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Fresenius Medical Care North America Medication Management Associate in Providence, Rhode Island

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Ensures that patient medication profiles are accurate and reviewed in a timely manner.

  • Ensures that patient prescription needs are met in a timely manner.

  • Speaks with physicians, nurses, or dietitians to verify correct information about specific prescriptions.

  • Periodically submits requests for prescription refills from patients, dialysis clinic staff, or physicians.

  • Provides follow-up as necessary to ensure the timely receipt of prescriptions.

  • Contacts pharmacies to execute patient medication fulfillment.

  • Periodically engages with patients to determine how they manage their prescriptions and identify opportunities to provide them with support that ensures timely access to their prescribed medications, convenience of managing their prescriptions, and drives medication adherence to better achieve therapy goals.

  • Familiar with pharmacy operations at all Fresenius Rx locations, including outsourcing operations.

  • Coordinates the evaluation and enhancement of pharmacy enrollment and utilization tracking tools.

  • Communicates regularly with other teams such as nutrition services, social work services, quality and operations, obtaining feedback and analyzing the recommendations made to contribute to the resolution of related issues and create positive outcomes.

  • Adheres to company, department, program policies and clinical guidelines to identify, review, assess and allocate patients for program participation according to their identified needs.

  • Maintains and updates the appropriate software/tracking logs of patients in the program to manage and record required information and data.

  • Complies with departmental and program quality standards and quality assessment and performance improvement requirements.

  • Maintains integrity of Protected Health Information (PHI).

  • Complies with all company and departmental required data collections and auditing activities.

  • Acts as a resource for the customer to address concerns and questions.

  • Participates in process improvement activities.

  • Participates in project-based assignments.

  • Maintains current knowledge of the departmental program software and the company’s clinical information systems.

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS :

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Routine travel and visits to clinics is required by the program.

SUPERVISION: NONE

EDUCATION AND REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:

  • High School Diploma required; associate degree desirable.

  • Medical Assistant or Medical Technician Certification desirable.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS :

  • 1 – 2 years medical or dialysis experience preferred.

  • Excellent customer service, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills required.

  • Understands the importance of and demonstrates a customer service philosophy.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Excellent organizational and analytical skills.

  • Detail oriented with the ability to enter information accurately on paper and into a database system.

  • Proficient computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office. Proficient to advanced typing skills.

  • Develops a working knowledge of standard medical abbreviations and medical terminology.

  • Able to follow oral and written communication, as well as communicate information to individuals or groups with varying levels of education.

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