Job Summary / Purpose

If identified by the applicable Board of Pharmacy, the Retail Pharmacy Technician Trainee reports to the pharmacy manager, supervisor or PIC.  Duties assigned to the Retail Pharmacy Technician Trainee responsibilities may include, as dictated by state law in which the pharmacy resides, assisting the Pharmacist in medication preparation, inventory management, and distribution, requiring extreme accuracy and attention to detail. They are responsible for meeting DEA, FDA, and state regulations for a technician trainee.  The Retail Pharmacy Technician Trainee may have responsibility for assisting with controlled substances management and has access to and manages medication storage areas.  The Retail Pharmacy Technician Trainee applies pharmacy knowledge and experience to identify variances and outliers in clinical practice to prevent medication errors. The Retail Pharmacy Technician fields and triages calls and questions regarding medication distribution, assisting other caregivers within their scope of practice. 

**All duties performed by the pharmacy technician trainee are dictated by the appropriate state board of pharmacy that recognizes this title.  The responsibilities of the trainee will be approved and monitored by the pharmacist in charge in compliance with all state and federal laws**

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

Permissible activities of a pharmacy technician trainee. Acting in compliance with all applicable statutes and rules and under the supervision of a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician trainee may assist a graduate intern, pharmacy intern, or pharmacist with the following when applicable to the pharmacy practice site:

• Record on the original prescription order the prescription serial number and date dispensed; 
• Initiate or accept verbal or electronic refill authorization from a medical practitioner or medical practitioner’s agent   and record, on the original prescription order or by an alternative method approved by the Board or its designee, the   medical practitioner’s name, patient name, name and quantity of prescription medication, specific refill information,  and name of medical practitioner’s agent, if any; 
• Record information in the refill record or patient profile; 
• Type and affix a label for a prescription medication or enter information for a new or refill prescription medication   into a computer, if a pharmacist verifies the accuracy and initials in handwriting or by another method approved by  the Board or its designee the finished label prepared by the technician before the prescription medication is  dispensed to the patient; 
• Reconstitute a prescription medication, if a pharmacist checks the ingredients and procedure before reconstitution   and verifies the final product after reconstitution; 
• Retrieve, count, or pour a prescription medication, if a pharmacist verifies the contents of the prescription medication  against the original prescription medication container or by an alternative drug identification method approved by the Board or its designee; 
• Prepackage drugs; and 
• Measure, count, pour, or otherwise prepare and package a drug needed for hospital inpatient dispensing, if a   pharmacist verifies the accuracy, measuring, counting, pouring, preparing, packaging, and safety of the drug before the drug is delivered to a patient care area. 

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Obtain Pharmacy Assistant license in the state in which the employee works
• Excellent verbal and written communication, Excellent knowledge of drug names desired with the expectation of continuing education on new drugs

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