What does pharmacy tech do?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics between2006-2016 Pharmacy tech employment will grow by 32 percent. In 2006 there are 285,000 jobs in pharmacy tech, 71 percent of which are in retail, grocery stores, department stores, and mass retailer. Below are the roles and daily duties of pharmacy technician in different environment type. The roles and duties are very dynamic. The opportunity to work with doctors, nurses, pharmacists, chemists, biologists, researchers, in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, research companies, and government organization make career a nice choice for whoever is interested. In this situation an experienced Pharmacy tech have the ability to work in any of these institutions and crossover for a change on environments. The opportunity to work in different institutions and environments 

make the career vary stable. Depending on where they are employed, Pharmacy technician will be doing some of the following:

• Check that information on active patients matches information on new prescription
• Scan documents for processing
• Enter demographic data for all new enrollments
• Enter required clinical information such as diagnosis, medication profile, allergies, etc as requested on referral forms
• Document all referral information per policy and procedure
• Notify patients/clients, doctors, practitioners and or clinics of any services requested, referred, that are not an approved therapy/service provided by the facility
• Utilizing information about delivery mechanisms, refrigeration requirements, etc, determine and enter "needs by" date into system
• Based on the referral/prescription images received, attach all of the necessary drug line items to the referral to be reviewed by the Pharmacist