Pharmacy Technician - UnitedHealth Group

$3,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

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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. Take a closer look to learn why a career with Genoa Healthcare might be the path to discovering your life's best work.(sm) 

We seek a skilled Pharmacy Technician to support all functions of the Genoa mental health and specialty pharmacy primarily through dispensing medical prescriptions and performing necessary clinical and administrative tasks while under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist. Clinical tasks may include retrieving and counting medications, preparing prescription labels, and selecting correct containment for medications. Some administrative tasks include answering phones, entering consumer and prescription information, and verifying eligibility of electronic and hard copy prescriptions, responding to claim denials and Prior Authorizations, operating cash register, and determining consumer eligibility.  Genoa provides specialized adherence Dispill packaging to many of our consumers in a detailed and expeditious environment, fulfilling orders and maintaining deadlines on a regular basis. 

Working Schedule:  Monday-Friday: 8am-5:00pm CST Closed for Lunch: 12:00-1pm –NO NIGHTS/ NO WEEKENEDS. Variety of great restaurantsand lunch options within walking distance and parking permit will be provided for free street parking right out front. 

Location: 4423 N. Ravenswood Ave., P100, Chicago, IL 60640 (Ravenswood Neighborhood on the north side of Chicago)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides exceptional, courteous and enthusiastic customer service to all consumers and members of the clinic staff including other healthcare professionals

• Fills prescription orders accurately and efficiently and makes them available for verification under direct supervision of the registered Pharmacist

• Orders, receives, and stores incoming pharmacy supplies

• Receives and processes wholesaler medication orders

• Verifies medication stock and enters data in computer to maintain proper inventory records

• Works with the Pharmacist to assist in the pharmacy duties and keeping the pharmacy in compliance with all Federal and State requirements and HIPPA Guidelines

• Performs various clerical duties relating to the department and participates in regularly scheduled inventory management 

• Shows eagerness and willingness to learn

• Communicates effectively with strong professional verbal and written skills while working with pharmacists, prescribers, case workers, and payers to obtain necessary information to process prescriptions safely and efficiently 

• Works well with teammates to help problem solve and prioritize workflow and takes initiative to self-motivate

• Performs various daily, weekly, or monthly tasks related to compliance and operations of pharmacy to maintain a safe and high performing environment

• Organizational skills and utilizing prioritization tools on a daily basis

• Completes regular company required trainings and keeps current with ongoing updates to policies and procedures 

What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group?   Put it all together - competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays

• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account

• Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage

• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Education Reimbursement

• Employee Discounts

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)

• More information can be downloaded at: http://uhg.hr/uhgbenefits

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:

• High School Diploma / GED (or higher)

• Active and unrestricted Pharmacy Technician license in Illinois

• PTCB Certification 

• 2+ years of pharmacy experience

• 1+ years of customer service experience

• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office

• Access to reliable transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Immunization certification

Soft Skill:

• Help create an environment of belonging and empowerment, and invest in personal and professional development and growth while working effectively with others 

**PLEASE NOTE** The sign-on bonus is only available to external candidates.  Candidates who are currently working for UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full time, part time or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not eligible to receive a sign on bonus. 

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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