Posted 3 days ago
Personal Care Specialist
@ Cencora
Alberta
Overview
Cencora is hiring a full-time Personal Care Specialist to handle pharmacy support work: prior authorizations, insurance verification, financial assistance enrollment and specialty pharmacy referrals. The role also answers routine patient inquiries and tracks pending authorizations. The posting requires 3+ years of pharmacy support or healthcare administrative experience and HIPAA compliance training.
Responsibilities:
- Process prior authorization requests with payer-specific forms
- Verify patient insurance coverage and formulary information
- Support financial assistance and copay enrollment
- Coordinate specialty pharmacy referrals and patient calls
- Respond to routine patient inquiries and escalate complex issues
Requirements summary:
- 3+ years in pharmacy support or prior authorization
- Insurance verification or healthcare administrative experience
- HIPAA or applicable compliance training
- High school diploma/GED required
- Associate's degree in healthcare field preferred
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · phenom
- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-03
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-28
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-04
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Education | High school (required), College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | healthcare administration, life sciences, pharmacy technology |
| Perks mentioned | Generous parental leave, Paid training |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Cencora
Saved company profile
Historical company information from a saved The Jobs API profile (LinkedIn/Crunchbase fields). It is not live-verified; figures may have changed. Missing values remain unknown.
Full company description
Cencora, a company building on the legacy of AmerisourceBergen, is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions organization centered on improving the lives of people and animals around the world. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We also help our partners bring their innovations to patients more efficiently to accelerate positive outcomes. Becoming Cencora has allowed us to combine all the companies and services of AmerisourceBergen. Now, as a unified and internationally inclusive brand, we’re continuing to invest in and focus on our core pharmaceutical distribution business, while also growing our platform of pharma and biopharma services to support pharmaceutical innovation and access. Our 51,000 worldwide team members are shaping the future of healthcare through the power of our purpose: We are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. AmerisourceBergen, now Cencora, is ranked #10 on the Fortune 500 and #24 on the Global Fortune 500 with more than $290 billion in annual revenue.
- LinkedIn followers
- 210,514
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 28,665
- Business categories
- Health Care
- Web Design
- UX Design
- Web Development
- Enterprise Software
- Medical
- Emergency Medicine
- Pharmaceutical
- Graphic Design
- Other recorded names
- Cencora
- Specialties
- pharmaceutical distribution
- supply chain management
- pharmaceutical service
- product commercialization
- healthcare logistics
- provider efficiency technologies
- consulting
- and business coaching
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 7,825,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Cencora, a company building on the legacy of AmerisourceBergen, is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions organization centered on improving the lives of people and animals around the world. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We also help our partners bring their innovations to patients more efficiently to…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Chesterbrook |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | pharmaceutical distributionsupply chain managementpharmaceutical serviceproduct commercializationhealthcare logisticsprovider efficiency technologiesconsultingand business coaching |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 111 |
| View page |
Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!
Job Details
This job profile description is a standardized, non-contractual reference description and global reference tool provided for organizational consistency and talent architecture purposes across Cencora. It does not alter actual job duties, responsibilities, reporting lines, working conditions, grading, compensation, or other essential terms and conditions of employment. Actual duties and responsibilities may vary based on business needs, local requirements, and operational practices. Where a team member's role is governed by an employment agreement, local terms and conditions, prior job description or collective bargaining agreement, those documents shall prevail in case of any inconsistency. Mandatory local laws shall also prevail. Supports documentation compliance by recording patient interactions, updating case notes in pharmacy systems, and maintaining privacy requirements. Processes prior authorization requests by collecting clinical documentation, completing payer-specific forms using templates, submitting requests, and tracking status. Verifies insurance coverage by reviewing patient insurance cards, checking formulary information, and documenting coverage details. Supports financial assistance enrollment by collecting patient eligibility information, completing manufacturer copay applications, and submitting paperwork to program administrators. Coordinates specialty pharmacy referrals by processing forms, verifying insurance benefits, scheduling patient calls, and liaising with specialty pharmacy teams. Responds to routine patient inquiries by providing status updates, answering basic questions using provided scripts, and escalating complex issues. Tracks pending prior authorizations by monitoring submission dates, following up with payers on status, and notifying senior staff of delays or denials.High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required. Associate's degree in healthcare administration, life sciences, pharmacy technology, or a related field or equivalent experience preferred. 3+ years of experience in pharmacy support, prior authorization processing, insurance verification, or healthcare administrative roles required. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or applicable compliance training required.What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.
Full timeEqual Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.
The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned
Accessibility Policy
Cencora is committed to fair and accessible employment practices. When requested, Cencora will accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and hiring processes and during employment.
Affiliated Companies:
Affiliated Companies: Innomar StrategiesJournal
Only you can see this. Kept on this device, and in your account when you sign in.