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﻿ Pharmacy Technician

__Job Description __ Pharmacy technicians work in either two kinds of settings- Retail and Hospital settings. In both settings, both careers are in high demand. When working in a hospital setting, threre are many different jod titles and roles one must be aware of- Pharmacy clerk, pharmasist assistant, pharmacy aide, pharmacy technician, and pharmacy helper. Different roles and job reponsibilities for both settings would include billing, ordering, stock clerk, trouble shooters, cashier and errand running.

﻿﻿Nondiscretional Duites Nondiscretiona duties are duties all technicians, regardless of the title can do/perform in a pharmacy setting. This includes scientific studies, counsling patients about their current of adjunct medications, and conferring with other medical personnel about proper treatments.

Impatient Pharmacy ﻿ Impatient Pharmacy usually refers to those located in hospitals in which patients stay over night or longer, depending on procedures they are required. Impatient ﻿Pharmacy usually refers to provieding all necessary supplies required of each department. In addition to knowing all of the various drugs, strength and dosage forms, technicians must be able to react at a moments notice when emergency (stat) orders are recieved by the pharmacy. Aspects of impatient pharmacy is the ability to prepare parental medications, hypermentation medications, and chemotherapy. All medications must be loaded into drawers to the patient in a 24-hour time frame period cycle.

Clinical Technicans Clinical Technicians help assist the clinical pharmacist with tracking patients medications, pharmacists contacts physicans who may not be ordering formulary drugs or drugs used for specific conditions. Clinical technicans are always on the go, and always being an aide to someone in need of their assistance. Clinical technicians are basically the same thins as a pharmacy technican, but require more aide help with the pharmacits or docters.

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__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Salary __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Salary, for a Pharmacy Technicain, can vary depending on your place of employment. In a hospital setting, Pharmacy Techs can make up to $12.66 per hour. Hospital rates vary from $9.01-$12.66 and there are always overtime, or bonus, hours. Overtime hours could boost up the salary to $13.03-$19.64 an hour. Yearly, one could could be earning up too $19,005 - $27,899 depending on hours and place of employment. Keep in mind, employees have very beneficial benefits, including retirement and other beneficial plans. In retail setting (CVS, WalGreens) one can make up to $13.00 an hour. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Education __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The National Association Of Boards of Pharmacy are always looking to expland and update curent rules and regulations pertaining to pharmacy practice. Meaning there is always something new to be learned, and you are always having to adapt to new changes in the feild. In order to become a Pharmacy Techncian, you have to have your high school diploma. Never been convicted of a drug-related felony. PTCB examination is given 3 times a year on the same days nationwide in different locations. The test tests your knowledge in 3 different areas divided:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Assisting The Pharmacist in Serving Patients- 64% of the test
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems- 25% of the test
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Participating in Administartive and Managment of Pharmacy Practice is 11% of the test

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">As of Jauary 2011, one must have 1500 Hours working at a Hospital or under pharmacist supervision (Grandfather clause) or 2 year degree from an accredited university. In order to keep your PTCB certification, you will be required to completea certain number of hours to maintain your pharmacy technician certification which include every 2 years, by the state of Florida, must have a total of 20 hours,or 10 hours a year, in a medical presentation.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 350%;"> __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿Everest University __ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Everest University is located here n Brevard County, and offers many different programs pertaining to the medical feild. At Everest, they provide a Pharmacy Tech program which includes:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pharmacy administration
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pharmaceutical calculations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Anatomy and physiology
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Nutrition
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Medical terminology
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pharmacology
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Health care systems

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pharmacy Technician Career Opportunities At Everest University __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pharmacy Technicians can gain positions in both healthcare facilities and retail establishments including: hospitals, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">medical centers, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, and pharmacies. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Keiser University] __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I would attend Keiser University to become a Nurse. Keiser University would help me practice professional nursing. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">University of Pheonix __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">University of Pheonix offers a Medical Assistance program that I would enjoy attending, and getting a certification in to become a certified nurse. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Would I be interested in this Career? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I would LOVE this career! Helping people, and making sure things are correctly and done precisly is what i love to do. I think i would be able to handle the responsibility of making sure everything is labled, sealed, packaged, stocked and distributed in the correct manner. Being a Pharmacy technician would be a great job for me.

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Interview: __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Emily Talbot <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mrs. Kaleel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">English 4 Period 2 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Date: March 10, 2011

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kristina Walters <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pharmacy Technician

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you like your job? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-My job is very high performance. My job equires constant multitasking and being able to do various types of jobs including the roles of a Pharmacy Technician. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Positives about your job: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-In a hospital setting, I (or you) can work 40 hours and get great benefits. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Negatives about your job: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-You make less money than vertain others and some of the hours are not as appealing to your family life. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What are your job roles and titles? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-Pharmacy cashier, and Pharmacy Tech 1 includes answering phones, customer service, organizing medication by alphabet and putting medication in correct slots, counting out medication, checking in stock and putting stock away. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What was the most useful and what was the least usrful skills/classes that you were required to accomplish? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-Being at Everest University, i went through my basic courses which benefitted my education. I enjoyed the career orientation. I did not enjoy the many tests we had to take! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How much do you make a week? A year? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-$400 a week. $19,200 a year- in a hospital setting. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you find it east or hard to live off your salary? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- I find it easy- if i didnt have so many expenses! It also depends on if its my week to have the kids. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are you required any continuous training? Is there any competition in your job? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Yes, as a pharmacy technician you must have 20 hours to keep up your certification every 2 years. There is much competition in the feild of Pharmacy Technician. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you find your feild in high demand, or too many people in your feild? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- There are too many people in the feild. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If you could go back to college and re-do your career choice, would you? Why? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Yes, I would go into being a Pharmacist rather than a Pharmacy Technician only ecause of the money and the amount of greater eduction I would have in the feild of Medical. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is your work environment like? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Competative. You always have to build yourself higher and prove your capable. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Difference between retail and hospital work: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- In a retail work environment, you work with customers. In a hospital setting, you do no interact, as much, with customers. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Different Hours you work? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Hospital hours there are 3 shifts- 6am to 2pm- shift 1. 2pm-10pm shift 2. 10pm-6am 3rd shift.