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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

Position Purpose

The Medication Access Technician is dedicated to improving patient access to medications at hospital discharge. The Medication Access Technician is responsible for ensuring that patients are offered, and understand the option to participate in the Meds to Bed program. They are an important part of the discharge process, working with other health care professionals, including but not limited to prescribers, nursing, social work, and pharmacy to eliminate barriers to patient access to medications. The Medication Access Technician will work to solve problems involving insurance, prior authorization, access, and patient payment to ensure patients are able to be successfully compliant with their prescription regimen at home.

Schedule

Monday-Friday alternating shifts 8:00am-4:30pm and 9:00-5:30pm, rotating Saturday 8:00am-12:00noon, rotating holidays as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

A. Education [formal], License & Certification

1. Required

a. High School Diploma

b. Registration with Iowa Board of Pharmacy.

c. Pharmacy Technician Certification. National certification must be acquired and maintained from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), or the National Healthcareer Association prior to the expiration date of a Pharmacy Technician in Training registration.

2. Preferred:

a. Two year degree in healthcare or related field

b. Completion of formal technician training program

B. Experience:

1. Required:

a. Two years' experience as pharmacy technician or in patient care (ie: LPN, CNA, MA,

Social Work, population health, community benefit or related field.)

2. Preferred:

a. Customer Service

b. Experience with pharmacy benefit billing, financial assistance processing, or medication

access.

C. Special Skills and Competencies:

1. Annual assessment of competency is completed every year.

2. Must be able to read, write and/or speak English.

Position Highlights and Benefits

• Education Assistance offered

• Effective Day 1 Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more) for positions 16 hours per week or greater

• Competitive wages; including weekend and night differentials

• Generous paid time off program

• Retirement Savings program with employer match starting on Day 1

Ministry/Facility Information:

MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center provides expert health care to 15 counties. MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is a 342 bed, regional referral teaching hospital in Mason City, Iowa. MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center is an 11 bed, rural access hospital in New Hampton, Iowa. Our service area spans 15 counties across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. We serve a population over 260,000.

With more than 3,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 500 physicians and allied health professionals, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is the largest employer in the region.

MercyOne Medical Group – North Iowa is part of Iowa’s largest multispecialty clinic systems. In north Iowa, our clinics are made up of more than 25 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine and specialty clinics.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran