Pharmacy Tech

$48,880 - $53,040/Yr

Vista Community Clinic - Vista, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Vista, CA

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

Vista Community Clinic is seeking a dedicated and motivated Pharmacy Technician to provide essential support to clinicians and patients in a multi-specialty outpatient setting. The role involves managing medication refill requests, facilitating prior authorizations, and ensuring effective communication between patients and healthcare providers. The ideal candidate will contribute to advancing community health by delivering high-quality service in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to clinicians and patients.
• Review medication refill requests and complete prior authorizations as needed.
• Consult with clinicians and pharmacists to authorize requests.
• Facilitate the completion of forms presented by patients to clinicians.
• Submit new and updated prescriptions and refills or deny refills per protocol.
• Act as gatekeeper for confirming Clinician's current orders.
• Prepare and research information needed for prior authorizations (PAs)/treatment authorization requests (TARs) for medication refills.
• Work with referral coordinators on tracking PAs and TARs, including those for formulary.
• Review the EHR of a patient to discern information needed in the course of patient care management protocols or procedures.
• Receive patient phone calls and follow-up on patient's needs or delegate to appropriate staff.
• Receive phone calls from outside agencies, such as other pharmacies, and address caller's needs or delegate to appropriate staff.
• Manage public folders as assigned, follow-up on refills, scan to PAQ, notify clinicians and confirm completion.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Current California State Board of Pharmacy Technician License.
• Minimum one year related experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Experience/familiarity with Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records systems, NextGen preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 403(B) plan for eligible employees