A career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.
This is a full-time position, and the required work hours are as follows:
- Monday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
- Tuesday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm.
- Wednesday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
- Thursday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
- Friday: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm.
A career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.
Top Reasons to Work at Community Health Centers:
- No weekends for the majority of our centers, 10 Paid Holidays and early Fridays.
- A great benefits package that includes healthcare coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plan, and more.
- Competitive compensation with advancement opportunities and tuition / training reimbursement.
- Awarded “Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation” for five consecutive years.
- Awarded “Top 100 Workplaces for Growing Families” by Orlando Sentinel.
- Modernized and attractive health centers, that patients love.
Job Summary:
Responsible for assisting pharmacist in filling prescriptions; billing of prescriptions to third parties; collection of payments from patients and maintaining drug inventory.
Primary Responsibilities and Specific Duties:
- Participates in site meetings to address patient care and operational requirements, including one-on-one communication.
- Prescriptions - (Data entry) Enters patient information including insurance coverage and prescriptions in the pharmacy software.
- Submits insurance claims and follows up on rejections.
- Types labels neatly and without error.
- Counts and measures medications correctly.
- Billing & payments from customers & third party
- Completes cash and insurance transactions accurately.
- Figures cost & pricing of prescriptions correctly.
- Collects payments from patients &/or family members.
- Writes accurate receipts for paid accounts.
- Supplies and inventory
- Cleans and maintains supplies in pharmacy.
- Receives vendor orders; brings orders to pharmacy; signs invoices documenting receipt, checks incoming drugs and stock drugs for current dating.
- Completes inventories in an accurate and timely manner.
- Initiates and corresponds with 3rd party insurers regarding qualifying information and follows up with possible inclusion and set up for all pharmacy sites.
- Corresponds with 3rd party insurers regarding drug rejections, reversals, additions and inquiries regarding reimbursements.
- Completes QRE’s and completes reconciliation of QRE’s from all sites.
- Assists with pharmacy compliance to applicable statutory requirements (DEA, Board of Pharmacy) and compliance to accreditation standards (AAAHC).
- Initiate contact with providers to obtain corrections or clarification of prescription.
- Maintains accurate accounting for drugs obtained and dispensed through patient assistance or other patient friendly programs. Submits reversals as appropriate.
- Maintains accurate routing of expired drugs to reverse distributor and follows up with proof of disposition and any appropriate credits.
- Maintains accurate record of drugs returned to wholesaler and follows up with proof of credit.
- Mentors new pharmacy technicians to include all processes used at CHC.
- Assists with computer updates and usage.
- Set up and maintain filing system (non-personnel).
- Provides statistical information as requested.
- Sends updates of drug file changes and additions to all pharmacies.
- Sends reminders to pharmacy manager of upcoming employee leave requests and corresponding personnel coverage.
- Arranges for meetings and arranges for conference calls to include all pharmacies.
- Types, copies and distributes correspondence, memos, agendas, and reports.
- May be assigned to others centers to assist with coverage on an as needed basis.
- May run errands as assigned.
- Required to frequently travel to all CHC locations as assigned.
- Performs other mechanical, technical or administrative tasks assigned by the pharmacist which do not themselves constitute practice of the profession of pharmacy.
Qualifications:
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
- One year of retail experience preferred.
Certification/Licensure:
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician by the Florida Board of Pharmacy.
- Certified as a Pharmacy Technician by PTCB or NHA preferred.
- Current Florida Driver’s License required.
Special Skills:
- Bilingual English/Spanish helpful.
Other Requirements:
- Able to work flexible hours and sites as needed on short notice.
- Required to travel to all CHC locations.
- Current Florida Driver’s License required.
Background Screening Requirement:
- This position requires background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. Applicants can find the Clearinghouse Education and Awareness information available at: https://info.flclearinghouse.com