Re: Re: Question for Texas Techs

[Guest guest]

Annette,

Actually, a technician-in-training can do just about anything a

certified tech can do, except label, per state law.

You can be a technician-in-training for a year from when you start

working as a technician.

In some stores, yes, that might result in you being a clerk at some

business', but in others, you would be allowed to do everything

allowed by law.

We have 2 techs in training @ the Wal-Mart I work at. They do tech

stuff, outside of the actual labelling (to which they affix an edge of

the label to the bottle, but not put it completely on). They aren't

registered with the state yet, because the state hasn't started

registering techs-in-training. The state does have a provision for

that, but hasn't started enforcing it. Only CPhT's are currently

required to register. Unless it's changed in the last couple months.

Della

Pharmacist

On 6/4/06, Annette Porterfield <nutterbutter818@...> wrote:

> In order to get a job as a pharmacy tech, you will need to register

> with the state board. If you are not registered with the state board,

> you can work as a clerk or something but, if you are in retail, that

> will pretty much mean you are on the register and that's it. If you

> are trying to get a hospital job, you won't even be called for an

> interview until you register with the board.

>

> http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/

>

> Annette, Austin, TX

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Annette,

Thank you for your input. Your personal perspecitve regarding what a tech and

clerk can and can not do is important. As Della pointed out what a tech in

training can legally do, your perspecitive is interpreted as in practice many

pharmacies only let the trainiee do limited work. This also happens in

externships a a few locations. This is why accredited schools must have a

progam set in place to make sure that the location is following the criteria

for training with in a specific type of pharmacy. This is why only some

pharmacies are TEXAS state approved as trainign sites.

Much appreciated input.

Jeanetta

Annette Porterfield <nutterbutter818@...> wrote: In order to get a

job as a pharmacy tech, you will need to register

with the state board. If you are not registered with the state board,

you can work as a clerk or something but, if you are in retail, that

will pretty much mean you are on the register and that's it. If you

are trying to get a hospital job, you won't even be called for an

interview until you register with the board.

http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/

Annette, Austin, TX

[Guest guest]

Actually, one of our techs-in-training was one of our OTC people who

is interested in becoming a tech, so when we needed someone, and he

knew a LITTLE about the prescription process, it was almost easier to

start training him than to look around for someone else. Which is

kind of a catch-22.

I'd almost rather have someone who is already certified, because I

sometimes get annoyed at having to explain something for the umpteenth

time, although we also have one certified tech who I'd like to slap

silly sometimes, because she loves the excuse " I didn't take the

prescription, so I don't know. " as an answer to why SHE inputted

something incorrectly. She just kind of waves me off. Of course,

she'll be getting herself written up sometime this month, I'm sure, as

she normally doesn't work with me (thank goodness!), but my partner at

work is going out of country to a family thing for approx five weeks

from June 10th thru July 17th. And so said tech will be working with

me. I've already given her a verbal warning about showing up late

(she used to regularly show up 20-30 minutes late, if I was lucky!),

so if she does it while my partner is gone, she's been warned. She'll

be written up again, which is the next step of getting her gone.

Sorry about that. Some things just irk. And people not taking

responsibility for their actiosn is one of them. *blush*

But both Kroger and Wal-Mart will have techs-in-training working as a

tech (minus the labelling), although they might be pulled from a

different area of the store. Whenever I (or we) have been looking for

techs, I'd just make sure and ask the hiring coordinator to make sure

it's someone with a brain. Otherwise, they don't survive long

*blush*

Della

Houston, Tx

(who is fine explaining things 3 or 4 times, but past that gets rather

annoyed when it's in the same day or two time frame!)

On 6/4/06, Annette Porterfield <nutterbutter818@...> wrote:

> Della-

>

> You are correct about techs-in-training performing duties except

> labeling but I can tell you that I don't see many hospital pharmacies

> even bothering with techs-in-training. That is not to say that some

> won't hire them, but many (if not most) don't have time to deal with

> anyone who isn't ready to work on day one. I personally don't

> consider anyone who isn't certified and registered at the time they

> apply for the position. When I was in retail, we put non-certified,

> unexperienced people on the register where, unfortunately, many tired

> of the register and left for good. It doesn't seem fair though when

> there are so many people who want to be come techs, could become good

> techs, but are driven away because they don't have certification,

> registration, or experience.

>

> Thanks for your words of wisdom,

>

> Annette, Austin, TX