Pharmacy Assistant Job Description Sample Template
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Pharmacy Assistant Job Summary
We are seeking a responsible, detail-oriented pharmacy assistant to join our growing healthcare team. In this role, you will assist the pharmacist in all clerical duties, including ringing up customers, restocking shelves, tracking inventory, and answering phones. You must be an efficient worker and an excellent communicator.
Pharmacy Assistant Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist pharmacist and pharmacy technician to process prescriptions
- Greet customers and answer basic questions
- Be familiar with stocked medications
- Advise customers on basic drug information and interactions
- Defer to pharmacist for more complex inquiries
- Input customer and prescription information into the computer system
- Type and print out prescription labels
- Help gather and bag prescriptions and deliver to customers
- Answer phones in a professional manner
- Tend to emails and fax messages
- Take and track inventory, restocking when needed
- Assist in organizing and shelving medicine
- Accept and process deliveries
- Frequently clean and organize the workspace
- Assist with billing needs
- Perform various administrative duties as needed (filing, copying forms, till counting, etc.)
- Manage cash register and complete transactions
- Report any major issues to head pharmacist
Pharmacy Assistant Requirements and Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED equivalent required
- Associate’s degree preferred
- Previous experience working in a pharmacy or other service-related job preferred
- Knowledge of over-the-counter medicines and common prescriptions
- Excellent customer service skills
- Experience using POS systems
- Computer literate and proficient typist
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