Pharmacy Technician

• Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, and distributing

medications.

• Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone,

answering questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist.

• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine

inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting

orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs.

• Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and

regulations.

• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and

protocols.

• Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and

prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, and assembling intravenous

solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.

• Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.

• Generates revenues by calculating, recording, and issuing charges.

• Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.

• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE OPERATION

The incumbent in this position may operate any/all of the following equipment:

Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, fax, email, phone, NextGen, EMA