Interested in becoming a pharmacy technician? Discover what they do, how to become one, and more!

2. What is a Pharmacy
Technician?

3. What is a Pharmacy
Technician?
0A healthcare professional performing
pharmacy related functions
Pharmacy is a field of healthcare that focuses on safe and
effective use of medication

4. What do Pharmacy
Technicians do?

5. What do Pharmacy
Technicians do?
0 Take from customers or health professionals the
information needed to fill a prescription
0 Count tablets and measure amounts of other
medication for prescriptions
0 Compound or mix medications
0 Package and label prescriptions
0 Accept payment for prescriptions and process
insurance claims
0 Perform routine administrative tasks

6. Where do Pharmacy
Technicians work?

7. Where do Pharmacy
Technicians work?
0 hospitals 0 clinical trials/research
0 retail/chain drug stores facilities
0 community/independent 0 nuclear pharmacies
pharmacies 0 infusion and home care
0 ambulatory care pharmacies pharmacies
0 managed care/HMO 0 skilled nursing facilities
pharmacies 0 long-term care facilities
0 mail-order pharmacies 0 correctional institutions

8. How to Become a Pharmacy
Technician

9. How to Become a Pharmacy
Technician
Complete
Earn high school
pharmacy Pass state
diploma or
technology certification exam
equivalent
program (optional)

10. Pay

11. Pay
Median Annual Wages, May 2010
$33,840.00
All Occupations
$39,340.00
Health Technicians
Pharmacy Technicians $28,400.00

12. Job Outlook

13. Job Outlook
Percent Change in Employment, projected 2010-2020
All Occupations 14%
Health Technicians 26%
Pharmacy Technicians 32%

14. CareerStaff Rx
Are you a pharmacy technician who is looking
for a job? CareerStaff Rx has been connecting
top pharmacy professionals with premier
pharmacies for over 15 years!
Give us a call – 800.766.0122
or
Apply online – www.CareerStaffRx.com

15. 800.766.0122 | www.CareerStaffRx.com