How do they match: Pharmacy Technicians

  • Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

  • Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
  • 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.
  • Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
  • Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
  • Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
  • Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
  • Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.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.
  • Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.

  • Clean medical equipment or facilities.
  • Enter codes or other information into computers.
  • Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
  • Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.
  • Prepare medications or medical solutions.
  • Process medical billing information.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.