Pharmacy technicians usually work under a licensed
pharmacist and are responsible for dispensing medications. Are you also interested to be a pharmacist in future but
have no idea what to do and when to do? Here I am to help you.
 Below here I will explain each and every step you need to do
to become a good pharmacist.

Pharmacist duties usually include filling prescriptions and
interacting with patients. In order to fill a prescription, pharmacy may count,
measure or mix a medication. After a pharmacist has measured and mixed a
medication and verified it technicians take it, choose the container and affix
a label.
 Other duties which may be handed over to a pharmacist
including completing insurance claim forms, stocking inventory, screening phone
calls, operating a cash register, maintaining patient profiles and also
training new employees.
 You need to care about the below mentioned requirements if
you want to get hired for a pharmacist job.

 Degree! 

 No such big degree is required but pharmacists who want to
call themselves professional usually have degrees in medication or at least
diploma level studies in pharmacy technology.

 License

 You need a legal medical pharmacist license issued from the
ministry of health of your country to work as a legal pharmacist otherwise it
would be strictly illegal and you can be charged even you can be sentenced to
jail for at least 3 years.

 Certifications

 Some states or countries care more about their civilian
population and thus require you to have specific certification to be a
pharmacist.

Pharmacy technicians can get their certifications from their
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or National Health career
Association Board (NHA)

 Experience

 Initially no experience level is required to be a pharmacist
in any state of United States Of America but If any company or some hirer
demands for it, you can easily get an internship.

 Key Skills You Must Have

 There are always some key skills you must have specialized
to get a job in any sector and same is the case with the pharmacy industry.

 You need to know how to behave with your customers or
patients because there are normally emotional behaviors around you when you are
a pharmacist. Plus you also need to master the skill of making decisions and
correct of them.

 Work Activities

 As a pharmacy technician in a hospital you can also be given
the task for making up a medicine for a cancer patient. Keep in mind these
types of medicines are made in special sterile conditions to avoid
contamination. In such case, you need to be as accurate and methodical as
possible.

 In a hospital, you can also be responsible that each and
every department of that hospital has the exact and accurate amount of required
medicine in stock.

As a community pharmacy technician in a retail setting, you
will give additional advices to your customers on prescriptive medicines and
over the counter products.

 Income

 Different companies, institutions or hospitals offer you
different working conditions and environment with different pay scale.

Usually the pharmacists with a government authorized license
and also the federal government job make about $20,000 dollars a year from
their job.

 Experience pharmacist are entertained with more facilities,
more friendly work space, flexibilities and off-course more yearly income that
is nearly $27,000 a year.

 Specialist in pharmacy or team managers may get
the band 6 or band 7 post with even more flexibilities, relaxations, more
friendly atmosphere and even more income starting at about $25,000 for band 6
and starting at about $32,000 for band 7 post and the income goes on increasing
as compared to the government policies of that country.

Becoming A Super Pharmacist, Easily

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