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“Lead Pharmacy Tech, Certified Pharmacy Technician (Lead Pharmacy Tech, CPhT)” will probably be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2052.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,170.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
Currently, there are 398,390 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pharmacy Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Lead Pharmacy Tech, Certified Pharmacy Technician (Lead Pharmacy Tech, CPhT)”

Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
Price stock and mark items for sale.
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.
Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.
Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products or services.
Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers and label the containers.
Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
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.
Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information.
Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.

Related Technology & Tools

Robotic dispensing systems
Autoclaves
Automatic unit dose strip packaging machines
Petri dishes
Label printers
Test tubes
Computer laser printers
Intravenous IV supplies
Water distillation equipment
Equal-arm balances
Notebook computers
Syringes
Automatic bottle filling machines
Graduated cylinders
Cash registers
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Evacuated blood collection containers
Incubators
Grinding and shearing colloid mills
Blending/agitating machines
Total Parenteral Nutrition TPN compounders
Tablet counting machines
Semiautomatic sterile solution transferring devices
Personal computers
Specific gravity testing equipment
Laminar flow hoods
Torsion balances
Colloid mills
Point of sale POS computer terminals
Tube filling and crimping machines
Single-beam balances
Desktop computers
Computer-based dispensing equipment
Filtering devices
Sterilizing equipment
Flask washers
Bunsen burners
Benchtop colloid mills
Horizontal and vertical flow hoods
Centrifuges
Double-beam balances
Unequal-arm balances
Agar slides

Database software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Drug compatibility software
Compounder software
Pharmacy management software
Point of sale POS software
Pharmaceutical software
MEDITECH software
Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
Prescription processing software
Patient record maintenance software
Label-making software
Inventory management software
Billing and reimbursement software
Microsoft Excel