Pharmacy Technician
Competency-based
ONET: 29-2052.00
1
Years
20
Skills
470h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 1
- PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 2
- PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 3
- Transitional Math for Health Careers 1
On-the-job training
- Perform clerical work in medical settings.
- Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
- Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
- Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
- Enter codes or other information into computers.
- Enter prescription information into computer databases.
- Enter patient or treatment data into computers.
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
- Compute charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and enter data in computer.
- Process medical billing information.
- Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records
- Record patient medical histories.
- Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
- Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
- Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
- 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.
- Prepare medications or medical solutions.
- Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
- Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
- Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
- 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.
- Clean medical equipment or facilities.
- Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
- Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.
- Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
- Merchandise healthcare products or services.
- Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products or services.
- Price stock and mark items for sale.
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