Introduction:
Pharmacy technicians deliver prescription and over-the-counter medications to clients and medical professionals under the supervision of a pharmacist. They also put together medications for orders as well as provide drug information. They work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist in a clinic or retail drugstore. Obtaining medications and validating their authenticity, filling prescriptions electronically and verifying all data is complete and correct, and choosing the suitable drug and measuring quantities to prescribe drugs are among the key responsibilities of a pharmacy technician. Other responsibilities include sterilizing surfaces and equipment in preparation for the pharmacy’s opening, greeting customers and answering questions, receiving treatments and checking their relevance, processing prescriptions electronically and ensuring all details is precise, resolving issues that come up, identifying the best medicine, and measuring doses of drugs to write prescriptions, sorting, stacking, labeling, and monitoring stock, and performing ad hoc tasks.
Pharmacy Technician Job Titles:
- Pharmacy Technician
- Pharmacy Resource Technician
- Senior Pharmacy Technician
- Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technician Job Summary:
We’re seeking a pharmacy technician to assist with customer accounts and inventory management at our drugstore. Customers are given both prescribed and over-the-counter medications from you. You’ll be in charge of checking and analyzing written medications, as well as documenting and confirming patient data, all while protecting the privacy and adhering to rules.
Pharmacy Technician Job Responsibilities and Duties:
- Stocks assembles and distributes drugs to facilitate pharmacological activities.
- By welcoming health caregivers in person and over the phone, responding to queries, and sending concerns to the pharmacist, she assists them.
- Reviewing pharmaceutical supplies to evaluate stock levels, forecasting needed prescriptions and resources, making and speeding orders, confirming receipt, and eliminating obsolete drugs are all part of maintaining pharmacy stock.
- Follows procedures, standards, and regulations to keep the pharmacy neat and healthy.
- Follows infection-control policies and processes to protect victims and staff.
- Reads drug orders and medications prepare tags, calculates dosages, and assembles intravenous fluids and other pharmacological therapy for pharmacists to deliver.
- Keeps track of doctor’s instructions and medications by documenting and filing them.
- Calculates, records, and issues charges to generate money.
- Delivers drugs to clients and agencies to ensure medication supply.
- Collects and summarises information to create reporting.
- As required, assists the team effort by completing related findings.
- Stock audits, as well as acquiring supplies and medications.
- Handle insurance claims for patients.
- All safety and quality criteria must be followed.
Pharmacy Technician Skills and Qualification:
- A degree in management or business administration is preferred
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a pharmacy, retail or medical
- The capacity to perform routine operations on a computer.
- For counting drugs, you’ll need basic math abilities.
- Expertise with customer service.
- Working in a fast-paced atmosphere is a plus.
- It’s a benefit if you’ve worked with an online medication system before.
- Drug knowledge and dosage calculation
- Understanding of pharmaceutical law and medical jargon
- Dependable and meticulous in her work
- The accomplishment of a pharmacy technician training program
- A certified pharmacy technician is a valuable resource.
