• Job Description

  Req#: 1574663BR

  Job Description

  MUST LIVE IN STATE OF FLORIDA
  
  Job Summary:
  
  The Patient Care Advocate provides new and existing patients with the best possible patient experience in relation to their prescriptions, clinical services, billing inquiries, feedback and suggestions. As the first line of contact to patients and stakeholders, the patient care advocate will set the tone for how our company and services are experienced.
  
  Job Responsibilities:

  • Receives inbound calls and performs outbound calls to patients or physician's offices regarding orders for medications, pharmacy services and any other non-clinical inquiries.
  • Adds or updates insurance and pharma information in patient's record, or collect insurance information and alert appropriate teams to update the patient's account.
  • Creates patient activities as a reminder for the following tasks including but not limited to follow-up calls for patients, to initiate discharge of services, to contact a patient's doctor office, to mail a letter to a patient.
  • Completes client and/or pharma-specific duties to satisfy the needs and expectations of customers.
  • Works collaboratively on disease-focused teams to provide best-in-class customer service.
  • Connects patients with pharmacists for counseling and clinical inquiries as required.
  • Completes all additional special handling duties as assigned including but not limited to drug shipment notifications and Adverse Drug Event Reports.
  • Escalates calls to clinicians, insurance verification teams, specialized teams as required.
  • May work on special projects and/or programs, provide bi-lingual support and be cross-trained in other departments including but not limited to specialized, support, and new patient/enrollment teams as required.
  • Provides expertise in specialized pharma programs and subject matter expertise with complex disease states and patient care.
  • Coordinates all activities related to Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies (REMS) compliance.

  About Walgreens
  Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
  Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
  
  The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com .
  
  
  
  

  External Basic Qualifications

  • High School/GED
  • Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and verbal). Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate in a diplomatic and confidential manner.
  • Basic level PC skills, MS Windows, MS Office Suite and/or other similar operating/software programs (for example: start up and shut down computer, use mouse to point and click, start and close programs, switch between programs, save files, print documents and/or access information on-line).

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience providing customer service in a healthcare, specialty pharmacy, PBM, call center setting or other related industry including but not limited to adherence, quality, After Call Work (ACW), etc.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (such as MS Word, MS Excel, etc.)
  • Proficient computer skills with ability to learn proprietary company software; experience working with multiple systems.

  We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
  
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  Job Function

  Customer Contact Center

  Common Location

  7003 PRESIDENTS DRIVE,STE 260,ORLANDO,FL,32809-00000-01425-M

  Remote_Posting

  Yes

  Pay Grade ID

  SPECRX-GR1

  Pay Type

  Hourly

  Start Rate

  15

  Max Rate

  20

• About the company

  Responsibilities may include: receiving, scanning, picking, packing, auditing and shipping merchandise to the customer. Tracks all inbound and outbound items through radio frequency (RF) scanning to ensure accountability in inventory. Verifies orders and ensures entry into the inventory management system. Operates a clean and safe work environment, ensuring that all areas of the warehouse are well maintained, kept orderly and free of debris. Maintains quality standards set forth by warehouse management.

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