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Pharmacy Technician Job Description

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pharmacy technician
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The Pharmacy Technician assembles medicine for prescriptions and provides information about medications. Their role is accepting written prescriptions for accuracy and recording medical histories while maintaining confidentiality. Their responsibilities are delivering quality customer service to patients, responding to inquiries and referring them for medical information, counting prescription medication, filling prescriptions, typing medication labels, performing inventory audits, purchasing supplies and medication, and processing patient insurance.

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Avg Pay: $39K
Jobs: 48,742
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Avg Pay: $37K
Jobs: 6,416

Education you need to become a Pharmacy Technician

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  • Associate Degree
    The number of occurrences matches with Pharmacy Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy
    The number of occurrences matches with Pharmacy Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:51 monthsAvg. Fees:$33,325Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in High School Education
    The number of occurrences matches with Pharmacy Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$29,149Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Pharmacy Technician and Other Important Info

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4.5 years
$38K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
1.60 years
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The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
428 out of 4016

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