pharmacy helper

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist health care professionals
• Set up and dismantle equipment
• Supervise and direct activities of other medical technologists or technicians
• Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
• Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Help with scheduling and workflow
• Clean and dress wounds
• Advise patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses
• Help patients complete menus
• Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems
• Clean and restore ocular prostheses
• Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
• Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
• Make and modify plaster casts
• Perform general clerical duties
• Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
• Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
• Consult with ophthalmologists concerning insertion of ocular prostheses
• Schedule and confirm appointments