Pharmacy Technician Job Description

What Does A Pharmacy Technician Do?

 

Depending on where the pharmacy technician works, their duties can vary quite a bit. For example, techs that work in hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities will have other tasks that techs working at a retail pharmacy does not have. Even though there are differences in the job description, for the most part, Pharmacy techs will have to take prescription orders and make sure that the information is correct, mix and blend medications according to the doctor’s orders, move medicine around and take inventory, measure, count, and weigh medications, and fill and label medication bottles according to the doctor’s prescription.

All of these duties would be performed under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy tech is not limited to these duties though. They also have to help in the management of the pharmacy store. These store related duties include helping customers with their questions and requests, taking payment from the customer and using the cash register, managing the inventory and making sure that medications are stocked, managing patient’s data and files, processing insurance claims from the customers.

A pharmacy technician must have very good customer service skills because they will talk to customers all day long. They will have to deal with all types of customers and know how to manage each one under different circumstances. The pharmacy tech should be able to take direction from the pharmacist and also be able to act independently.

Pharmacy techs must be organized and take extreme precaution on their job. When dealing with filling and mixing medication, one wrong move could prove to be fatal for a customer. Staying focused while working under pressure is a must for a pharmacy tech. If you have all the above mentioned skills then you should have a very successful career as a pharmacy tech.