Side going through schooling beneficial for someone who already works a full time job (I'm in ecommerce/warehouse/tech) but I have an interview with Pima Medical Institute, looking into CHCP as well today. Will the experience in their schooling qualify me for working in a hospital?

A new tech here. I've been working at a grocery store pharmacy where they hired me part-time but they make us work just below 40 hrs. Pay is just a dollar above the minimum wage and they give no benefits. The techs do about 70 - 80% of the work and the pharmacists just chat with one another. One of the pharmacists today was sending her pictures to someone on Instagram while I was struggling multi tasking between filling, answering calls and getting the out window. They had me do literally everything today receiving the orders, return to stock, fill, data entry literally every thing possible, while they were just doing the easier jobs and not helping at all. While I was busy on working on something else and had no idea that there were customers waiting for pick up, the pharmacist yelled at me for not getting the out window.. like.. I was the only one doing that since the start of my shift, no one was even bothered to go help other than me. She wasn't doing something either. She could've helped the customer instead of yelling at me!! Why are the pharmacists getting paid 3 - 4 times more just for doing nothing, while the techs do most of the work, even the work requiring more physical labour?!!?!

I am a pharmacy technician intern in high school and i started interning at my local wlagreens. Even though I have been taking pharmtech classes prior to my internship, I feel so overwhelmed and incompetent, like i keep making mistakes and bothering my pharmacist and the techs😭😭😭😭

I’m a senior in high school, and I’m looking for a part time job now that it’s second semester and I don’t have to stress about school work as much. (I don’t have any prior work experience)

So my local cvs is hiring for pharmacy tech, and I was interested in at least trying it. I have already done some research about it, so I understand I probably won’t be doing too much and I have heard about how bad the customers can be. But I still at least want to try, I just feel like it will give me more work experience and will probably look better for future resumes than some other part time job options, but I may be wrong about that.

Also, if I do apply and get the job, I’m planning on only working for a few months. So do you think it’s worth applying or should I look into something else?

This may be long winded but I am not sure how to really word this.

I applied for a hospital tech position and I am having an interview Monday. I've worked at wags for a few months I don't completely hate it. I have an ok team and the money is decent. I just hate people, I have worked in retail most of my life (even was a cosmetologist) and I can't tell if I'm just hating wags and their bs. Or if it's just retail burnout. I haven't been told anything about getting certified but was threaten to get suspended due to my license getting lost in the mail and waiting on a replacement. I feel like I'm constantly being told about harping on vaccines and rewards numbers, while being sighed at about constant transfers/ prescriptions being called in that are on hold. Also, insurance changes and constant "I've never paid for this." Or "it's the same insurance as last year it never changes" or "mY dOCtor sAid IT woUld be rEady." Or having a customer rage about her insurance not covering her Tylenol.

Anyway, any advice if the hospital will be better or do I just need to toughen up and keep moving forward? I haven't really researched the hospital side very much and would appreciate it. Thank you all.🩷😊

Hello everyone ,

So I’ve been studying for my exam using ptcb practice bank and will pay for the pre test next week. My question is , how come when I go to other websites to try their mock exams it seems so much more difficult? They’re asking things that isn’t asked on the ptcb practice bank. I’m worried that the actual exam will be asking things I haven’t seen. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

So I was offered a postion as an Inpatient pharmacy technician at Stanford Health Hospital and now they have me doing the paperwork the only problem is they want either my hr or my supervisor's name. I work for Safeway and my manager and I haven't really seen eye to eye lately. I've been late a few too many times due to having a second job at night and I feel that if I give the number for them they'll rain on my parade and they'll rescind the offer.

I can put HR and their number but I don't know if there's a specific name for Safeway HR or if It doesn't really matter what name I put as long as it's HR. Because I think all they really need is proof of employment as well as maybe some background on me as a worker. I absolutely need this job and I can't afford to lose the offer. Other than being late there's nothing else they can complain about. Any advice?

I work in a Central Fill location that fills scripts for multiple pharmacies. In our facility, we have 9 Parata Max+ machines. I am in charge of diagnosing, fixing, replacing, and/or ordering any parts that break in them. If anyone works with these machines, you know how much of a pain they can be. I am sometimes called in while I'm off work to come in and fix issues that these machines may be having as I am the Head Technician and am the only one who was trained and learned as much as I could about them. I hear that technicians that work for Parata make a decent amount of money and I feel like I'm being underpaid for the work that I do. I sometimes even fix issues with these machines that Parata was unable to help our facility with. Is there a way to reach out to people in similar roles as me to see how much they are getting paid?

Kind of just a rant, just want to speak to others that understand my situation. 2 years ago I left Walgreens as a Pharmacy Operations Manager due to the stress and everything, I completely changed my life, moved across the country, and swore I’d never go back to pharmacy. I tried out other jobs and absolutely hated them, nothing fulfilled me and I ended up getting fired from one (Property Management) simply because of no passion for it. So after being unemployed for 6 months (worst time of my life, the job market was ROUGH and my only background is pharmacy), I finally landed a job with a Pharmacy Insurance company to dive back into pharmacy a bit. However this job was absolutely nothing like what I thought it would be and I’m absolutely ready to go and just get back into real pharmacy again (hopefully a hospital setting, no retail!!!!!)

So I guess my question / concern is - Does anyone know what the pharmacy job market currently looks like? Especially for hospital? I’m in Utah and from what I’ve seen there’s a pretty decent amount of opportunities here. Idk what I’m looking for out of this post, just kinda want to converse with other techs that get it lol.

I’m currently a dh at the walgreens i’m working at. i’m mainly in the pharmacy which i prefer and the goal being (by my SM) is to make me a tech and go full time. but recently I’ve made the decision to move in with my boyfriend in tennessee and since im from kentucky im wondering if i can still hold the dh title, still be in the pharmacy as much as i am and transfer walgreens or will i have to get certified, promoted, and then move?

This was SO hilarious!!!

Can you guys tell me about your coworkers whether they're amazing or get on your nerves. If you're a great team or don't work too well together. I just want to see the dynamics at different locations. Right now for the most part my coworkers are great but there are two who make me question my sanity.

Basically my friend is 20F and she is doing a course online and getting a certificate. I told her it doesn’t sound right. How is she gonna be a pharmacy technician that fast with no college just her highschool diploma. Unless she is right and I’m wrong I just don’t want her to waste her time on this course if it’s not gonna pay off like she thinks.

As part of my role, I do medicines reconciliation which means reviewing clinic letters, hospital discharge summaries etc.

It was brought to my attention that I have caused a significant event. They think a patient has ended in ITU because he has taken a high dose of gabapentin (not confirmed yet if this is the cause to admission). I did the medicines reconciliation but did not make the necessary medication changes including stopping the gabapentin and a list of other medication. The discharge letter said the gabapentin was held during admission and for the GP to review on going need.

When I was doing the reconciliation the last few pages where the changes of the patients medications were outlined were showing as blank, so I took the actions requested in the first few pages and complete the reconciliation. In the past I have received letters sent with extra pages that are blank with no information on them, so when I checked the last few pages because they didn't load at the time I assumed they were blank.

The max dose for gabapentin is 3.6mg daily and the patient was on half of that, they were also on this dose some time before this admission to ITU so I don't see how the gabapentin caused enough harm for them to be admitted to ITU.

I will need to fill out a significant event form and have a meeting with my manager and the partner at the practice regarding this. Any advice? I'm really worried

Hi everyone i’m Kennedy and on friday I am going to tour a campus that offers a pharmacy technician course because my goal is to join and become a tech!! As of right now i have zero knowledge into any of this and was wondering if anyone could give me tips on what to study before I start the schooling just so i’m a little more confident vs going in knowing nothing. The course doesn’t start until March so I have a good month to start studying please leave any recommendations on what I should take notes on. I appreciate anyone who has any advice and i’m excited and nervous to start this journey:)

I'm looking for 2 or so shifts a week, could be floater or just super part time. I have no idea how to approach it. Is there such a thing as going through a temp agency for pharm tech? I'm certified and licensed and have 2.5 years retail experience

I just now took the PTCB and I was so relieved when I saw the preliminary result: pass screen after my test!! I mean why on EARTH would a survey be put before the results were shown 😭

I was unsure about some questions + probably overthought a lot of them, and I did a mini double take at my pass result because I didn't feel too confident about it 😭 I'm someone with no pharmacy tech experience, so I was concerned for how I would do, but I passed THANKFULLY!!!

I took the PTCE 2 years too late since graduation, however I was licensed in the State of California. I even took another PTCB certificate test, Regulatory Compliance, to increase my chances of getting hired. I never got hired, and I'm reconsidering going back to school in this field. The reason why it took so long to take the PTCE was that I was bullied at my externship, and got discouraged and later I was diagnosed with a mental illness. Any advice? Thank you.

I have a few questions regarding Capsule pharmacy. What’s the rules for working remote - & do they track location? What PC are you using to do your work? And any pros and cons ?

I already have a passport but I don’t know the next steps im really interested in becoming one then proceed to pharm D. Care to share the experience or steps on becoming one.

Hello, as I already have my early childhood education diploma but I am thinking to change my field career. Is there any pharmacy technician related to Ontario especially in middlesex area, please let me know is it worth to persuade pharmacy technician or it consider as a useless diploma? Is it easy to find a job as a Pharmacy technician ? Is it easy to study as a mother of an infant?

I will be (re)taking the PTCB Feb 14th. Does anyone know of any math worksheets to use? Specifically allegations and flow rate. It would greatly help. Any other math resources other than “here is the step-by-step of 1 single example” would help as well. TYIA :)

I'm about to be trained in our clean room in the hospital. I also just got contact lenses again after not wearing them for well over a year. My eyes tend to get dried out alot while wearing them. I'm not sure if this is just an adjustment to the lenses or a permanent thing. Would I be better off wearing my glasses in the clean room? Not wearing either one is not an option.

Hi I am an international pharmacist. I am trying to create an account in PTCB but I do not have an SSN. What should I do?

Hey guys, I am currently working on a lab for sterile compounding. The lab requires the medication Ertapenem to be diluted and infused into a sodium chloride IV bag. I was just curious (because the course asks), what is the garbing process for something like this and also what supplies would be needed (syringes, types and quantities of needles). I am new to this stuff and would appreciate any input from either a pharmacist or a tech who has completed something like this!

Thanks you guys!

Starting a new job in a couple weeks at a small pharmacy inside a mental health clinic. Dress code is business casual but most of the techs usually wear scrubs. I've never had scrubs before (just that Walmart smock) and probably should buy some. Any tips of good values or best deals or places to get scrubs?

Hi everyone. I had an interview on Monday morning and it went very well. I am really convinced they are going to give me a job offer. I’m just curious to know how long after everyone interview did you get offered the position?

So I think I wanna be a pharmacy technician. I work at Walmart so the goal is to transfer to their pharmacy and get the on hands training and let it open doors for me. My biggest concern is all the learning. Like how hard is it? What has been your biggest struggle? My math is definitely not the strongest. I've worked retail for many years. So I'm not worried about being on my feet a lot or dealing with rude customers. I deal with that on the daily. My concern is the actual work and the learning. Just looking for others experiences. Did you catch on quickly or did it take a bit? Do you really have to be great at math? Tell me all the things.