Prior Authorization Supervisor - Tucson, AZ

Position Description:

You dream of a great career with a great company, where you
can make an impact and help people. We dream of giving you the opportunity to
do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it's a
dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world's leading
Pharmacy Benefits Management, OptumRX is restlessly pursuing new ways to
operate our service centers, improve our service levels and help people live
healthier lives.  You will be a part of a professional culture where
you're empowered and encouraged to exceed the expectations of our members and
work with an elite team. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and
right now, we are living it up. Your contributions as a leader, the pride you
feel, the smile that keeps you company on your way home are all ways of knowing
that what you do here really matters. It's important. No, not just important,
historic. That's why someday, you'll look back at the things you achieved here
and realize that you did your life's best work.

As a Prior Authorization Supervisor, you will
inspire an elite team to provide excellence in pharmacy prior authorizations.
In this fast-paced role, you will motivate Pharmacy Technicians to ensure
productivity and improve current processes with prior authorizations. It's an
environment of exciting challenges where you empower your team to achieve more
and recognize then when they do.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage, retain and develop the brightest and most diverse
  team of up to 20 pharmacy technicians and leads
• Establish goals and priorities for your elite team to obtain
  excellence in quality, schedule adherence, service level and average handle
  time
• Be the driving force when identifying and resolving
  operational glitches by utilizing a defined processes, expertise and judgment
• Inspire change and drive action when presenting information
  and responding to questions from groups of pharmacy technicians, leadership,
  and clients
• Motivate your team with positive communication and enriching
  feedback
• Conducts annual performance reviews for team members
• Create and maintain an environment of collaboration

Requirements:

• High School Diploma/ GED

• 2+ years experience as a Supervisor or Team Lead with a
  team of 10 or more

• 1+ years experience in coaching towards metric driven goals

• Basic experience with Windows PC applications, which
  includes the ability to learn new and complex computer system applications is
  required

• Flexible with work hours: Monday through Friday, 6:00AM to 10:00PM
  and rotating Saturday 6:00AM to 3:00PM

Assets:

• National Pharmacy Technician Certification or Arizona
  Pharmacy Technician state 

• Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician in retail,
  hospital, or PBM environment

OptumRX is an empowering place for people with the
flexibility to help create change. Innovation is part of the job description.
And passion for improving the lives of our customers is a motivating factor in
everything we do.If you're ready to talk about groundbreaking interactions,
let's talk about what happens when a firm that touches millions of lives
decides to gather results from millions of prescriptions every month and
analyze their impact. Let's talk about smart, motivated teams. Let's talk about
more effective and affordable health care solutions. This is caring. This is
great chemistry. This is the way to make a difference. We're doing all this,
and more, through a greater dedication to our shared values of integrity,
compassion, relationships, innovation and performance. Join us and start
doing your life's best work.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability
status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are
required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition,
employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.