Nurse Associate
Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand with heart at its center our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.Position SummaryYou will provide processing and communication of specialty medication prior authorization (PA) requests reviewed by the Caremark Specialty Medical Prior Authorization department. Reporting to the Pharmacy Operations Manager, you will work with physician office staff and customer service, admissions and pharmacy operations departments to communicate prior authorization status. You will also oversee fax processing and provide telephone call assistance for prescriber office staff, pharmacies and members based on program criteria. Responsibilities include answering inbound phone calls, processing cases, loading authorizations, and making follow-up phone calls. Maintaining complete and accurate, documentation of all necessary information is necessary and will involve computer system data entry, data management, and reporting. Review criteria-based prior authorizations following policy and procedure Provide on-call after hours nurse availability for urgent PA requests Provide internal nurse support to the PA team and member services department Refer cases not meeting clinical criteria to the Pharmacist and MD team(s). Shift priorities while exhibiting a high level of urgency with all calls and assignments. Excellent verbal and written skills. You will work with pharmacists, other clinical colleagues, healthcare professionals and members. Follow all prior authorization procedures to guarantee an accurate process on each prior authorization. Train and mentor representatives on the PA team. Complete other PA assignments as delegated by the PA leadership team.Required Qualifications Active Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Texas Prior work experience working prior authorizations in Novologix. Excellent interpersonal skills Demonstrated problems solving ability and attention to detail Ability to work effectively in a team environment with great dependability Excellent oral and written communication skills Ability to quickly assess and adapt to constantly changing situations, phone and PC use Required to possess a high mental agility and alertness Ability to effectively communicate with pharmacists, other clinical colleagues, healthcare professionals and members Ability to effectively prioritize work while exhibiting a high level of urgency with all calls and assignments Ability to effectively train and mentor representatives on the PA teamPreferred Qualifications0 to 3 years prior work experienceEducation LPN Certification Associates or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferredPay RangeThe typical pay range for this role is:$22.40 - $48.67This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Companys 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (PTO) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefitsWe anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/20/2024 Apply Job!