Duties and Responsibilities of the Hospital Pharmacy TechnicianSome job duties and responsibilities of a Hospital Pharmacy Technician include (but are not limited to): -Transporting prescriptions and pharmacy equipment (for example, IV’s, injectables, etc) to clinics or nursing floors. 
-Answer, screen, and triage phone calls.-Compound specialty prescriptions like creams, gels, ointments or solutions. -Fill a short-term supply of medications for patients being discharged from the hospital. -Maintain narcotic medication inventory and routinely audit narcotic usage records. -Compound TPN (total parental nutrition) solutions. -Help in training new pharmacy technicians. -Help other technicians in the pharmacy. -Make up and package clinical investigational medications used in the hospitals clinical studies. -Fill and make ready drugs used in the treatment of cancer. -Handle insurance and third-party billing. -Repackage bulk medication stock into individually packaged units. -Carry out other duties and responsibilities as directed by the hospital pharmacist or hospital management.
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