Pharmacy Aides — Career Decision Dashboard

Typical tasks

• Process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments.
• 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.
• Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
• Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
• Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.