Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician program trains students in the role of supportive personnel for hospital and community pharmacies. The Pharmacy Technician provides assistance to the Pharmacist in a variety of technical tasks involving the packaging, distribution, compounding, labeling, and recording of prescription drugs. Students will receive clinical experience in both community and hospital pharmacy settings.

Employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to grow in the future. As the population grows and ages, demand for pharmaceuticals will increase dramatically. With advances in science, more medications are becoming available to treat a greater number of conditions.

The Program of Study

Student Handbook

Pharmacy Technician Careers

The Pharmacy Technician assists the Pharmacist in the following areas: 

• package and labeling of drugs for prescription dispensing 
• preparation and delivery of unit dose drugs to the nursing services of hospitals or long-term care facilities 
• preparation of parenteral admixtures under aseptic and sterile conditions 
• handling inventory and medication shipments 
• manual and computer maintenance of records, including patient profiles 
• provide office services as needed in the pharmacy 
• compound solutions, ointments, lotions, suppositories, and other medications 
• comprehend and utilize medical and drug terminology common to the harmaceutical environments 
• recognition and application of the knowledge of ethics as well as legal implications of their actions as it relates to themselves, the pharmacist, and the pharmacy

Our overall job placement consistently exceeds 98%. Job opportunities include: