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Job Description
Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9095.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 28,420.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
- Currently, there are 36,660 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Pharmacy Clerk
- Pharmacy Cashier
- Pharmacy Assistant
- Pharmacy Ancillary
- Pharmacy Aide
- Pharmacist Assistant
- Front Counter Clerk
- Drug Purchaser
- Certified Pharmacist Assistant
- Ancillary
- Prescription Clerk
- Pharmacy Helper
- Pharmacist's Aide
- Pharmacist Helper
- Pharmacist Aide
- Drug Clerk
- Dispensary Attendant
Tasks for “Pharmacy Aides”
- Operate capsule or tablet counting machine that automatically distributes a certain number of capsules or tablets into smaller containers.
- Restock storage areas, replenishing items on shelves.
- Deliver medication to treatment areas, living units, residences, or clinics, using various means of transportation.
- Unpack, sort, count, and label incoming merchandise, including items requiring special handling or refrigeration.
- Calculate anticipated drug usage for a prescribed period.
- Perform clerical tasks, such as filing, compiling and maintaining prescription records, or composing letters.
- Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
- Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
- Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs.
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer.
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
- Prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats.
- Compound, package, and label pharmaceutical products, under direction of pharmacist.
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-dated medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
- Process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments.
Related Technology & Tools
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Credit card processing machines
- Liquid dose packaging machines
- Tablet counting machines
- Automatic unit dose strip packaging machines
- Personal computers
- Laser printers
- Solid unit dose packaging machines
- Cash registers
- Capsule counting machines
- Laminar flow hoods
- HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
- Laboratory blending or mixing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Label printing machines
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Database software
- Microsoft Word