Clinical trial assistants support clinical drug research. Collaborate with researchers and doctors in hospitals. Manage essential documents such as clinical case report forms, study protocols, and informed consent forms. File relevant logs related to side effects of medicines.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional;
(b) Dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health professionals;
(c) Receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate according to medical record-keeping standards;
(d) Maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs;
(e) Filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications;
(f) Assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information;
(g) Pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients;
(h) Ordering, labelling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems;
(i) Cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.