Pharmacy Technician Role and Responsibilities

Any substance (animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic) used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease, or to relieve symptoms.

The study of how drugs behave and are made.

The way a drug is given (e.g., tablet, syrup).

A ready-made drug for patient use.

Harmful substance causing negative effect, potentially lethal.

Raw material from natural sources used to make medicine.

Licensed professional who dispenses medicines.

Place where medicines are prepared & dispensed.

Under pharmacist supervision, pharmacy technicians prepare and dispense medicines, provide patient information, manage supplies, and may supervise other staff.

Tasks include dispensing prescriptions, assembling medications, informing patients and healthcare professionals, managing supplies, and sometimes supervising staff or producing medicine.

Pharmacy technicians work in community pharmacies (retail), hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, prisons, and various other healthcare settings.

Pharmacy technicians must register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to legally practice.

To verify a technician's legal practice and check for any fitness to practice issues.

Treating patients respectfully and patiently, ensuring their safety, adhering to official drug prices, and properly dispensing medications, without compounding or selling dangerous medications.

Maximize positive patient outcomes from medication use, minimizing risks.

Dispensing medications, preparing prescriptions, educating patients, managing pharmacy, and supervising others (in some cases). Some tasks include creating hospital medications.

Community pharmacies, hospitals, prisons, primary care organizations, veterinary pharmacies, and pharmaceutical production facilities.

Verification of a technician's legal practice and potential complaints or allegations. GPhC register confirms this.

Creating customized medications, not allowed without pharmacist supervision.

Medications with high potential for misuse or harm.

Pre-determined pricing for medications, legally binding in a pharmacy context.

Ensuring optimal medication use in hospitals and medical settings, prioritizing drug safety and efficacy.

Associate Pharmacists handle product promotion, academic teaching, government work, and ethical responsibilities.

Works in pharmaceutical companies, researching, producing, packaging, and marketing medications.

Educating medical professionals on medications and new drugs, focusing on scientific accuracy and improvement in practices.

Specializing in pharmaceutical sciences at universities or colleges, holding relevant degrees.

Formulating and preparing customized medications, altering existing forms to meet patient needs.

Working in government establishments on tasks like drug analysis, testing, monitoring, and pharmacy inspection.

Following pharmacy laws, maintaining a professional appearance (lab coat, tidiness).

A pharmacy service focusing on medication review to help patients use drugs effectively, often visiting patients at home or nursing homes, especially in rural areas and for geriatric patients.

Creates rules and guidelines for safe medication use.

Pharmacist providing advice on medication use.

A retail pharmacy, often called a chemist shop, where pharmacists provide medications and advice to the public.

The medication management center in hospitals, clinics, or nursing homes, centrally managing medication.

Focuses on drug safety, effectiveness outcomes in healthcare facilities to prevent medication errors.

Deals with pharmaceutical research, sales, and representatives, involving various actions and benefits.

Prepares customized medications in various forms like tablets or solutions for specific patient needs.

Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who dispense medications, educate patients about drug use, and monitor treatment effectiveness.

The act of giving the correct medication as per the doctor's orders.

Teaching patients how to use their medication properly.

Checking how the medication affects the patient.

Pharmacists working either in public or private pharmacies.

Pharmacists' jobs in the manufacturing and quality control of pharmaceutical products.

To have care for the whole process of the production of medicine.

Methods to ensure the quality and safety of medicine.

The process of getting medicine to the market and promoting it.

A specialized pharmacy focusing on medication management for patients in hospice care.

A specialized pharmacy that focuses on medications for children.

An organization responsible for managing prescription drug benefits for insurance companies or employers

A specialized pharmacy that provides information about and treatments for poisonings.

Preparing and delivering injectable medications to critically ill patients at home.

A type of home care pharmacy focusing on injectable medications.

Planning and managing medication in healthcare organizations (hospitals, nursing homes).

Developing new drugs and studying their effects (actions, efficacy, side effects).

Specialization in drug therapy for cancer treatment.

Specialization in the preparation and use of radioactive drugs.

Specialization in drug therapy for older adults.

Specialization in mental health medications.

Focuses on medication for providing nutritional support.