Minggu, 24 Oktober 2010

Start Your Career, Working As A Pharmacy Technician

By Subodh Maheshwari

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy 


Pharmacy Technicians are these individuals, who are trained for execution of numerous pharmacy related works and to assist licensed Pharmacist in prescription filling and to provide safe and effective services to the patients and customers.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
The basic duties of a Pharmacy Technician is to collect and supply prescription orders, verify prescriptions, count tablets, measure medications, record patient details, arrange and stock medication in shelves and label bottles. It is also their duties, to counsel the patients on their insurance questions, inform them about, various effects and side effects of the drugs, reactions of medication, handle cash counters, answer phones, pack medications and perform various administrative duties.
Skills
In order to be a proficient technician, the following skills are essential:
1. He/she must be a multitask personnel.
2. Must bear the responsibility in handling Pharmacy work.
3. Skillful in safe serving of the patients.
4. Must be well trained and knowledgeable about drugs.
5. Must possess excellent communication and writing skills.
6. Must be well versed with computers operations.
7. Reading and Math skills are essential.
8. Should not have any history of felony charges, substances and drug abuses.
Availability of Jobs
A Technician can avail employment in following Pharmacies:
- Retail
- Hospital and Long Term Care Unit
- Mail Order
Retail pharmacies cover drug stores, super market stores or grocery stores, where technician serve patients and local public.
Hospital and Long Term Care Unit based technician's job responsibilities include, handling medication stores in these entities, supply medications to nurses as per patient's requirement, give medication to in-patients and out-patients as per physician's prescription and, mix and measure medications exactly, as per doctor's directions.
A Mail Order pharmacy technician serves customers independently by informing them about prescription contents, count required tablets and measure the drugs.
Job Outlook
The future job prospect of a Pharmacy aide is very bright, as innumerable numbers of Pharmacies are mushrooming all over the country, due to everyday new discoveries of life saving medications and advancement in medical field. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, the requirements of these technicians will rise by 32 % by 2016.
Salary
The present Pharmacy Technician Salary is estimated at around $25,000 per annum to $40,000 p.a. as per education, training, location and experience. Per hour wage scale of these personnel comes to nearly $ 9 to $17.
In the present economic slow down, a technician job is most viable option for the new comers, who are planning to start their career in this field. They can also complete various training programs, degree courses and PTCB certification in less than one year to 2 year for better earnings and career growth.

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