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Pharmacy Technician
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will fill prescriptions in a variety of medical environments including hospitals, medical clinics and retail and institutional pharmacies. Your work involves performing pharmaceutical stock keeping, delivery, technical assistance, and clerical duties.

Examples of duties you will perform are: assisting pharmacists in filling prescriptions, assisting pharmacists in preparing drugs for unit-dose delivery, reconstituting sterile medications, preparing intravenous (IV) admixtures for patient administration, preparing IV chemotherapy drugs, entering prescriptions into a computer to obtain labels, ensuring information, such as drug generic name, expiration date, and lot number are properly recorded on labels and log records for repackaged drugs, reviewing stock orders and replenishing supplies, and conducting physical inventories.

What skills will I learn?

  • Maintain pharmacy equipment and facilities
  • Assist pharmacist in collecting information for patient care
  • Drug use review and pharmacy management
  • Receive and screen prescription / medication for completeness
  • Assist pharmacist in preparation, distribution and storage of medication
  • Utilize computer to perform pharmacy functions

Where can I work?

  • Pharmacies
  • Hospitals
  • Clinics


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Dental Assistant | Dental Hygiene |  Health Unit Coordinator |  Insurance Coding & Billing Specialist |  Massage Therapy |  Medical Administrative Assistant |  Medical Assistant |  Medical Office Professional |  Patient Care Technician |  Pharmacy Technician |  Practical Nursing |  Radiologic Technology |  Respiratory Therapy |  Surgical Technologist |  Vocational Nursing

Concorde Career College

Garden Grove Campus
12951 Euclid Street, Suite 101
CA, 92840

North Hollywood Campus
12412 Victory Blvd.
CA, 91606

San Bernardino Campus
201 East Airport Drive, Suite A
CA, 92408

San Diego Campus
4393 Imperial Avenue, Suite 100
CA, 92113

Jacksonville Campus
7960 Arlington Expressway
FL, 32211

Lauderdale Lakes Campus
4000 North State Road 7
FL, 33319

Tampa Campus
4202 West Spruce
FL, 33607

Kansas City Campus
3239 Broadway
MO, 64111

Portland Campus
1425 NE Irving Street, Suite 300
OR, 97232

Memphis Campus
5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 132
TN, 38137

Arlington Campus
601 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 200
TX, 76011

Denver Campus
111 N. Havana Street
CO, 80010

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Accreditation

Concorde Career College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).


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