Certified Pharmacy Technician

 

Welcome to the rewarding career as the Certified Pharmacy Technician, this program is self paced, fully online program designed to enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies related to enhancing the health and well-being of individuals and families, its specifically designed for applicants from any States that are interested to work in USA as Certified Pharmacy Technician.

Role of Pharmacy Technician
As a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) you will be qualified to work in all settings of Pharmacy, under the supervision of a Licensed Pharmacist. Your role in the Pharmacy will include:-

1. Interacting with the public and other Health Professionals
2. Interviewing patients to develop their medication and medical profile
3. Evaluating prescriptions for completeness
4. Entering prescription data into a computer
5. Billing Insurance Companies for online adjudication
6. Managing and/or maintaining adequate pharmaceutical inventory
7. Filling Prescriptions by calculating appropriate quantity and selecting the correct medication to be dispensed
8. Using the Pharmacy computer to generate prescription labels and update patient profiles
9. Participating in quality assurance by removing adulterated, misbranded, recalled and expired drugs from inventory
10. Dispensing the correct drug to the correct patient at the correct time.

Program Eligibility

• High school diploma or GED
• Must have a valid US social security number to work in USA
• Must be good and work hard on Math

After Completion
In order to take a PTCB Examination, you will have to apply by the PTCB Application Deadline, which is usually one to two months before the Exam. To register call the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board at:
1-202-429-7576 option 9, 1-800-363-8012, or for further information on PTCB exams and to register go online at www.ptcb.org