FLINT TWP., MI -- A specialty pharmacy in Flint is hanging the help wanted sign at its Patient Services Center in Flint Township.

Senderra Rx, a Texas-based specialty pharmacy that currently has about 110 workers at a call center office on 4488 W. Bristol Road in Flint Township is looking to add about 50 more in 2017.

It is hiring for many types of positions, including nurses, accountants, customer service call takers and pharmacy technicians. For many positions, no experience is necessary, and training is provided, said Win Purifoy, chairman for Senderra.

"We have an extensive training program. People do not necessarily need to be medically trained or pharmacy trained," Purifoy said. "Typically, people will start off in a not-so-clinical job and once they show they are learning and growing, they can quickly get promoted."

New, inexperienced employees may start out scheduling deliveries or taking patient calls, transferring them to the right department, Purifoy said.

And, there are a lot of opportunities for advancement, according to Purifoy.

"It's really fun to watch them develop and develop a career path and find something that they're really good at inside of our business and to see them work toward becoming an expert about something inside of the specialty pharmacy world," Purifoy said. "It's just really fun to watch not only how they grow and they blossom as a person, but we see the benefits that it brings to their family by them having financial security, a dependable job working for a growing company in an industry that really has no end in sight."

All positions are full-time and offer a benefits package. Starting pay ranges from $10 to $12 an hour, depending on experience and skills. Specialized positions, like accountants and nurses, pay more.

There are two shifts. The first is from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The second shift goes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Basic computer skills and customers service skills are required.

When it opened its Patient Services Center in 2013, Purifoy said Flint Township was chosen over competing sites in Alabama and Ohio. The opening of the center represented at $675,000 investment in the area.

Michigan was chosen because of the wide range of resources available to them in the region, Purifoy said at the time.

"We were pleased to see the range of qualified people in the region. The state of Michigan and Flint Township made it a win-win situation to bring the center here to Michigan," Purifoy said at the time. "We received a great incentive package and we know that we will be able to find the qualified people we need in Genesee County. This new service center provides a great opportunity to expand on our service-oriented traditions."

It received a $500,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, as well as additional assistance from the township.

Now, Purifoy said they're eying new real estate to expand it's Flint-area office three-fold.

Few details on the expansion were released, but Purifoy said more should be announced in the first quarter of 2017.

Senderra Rx is a disease management specialty pharmacy serving patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, osteoporosis and multiple sclerosis. The company provides resources for patients to assist in therapy management.