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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN Pharmacy Technicians perform routine tasks under the supervision of licensed pharmacists to perform technical and clerical duties in the systematic operation of the pharmacy.
Pharmacy Technicians must be aware of the necessity for aseptic technique, cleanliness, orderliness, and accuracy in the work areas. They also should be alert, observant, attentive to details, and able to follow written and oral instructions.
Pharmacy Technicians are employed in hospitals, home health care agencies, mail order pharmacies, retail pharmacies, pharmacies that supply medications for assisted care living and nursing home facilities, hospice pharmacies, HMO pharmacies, and nuclear pharmacies.
Pharmacy Technician duties may include, but are not limited to: · compounding (measure/weigh/mix) medicinal drugs; · preparing and labeling medicines; · filling bottles and vials with the correct quantity of medicine; · issuing medicines to the customers; · maintaining inventory; · keeping patients' medication profiles on specified records, forms, or computerized systems; · collecting, organizing, and evaluation information for direct patient care, medication review, and department management.
The number of pharmacy technicians employed in Florida in 2006 was 19,524. It is projected that in 2014 there will be 25,074. This represents an annual average growth rate of 2.8 percent.
The average annual salary for pharmacy technicians is $17, 794 to $28,715. Salaries vary greatly between retail pharmacies, hospitals, home health agencies, and mail order pharmacies.
PURPOSE: The program is designed to prepare students for employment as Pharmacy Technicians, Community Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Aide.
PROGRAM CONTENT: This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of Theory, laboratory and clinical experiences. The following are the course requirements: Health Careers Core (Basic Health Care Worker)
Community Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacy Aides (Community-Based Retail Pharmacies) · Human relations · Medical and legal considerations · Pharmaceutical abbreviations and terminology · Clerical duties · Basic pharmaceutical chemistry and drug knowledge classification as it relates to the human physiology. · Inventory control.
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· Measurement and calculating techniques Pharmacy Technician (Retail Pharmacies, Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Mail Order & Pharmaceutical Companies). · Pharmaceutical chemistry as it relates to the human physiology. · Preparation and delivery of medications · Prepackage unit dose medications. · Preparation of intravenous admixtures.
ENTRANCE/CLINICAL NEEDS · Proof of a High School Education · Successfully complete Background Check · Basic Skills Test · Attend Orientation
LENGTH OF PROGRAM: 1050 hours approximately 11months
TIME: Days Class 8:00 AM-2:30 PM M-R Evening Class 5:00 PM-10:30 PM M-R
UNIFORMS: Students are required to wear the official school Uniform during the entire program (Class and Clinical). TRANSPORTATION: Students must provide their own transportation to and from the campus as well as all clinical settings BASIC SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) Reading 10 D/A Level Math 11.0 A Level Language 10.0D/A Level *Must be achieved for program completion.
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: Laboratory activities will be correlated with classroom activities and reinforced in the clinical area.
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES: Students must provide their own transportation to the clinical sites. Student s will receive clinical training in hospitals and retail stores.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE National certification is a requirement to be a program completer in this program. During the course of studies the student will take and pass the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. This certification is offered three times annually.
New Pharmacy Technicians who earn national certification will immediately demonstrate their competency in the field and be ready to enter the work force.
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