Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Dear Joe Rayco, As early as one month and as long as 6 months. The longest I have seen was about 1.25 yrs (an exception with a person who immigrated to US, had all sorts of paper problems with proof of education/high school equivalent, finger prints , etc, kept telling her to re-send re-send re-send ----an unfortunate glitch but she was finally granted registration). Since those who attend school usually graduate in June/July, August/September adn December/January the office in Sacramento is usually swamped + or - one month on either side. So.....expect longer delays around those times with the longest being in the summer followed by fall and then winter. Bottom line = The usual time is 3 to 4 month turnaround time, barring NO Problems or glitches! What city are you in? Up north where? You may have told me but I forgot. Hope this helps! Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Founder/Owner > > California registration: how long does it usally take from the point of > being mailed to the point of compleation? > > > > trying to calculate the time i recive the registration to the job. > > > > > > thank you > joe rayco > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 wow 3 to 4 months thats a long time and it kinda sucks... can i still find a pharm job while i wait for it? (doing what job and what company's will hire) also i live in orange county... thank you for everything. your awesome to answer everyones questions! > > > > California registration: how long does it usally take from the > point of > > being mailed to the point of compleation? > > > > > > > > trying to calculate the time i recive the registration to the job. > > > > > > > > > > > > thank you > > joe rayco > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Dear Neighbor joe rayco! Thank you for your kind words. I too live in Orange county; I work in Long Beach! How long have you been in CA? In Orange County? South or North? Finding a job in pharmacy (California only) when you are NOT registered is tricky! You most likely will not find work in a hospital. Hospital pharmacies usually hire: a) experienced techs techs who have graduated from a state approved educational program and c) techs who are registered and experienced retail/community pharm techs who are transitioning to hospital work. As far as I know you must be a tech to work (be paid) in CA in a retail setting, as I was told that clerks and cashiers have all but disappeared, since the State Board of Pharmacy cracked down hard on pharmacies that would bring people in from the 'front store' to do TECH work, but pay them minimum wage, and when a state board inspector came the RPh would tell the employee to leave the pharmacy and go back to the front store floor ASAP- get out of sight/don't answer questions/don't admit that you are a tech or clerk.. This practice also was against RPh to Tech ratio laws by increasing the number of people the RPh had to oversee, thus increasing the possibility of distraction and errors. This happened over and over again. Always the RPh professing that the employee was a clerk in training and promising the employee that je/she would become a TECH. Of course the RPh was only following chain corp unwritten policy and orders. This was a scenario before 2004 when one could be trained on the job and after 1500 hours one could apply to become registered. BUT to get the 1500's accepted the RPh would have to sign it. But the corp chain Pharmacies would not allow the RPh's to sign because they would then have to pay the employee TECH or Clerk wages! Sometimes after a while they would let the employee go explaining that they had no work, or the employee was not learning fast enough in order to USE someone else and train from scratch so that they did not have to sign the papers. SINCE we finally eliminated this " 1500 hour training on the job " in 2004 in CA we have had less complaints from every day people being taken advantage of by the chain pharmacies. I am not necessarily blaming the RPh's, but the rather the 'orders' of the corp officse of chain stores. RPh's just followed company orders. So what would ultimately happen is this: the employee would finally quit after promises were not fulfilled and being taken advantage of and the game would start all over again. The pharmacies were not really hiring techs or clerks AND the pharmacies made more money and people were disappointed. Besides this the training was not complete and not good quality and not the same from pharmacy to pharmacy not even with in the same chain pharmacies. NOW bring us to 2008 4 yrs after the change in the law, one can not be trained on the job any more in CA unless the pharmacy itself has a state approved training program. We also removed the 'or have a BS or AA degree in science or math' clause. One must attend and graduate from a state approved pharm tech program/school OR pass the PTCB exam. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I interpret this as NO MORE CLERKS. However a pharmacy CAN hire registered TECHS and pay them LESS than the experienced TECHS and CALL them CLERKS as a STEP LADDER. NOW I may get egg on my face, but I ask that anyone who can show me the law that allows for a non-registered employee to work in a CA pharmacy PLEASE do so. (Jule are you reading this? I think you said that clerks are allowed, but I can't find any law to support that). The ONLY non-CA registered persons who are allowed to work (non-paid) in a pharmacy ARE techs in-training on externships via schools AND pharmacist students on rotations via universities/colleges. NOW if anyone can find the CA law that allows you to be in training, with out being in a state approved program please let me know. So all I can say is TRY it and see! You might try working in a front store of a Chain pharmacy such as CVS, Wallgreens and tell them you are awaiting registration. You might try working as a driver to deliver meds to nursing homes, board and care that were made at home health care pharmacies also known as closed door pharmacies. You would have to search for those types of pharmacies. They do not advertise to the public and keep a low profile usually located in 'industrial parks' - minimizing break- ins and robberies/theft. I don't have any names to give you, but they do exist. Also managed care CAN hire you in CA in a separate area, other than where the techs are located taking special calls. so try Costa Mesa Pacific Solutions, which is not the curent name. I think it is United Health Group or something like that. 'Gwen' if you are reading this please let me know the name of the company you are at. There are only two in Southern CA and the competitor (for lack of better word) is in Woodlin Hills and too far away from you. > > wow 3 to 4 months thats a long time and it kinda sucks... > > can i still find a pharm job while i wait for it? (doing what job and > what company's will hire) > > also i live in orange county... > > thank you for everything. > your awesome to answer everyones questions! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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