refills
are completed and dispensed to the consumer
Medication delivery when needed and appropriate (Only applicable in
states that are allowed)
Checks for expiration dates (both on consumer's medications as well
as house account
products/standing order meds)
Ensures that medications are stored properly (refrigerated drugs
are kept in the refrigerator, pen-tips are not stored on insulin
pens, etc.)
Checks for discrepancies (dose changes, discontinued medications,
etc.)
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an
environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on
what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide
development for other roles you may be interested in.Required
Qualifications:
Texas Pharmacy Technician License
Bilingual (Spanish)
Able to travel to Fort Worth and Dallas
Reliable transportation and valid driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
National Pharmacy Technician Certification
6+ months of Pharmacy Technician experience
Behavioral/Mental Health experience
Sales & Marketing experience
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier
lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We
believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location
and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good
health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color,
historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We
are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and
enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health
disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority
reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information,
or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are
required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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