being a pharmacy technician has improved
my life because I work less hours and I
make more money and I work closer to
home and so it allows me to spend more
time with my family my name is adria
Horrocks and i'm a pharmacy technician i
decided that a pharmacy technician
career was right for me because it
didn't take me very much time to do it I
did it in less than 10 months if you
work at your own pace and it's
relatively couldn't easy to do it
there's a demand for a pharmacy
technician so it's easy to find a job
pharmacy technicians assist pharmacists
all over the country by doing things
like filling prescriptions verifying
insurance greeting and ringing up
customers and managing other day-to-day
tasks within a pharmacy pharmacy
technicians are important because we're
kind of the right-hand person I guess
for a pharmacist it gives them more time
to spend with patients and to counseling
and things like that pharmacy
technicians can be found in all types of
pharmacies including standalone retail
pharmacies large pharmacy chains those
with in grocery stores hospitals clinics
and outpatient centers assisted living
facilities nursing homes mail-order
pharmacies telepharmacy
other pharmacies because many locations
are open 24/7 there are a variety of
schedule options my job before I was
receptionist I worked like Monday
through Friday 8 hours day and just kind
of sat for a lot of the day it got kind
of boring after a while so being a
pharmacy technician it's really
fast-paced it allows me to switch from
different parts of the pharmacy
throughout the day
I like flexibility so I really enjoy the
fact that I can move around just from
station to station and I have different
hours that I can work so before it was
just an 8 to 5 now I wear is a growing
need for pharmacy technicians nationwide
and the most recommended way of starting
a career in this field is to get formal
training this is to make sure you have
the skills you'll need to get a job and
earn national certification which is
required by some employers and in
certain states becoming a pharmacy
technician has impaired my life because
it allows me to stay home or take care
of my child and I don't have to travel
very far to go to work
it allows me to be flexible in my
schedule and it pays pretty well to