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Pharmacy Aides

$33.27K Median Salary 4.1K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -14.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.

Reported Job Titles

Certified Pharmacist Assistant, Drug Purchaser, Front Counter Clerk, Pharmacist Assistant, Pharmacy Aide, Pharmacy Ancillary, Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Cashier, Pharmacy Clerk

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Near Vision

Speech Recognition

Problem Sensitivity

Written Comprehension

Information Ordering

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Finger Dexterity

Written Expression

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Administrative

Sales and Marketing

Skills

Active Listening

Service Orientation

Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Social Perceptiveness

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Electronic mail software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Data base user interface and query software

Word processing software

Tools

Filling or sealing auger dose machines

Tablet counters

Magnetic stripe readers and encoders

Laminar flow cabinets or stations

Label making machines

Special purpose telephones

Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers

Cash registers

Laser printers

Desktop computers

Personal computers

HEPA filtered enclosures

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Filling or sealing auger dose machines: Automatic unit dose strip packaging machines; Tube filling and crimping machines
Tablet counters: Pill counters
Magnetic stripe readers and encoders: Credit card readers
Laminar flow cabinets or stations: Laminar flow hoods
Label making machines: Label makers
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers: Blenders
Cash registers: Computerized cash registers
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
HEPA filtered enclosures: Biosafety cabinets

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