Bilingual Pharmacy Technician - Refill Calls Spanish Speaking

At Shields Health Solutions, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion, kindness, acceptance, and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to consistently be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ several years in a row; we’ve been recognized as a Fortunes Best Workplaces in Healthcare™, Millennials™, and Women™; and a Becker’s Healthcare Top 150 Workplace.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to improving lives by ensuring seamless access to specialty medications, better health outcomes, and an enhanced care experience. That’s why more health system leaders trust us to deliver personalized support and comprehensive solutions that make specialty pharmacy more accessible for the patients who need it most. Through our proven Shields Performance Platform, we help drive the financial sustainability of health systems while prioritizing best-in-class outcomes that patients deserve. With a team of leaders in specialty pharmacy, a track record of success partnering with over 80 health systems, and an unwavering dedication to measurable results, we empower health systems to transform their specialty pharmacy into a driver of growth—ensuring every patient receives the best possible care.

As Shields Health Solutions continues to experience rapid growth and expand our partnerships with leading health systems across the country, we’re actively hiring to support our mission. Our expanding footprint means more opportunities to make a meaningful impact in patients’ lives—so we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team and continue to grow with us. 

Patient Engagement Specialist
Location:  If you reside locally (Phoenix, Arizona) this position is onsite 100% Monday - Friday

Job Description: 

The Patient Engagement Specialist will be responsible for providing service for inbound pharmacy phone calls and/or placing outbound patient refill calls and assisting the patient through the entire refill process.  This role will be responsible for some or all of the below types of activities:  responding to patient requests and inquiries regarding prescription drug plan coverage and fulfillment through the pharmacy;  inbound calls to support the health systems needs in patient; status checks on prescriptions; assists pharmacies to properly adjudicate electronic prescription drug claims and resolve adjudication error messages; responsible for providing knowledgeable and courteous customer assistance and response to members, providers, and pharmacy team member inquiries; serves as a point of contact between patients, pharmacy, liaisons, clinical providers, and various internal functional areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively coordinate medication refills including data entry and pharmacy claim adjudication
• Make outbound patient refill phone calls and complete the patient refill request.
• Answer, resolve and triage inbound inquiries.
• Clarify prescription orders with pharmacist and/or clinician as appropriate.
• Identify medications requiring special storage and/or handling such as hazardous medications and/or refrigerated medication.
• Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications.
• Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer-service standards.
• Identify trends, resolves problems; recommend improvements; implement change.
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives.
• Act as a value-added business partner to stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Update knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining networks; participating in professional organizations
• Flexible scheduling to meet business needs with health system partners starting as early as 7:45 AM (EST)/ 8am EST
• Other duties and/or responsibilities may apply

Experience/Requirements:

Required Licensure/Certification:  We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are state registered as a pharmacy technician. Nationally certified as a CPhT or equivalent is strongly preferred but not required. Should additional licensure need to be obtained, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required licensure within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.

*If the candidate's state of residence does not have a state registration available, then the National certification is required at time of hire. Should additional licensure need to be obtaine