Pharmacy Technician
Competency-based
ONET: 29-2052.00
1
Years
19
Skills
400h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Burke's Pharmacy Orientation
- Pharmacy Technician (ASHP/ACPE) Certificate Training Program
On-the-job training
- Pharmacy Basics
- Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
- Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
- Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
- Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
- Compute charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and enter data in computer.
- Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery.
- Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
- Pick-Up
- Operate cash registers to accept payments from customers.
- Production
- Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
- Clean and maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
- Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers and label the containers.
- Inventory Management
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
- Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication.
- Price stock and mark items for sale.
- Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products and services.
- Drop-Off
- Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
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