Pharmacy Technician
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Pharmacy Technician

Summary:
Assists pharmacist in pharmacy by performing the following duties:

Duties:
• Answers telephone and handles questions that do not require a pharmacist’s
expertise or judgment
• Receives written prescriptions or telephone refill requests
• Gathers information needed to prepare prescriptions
• Records information before prescriptions can be dispensed
• Stores written prescription forms after prescriptions are dispensed
• Enters data into the computer
• Help s pharmacist prepare prescriptions by counting or pouring me dications, labeling containers and pricing prescriptions
• Keeps pharmacy department supplies (e.g. bottles, bags, receipts, staples, etc.)
• well stocked
• Places completed prescriptions in pick-up area
• Orders, checks-in and stocks the pharmacy department shelves with medications when they arrive from suppliers
• Prepares insurance claims and verifies payments
• Helps patients find over-the-counter medications
• Stocks over-the-counter departments
• Rings purchases on cash registers and records them in logs, when necessary
• Performs housekeeping duties within the pharmacy department
• Ability to speak effectively before patients and workforce members of organization
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals

Qualifications:
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily
• Ability to count, record and document detailed medical information
• Ability and skill to work within a pharmacy
• Knowledge of operational software; word processing; spreadsheet; inventory software; internet; pharmacy software
• Minimum high school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Pharmacy Technician Certificate may be required by state standards