Certified Pharmacy Technician

Houston, TX

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Answer telephones; respond to questions and/or patient, doctor and clinic requests.
• Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
• Pre-pack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
• Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
• Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
• Order, label, and count medication stock.
• Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
• Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
• Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
• Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
• Price stock and mark items for sale.
• Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques
• Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products or services
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by the Pharmacist-in-Charge