Job Title:
Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants
Job Description:
Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants perform a variety of tasks associated with dispensing medicinal products under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional.
Tasks:
Tasks include:
preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional
dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health professionals
receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate according to medical records keeping standards
maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
filling and labeling containers with prescribed medications
assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information
pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
ordering, labeling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems
cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.
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Source Of Info:
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2166
