Hello, please answer: I have a foreign four years of bachelor degree of pharmacy. How can a foreigner be applied for the pharmacy technician certification exam? Am eligible to take it? In addition to that, I can come in USA as a visitor and as a worker.
Hi!! Thanks so much for watching!! in the hospital no nails in the IV room depending on where you work, some allow nails but they can only be 1/4 of an inch long. retail it depends on the retailer but nails are generally allowed. as far as piercings they cannot be in the face depending on where you work and some only allow you to wear up to 2 rings per ear while working (so having more is fine but you may have to remove some depending on where you work) tattoos shouldn’t be offensive and some employers prefer that they are not visible while working
Yes you can, some may require prior experience but the certification helps that for sure! Just do some research on the hospital requirements before applying, good luck 🥳
Do u need to be certified to work in retail ? & How long is the course ? And what’s the pay range from certified & not certified?& when u look on the computer and when someone gets meds will it say the side effects & what not to mix it with etc on the computer for when they ask
Hi!! 1. no you do not 2. if you do PTU its self paced; otherwise it would be however long at whichever community college provides in your area 3. every place is different: for my first retail job was $10 uncertified and $14 certified (this was for part-time as well, pharmacy tech wages has drastically increased 4. yes- there are medication guides that print with the medication that you can leave with the patient and certain systems have alerts that pop up while filling the medication for what drugs they interact with Thank you for watching, I hope this helps 🤗🫶🏾
It depends on the retail chain and the location. The bigger the area it serves the heavier the work load can be and the bigger chance of having diverse customers. Most are really nice if I’m being honest. The more you work the better it gets once you understand the customers you get day to day
Retail pharmacy is awful. I was there for almost a year😢. It was pure hell. Customers are extremely rude. The tech, I was the only tech at my location, takes all of the abuse.
Retail was better before covid. Idk if people have gotten worse mental health since then, but they are definitely more impatient and upset. The real problem with Retail is that it's difficult to live on. Retail chains have chronic understaffing issues (and I've worked at the top 3). The days are extremely stressful, as well as getting hours cut all the time. I was getting insurance as a 'full time' employee with CVS, but I rarely even got the 30 hours they consider to be full time. If a hospital will take you and train you, I'd recommend going that route. Your schedule will be more consistent with better pay. Best of luck to you! ❤
thank you for this video, this was incredibly helpful!!
Hello, please answer: I have a foreign four years of bachelor degree of pharmacy. How can a foreigner be applied for the pharmacy technician certification exam? Am eligible to take it? In addition to that, I can come in USA as a visitor and as a worker.
What are the rules with nails, piercings, and tattoos being a pharmacy technician?
Hi!! Thanks so much for watching!!
in the hospital no nails in the IV room depending on where you work, some allow nails but they can only be 1/4 of an inch long. retail it depends on the retailer but nails are generally allowed. as far as piercings they cannot be in the face depending on where you work and some only allow you to wear up to 2 rings per ear while working (so having more is fine but you may have to remove some depending on where you work) tattoos shouldn’t be offensive and some employers prefer that they are not visible while working
If I take an education course and take the PTCB, can I jump straight into a hospital pharmacy job? I’m not keen on retail
Yes you can, some may require prior experience but the certification helps that for sure! Just do some research on the hospital requirements before applying, good luck 🥳
keep going ⚡️
Do u need to be certified to work in retail ? & How long is the course ? And what’s the pay range from certified & not certified?& when u look on the computer and when someone gets meds will it say the side effects & what not to mix it with etc on the computer for when they ask
Hi!!
1. no you do not
2. if you do PTU its self paced; otherwise it would be however long at whichever community college provides in your area
3. every place is different: for my first retail job was $10 uncertified and $14 certified (this was for part-time as well, pharmacy tech wages has drastically increased
4. yes- there are medication guides that print with the medication that you can leave with the patient and certain systems have alerts that pop up while filling the medication for what drugs they interact with
Thank you for watching, I hope this helps 🤗🫶🏾
My Diploma pharmacy complete course so how I cann apply for pharmacy technician post ????
find your local hospital or pharmacy chain and go to their website and fill out the applications posted in the career section!
@@moneymakinbri But I want apply in U.K. post for assistance pharmacy or pharmacy technician....so how I cann apply in u.k...????
i’m sorry, i don’t live in the UK so I’m not sure what that process is like
@@moneymakinbri please u search forr mee job in u.k. so after u infom mee..👍
is retail as bad as everyone says , are customers rude alot ?
It depends on the retail chain and the location. The bigger the area it serves the heavier the work load can be and the bigger chance of having diverse customers. Most are really nice if I’m being honest. The more you work the better it gets once you understand the customers you get day to day
Retail pharmacy is awful. I was there for almost a year😢. It was pure hell. Customers are extremely rude. The tech, I was the only tech at my location, takes all of the abuse.
Retail was better before covid. Idk if people have gotten worse mental health since then, but they are definitely more impatient and upset.
The real problem with Retail is that it's difficult to live on. Retail chains have chronic understaffing issues (and I've worked at the top 3). The days are extremely stressful, as well as getting hours cut all the time. I was getting insurance as a 'full time' employee with CVS, but I rarely even got the 30 hours they consider to be full time. If a hospital will take you and train you, I'd recommend going that route. Your schedule will be more consistent with better pay. Best of luck to you! ❤
keep going ⚡️