Job Description
This is a full time position with 8-hour day shifts, generally Monday through Friday located at Mercy San Diego in Hillcrest. Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.
Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.
Why join Scripps Health? At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
Why join this team? The Scripps Health Specialty Pharmacy provides the highest level of pharmacy services and customized patient care to help our patients manage complex medical conditions. Through our specialty pharmacy program, our team works with our patients' insurance companies, delivering medications directly to their homes, and check in with patients regularly for ongoing monitoring and support. The Pharmacy Prior Authorization Specialist is responsible for supporting the Scripps medication prior authorization (PA) program within the scope of pharmacy technician licensure. To be successful, the Pharmacy Prior Authorization Specialist will be comfortable working in an office setting at a desk and thrives working independently interviewing patient charts and filling out prior authorization forms.
Qualifications Experience/Specialized Skills: - High school diploma or equivalent.
Required Certification/Registration: - Current Pharmacy Technician License.
- Certification by a National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (CPhT) required within 6 months of hire.
- Minimum 2 years pharmacy technician experience.
Preferred: - 2 years of relevant medication prior authorization experience preferred
- At least 1 year of experience with Epic
- Experience with CoverMyMeds
The E.W. Scripps Company
Job Tags
Full time, Day shift, Monday to Friday,