Hospital Pharmacy Technician
What the work is
Facilitates the provision of hospital pharmacy services through clinical assistance on wards and outpatient clinics, inventory control, and dispensing medications under the supervision of a Hospital Pharmacist.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Conducts medication history and reviews with patients, carers or community health professionals for Hospital Pharmacists
- Prepares a current medicines list for patients
- Refers prescriptions to Pharmacists and assists with preparing medications
- Documents and refers patients with medicine allergies and adverse drug reactions to Hospital Pharmacists
- Assists Hospital Pharmacists with clinical prioritisation by identifying patients at high risk of medicine-related problems
- Records patients' laboratory data for pharmacist review
- Fills and labels patients' prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist
- Provides advice on appropriate health information, medication and other conditions to patients
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the dispensary of a busy community pharmacy in a fictional suburban shopping centre. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A regular customer tells you the new routine you helped them set up has made their week easier
- The queue clears, every script is right and the shelves are tidy by closing
- You spot something odd on a prescription, ask the pharmacist and it turns out to matter
Hard days
- A long queue, a phone that won't stop and someone who needs their medicine now
- A customer who is upset about a wait or a rule you did not make
- A delivery of the wrong stock, with customers relying on what's missing
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 311332, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.