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

• Pharmacist Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician

• Add measured drugs or nutrients to intravenous solutions under sterile conditions to prepare intravenous (IV) packs under pharmacist supervision.
• Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
• Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
• Clean, and help maintain, equipment and work areas, and sterilize glassware according to prescribed methods.
• Compute charges for medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, and enter data in computer.
• Deliver medications and pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations or surgery.
• Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
• Fill bottles with prescribed medications and type and affix labels.
• Maintain and merchandise home health-care products and services.
• Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
• Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
• Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and enter inventory data into computer.
• Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
• Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
• Price stock and mark items for sale.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
• Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
• Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers, and label the containers.
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.

• accept prescriptions for filling
• adhere to safety procedures
• answer customer or public inquiries
• clean rooms or work areas
• collect payment
• communicate technical information
• compound pharmaceuticals or medical preparations
• compute financial data
• deliver or obtain mail, messages, records, food or other items
• dispense prescribed medications and pharmaceuticals
• distinguish colors
• follow safe waste disposal procedures
• interpret prescriptions
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• inventory stock to ensure adequate supplies
• label pharmaceutical supplies
• maintain customer records
• maintain dental or medical records
• maintain established procedures concerning quality assurance
• maintain record of medication or equipment dispensed to patient
• maintain records, reports, or files
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
• post medical insurance billings
• prepare sterile solutions, infusions, or intravenous packs
• price merchandise
• process medical records
• provide customer service
• sell merchandise
• sterilize or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment
• stock or organize goods
• store pharmaceutical supplies or filled prescriptions
• understand drug products
• understand government health, hotel or food service regulations
• understand properties or composition of drugs
• use cash registers
• use clinical sterilizing technique
• use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
• use health or sanitation standards
• use interpersonal communication techniques
• use knowledge of medical terminology
• use knowledge of metric system
• use laboratory equipment
• use precision measuring tools or equipment
• use quality assurance techniques
• use sanitation practices in health care settings
• use telephone communication techniques
• verify completeness or accuracy of data