Assists Registered Pharmacist in the non-professional (non-judgmental) aspects preparing and dispensing medication.
Fills, packages, labels and stocks unit dose cart from patient profile card or computerized pick list; brings cart to nursing unit according to predetermined schedule. Makes other deliveries, as required.
Fills bottles or other package forms with measured amount of medication either manually or mechanically.
Labels containers of drugs according to department specification, either manually or mechanically.
Assists in clean air room, using sterile technique in filling and labeling injectable prescriptions, where required.
Assists in preparation and/or labeling of IV additives.
Fills medication orders in inpatient area.
Packages sudden, unexpected medication requests, as required.