Sr Certified Pharmacy Technician, First Shift, Medication Access Services

Location: UC Health, Business Center/Remote 
Department: Medication Access Services  
Hours: Full-Time, 40 hours/weekly  
Shift: First Shift remote 

UC Health is hiring for a full-time SR Certified Pharmacy Technician for Pharmacy Administration at University of Cincinnati’s Medical Center in the UC Health Business Center. We are offering a $2,000 Sign-on Bonus!!

Prior Authorization team supports pharmacy operations by facilitating prior authorization (PA) processes across various platforms. This role ensures timely and accurate submission of PAs, working closely with providers, payers, and pharmacy teams to optimize patient access to medications.

The Pharmacy Technician III provides support to pharmacists, clinical pharmacy practitioners, and managers in all aspects of providing pharmacy services. It is the Technician III that helps identify and improve pharmacy operations and serves as a leader in their area of expertise. The Technician III participates in quality improvement initiatives within the department. The Technician III has a history of qualitative consistency and productivity in multiple core areas and works with minimal supervision and guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Review and process prior authorization requests for medications across multiple therapeutic areas.
•    Interpret and respond to insurance rejections, including understanding reject codes and resolution pathways.
•    Navigate insurance formularies to determine coverage criteria, step therapy requirements, and therapeutic alternatives.
•    Collaborate with providers to recommend possible therapeutic interchanges when appropriate.
•    Locate and interpret relevant documentation within the patient’s electronic health record (EHR) to support PA submissions.
•    Communicate effectively with retail pharmacy teams to coordinate patient care and resolve access barriers.

• Unit Dose - Includes packaging, filling, and distributing medications. Prepackages medications for use in unit dose, outpatient and IV additive drug distribution. Orders drugs and supplies using predetermined stock levels (where available); re-stock shelves.
• Delivery - Includes the transportation of medications and supplies from the pharmacy to areas outside the pharmacy. This includes medication cart delivery, floor stock, and patient specific medications to patient care areas.
• Computer skills - A basic understanding of pharmacy systems is required (i.e. labels, printer paper, etc.). For example: must have the ability to type and print labels from site pharmacy systems (e.g. Epic, etc.) and other site-specific pharmacy systems.
• Automated Dispensing machines (if available at site) - Ability to sign in, load, refill, remove, print reports, and understand the basic operating procedures for the Automated Dispensing machines and related systems. Identify and communicate discrepancies to appropriate personnel.
• Pneumatic tube (if available at site) - Able to operate the pneumatic tube station. Able to prioritize medications and coordinate their distribution to the floors.
• Medical terminology - Understands and can communicate with other healthcare professionals using basic medical terminology. This includes understanding brand and generic pharmaceutical names and the hospital formulary system.
• Parenteral Products - Using aseptic technique, prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile products (including chemotherapy at designated sites), fills syringes, and reconstitutes small volume injectable pharmaceutical for subsequent check and dispensing by a pharmacist.
• Compounding - Selects bulk pharmaceutical according to prearranged and pharmacist approved work sheets and prepares final products for subsequent check by a pharmacist.
• Answer front window, Pharmacy door and telephones

Train and/or specialize in at least two of the following areas (not all areas are available at every site) 

• Robotic/Automated Equipment – Must be able to operate robotic equipment within pharmacy, including but not limited to a dispensing robot, automated packager for oral liquids/solids, carousels, etc. and appropriately order and restock products when needed
• Inventory management software – must be able to utilize provided software to assist with inventory management within the central pharmacy and/or satellites
• Storeroom function - Able to order drugs and supplies using predetermined stock levels (where available) and stock shelves. Delivers drugs and related supplies. Able to interpret stock request forms, accurately pick stock and deliver to appropriate areas.
• Controlled Substance Control - Able to understand and operate the current technology involved in the record keeping and distribution of controlled substances. This includes the Automa