What are the duties of a pharmacy technician?

Answer 1

One of my best friends is a pharm tech. I know in the hospital she mixes drip bags, prepares meds for disbursement, things like that. If you go to this website, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ (Occupational Outlook Handbook) it will give you pharm tech plus many other positions, the requirements, job descriptions, education, earning potentials etc. for careers in just about any field you can think of. Hope that helped.

Answer 2

Major duties
The responsibilities of a Pharmacy Technician are varied depending on the specific pharmacy. Under the supervision of one or more pharmacists, a pharmacy technician's essential duties include:

assisting the pharmacist in the day-to-day operation of the pharmacy
measuring, mixing, packaging, labeling and delivering drugs
restocking medications and related supplies
identifying expired products for disposal, destruction, or return to manufacturer
inputting prescriptions into the computer system
maintaining computerized lists of medications taken by patients
filling medication orders
maintaining inventory
dealing with clients on a one-to-one basis, directing them to items or the pharmacist for medication consultation
looking after home health-care products such as canes, vision aids and hearing aids
pre-packaging medications (including unit dose packaging)
Sometimes duties may also include:

answering telephones
receiving written prescriptions
cleaning and sterilizing dispensing bottles and instruments
answering questions regarding non-drug products
operating a cash register
preparing receipts, invoices, letters and memos, and general filing
receiving and sending electronic communication
delivering medications to institutional wards

Answer 3

You have to deal with insurance companies figure out why some of them aren't going to cover some medication. You refill prescriptions and assist the pharmacist. from what i heard it's alot to handle