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Career: Pharmacy Technicians
Job Description
Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests. |
98
|
Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages. |
97
|
Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs. |
95
|
Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information. |
89
|
Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate. |
89
|
Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients. |
89
|
Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels. |
88
|
Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and enter inventory data into computer. |
81
|
Price and file prescriptions that have been filled. |
79
|
Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers. |
76
|
Clean, and help maintain, equipment and work areas, and sterilize glassware according to prescribed methods. |
73
|
Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions. |
66
|
Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records. |
58
|
Compute charges for medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, and enter data in computer. |
53
|
Price stock and mark items for sale. |
48
|
Deliver medications and pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations or surgery. |
44
|
Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques. |
42
|
Maintain and merchandise home health-care products and services. |
33
|
Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers, and label the containers. |
26
|
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. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
74
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
72
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
71
|
Processing Information
|
68
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
67
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
63
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
61
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
60
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
59
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
59
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
58
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
56
|
Interacting With Computers
|
55
|
Getting Information
|
54
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
52
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
52
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
49
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
49
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
45
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
45
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
44
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
43
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
43
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
42
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
39
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
39
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
39
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
38
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
35
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
33
|
Thinking Creatively
|
32
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
30
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
28
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
23
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
23
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
17
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
14
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
14
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
10
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
9
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|