Certified Pharmacy Technician Program
Pharmacy hands on experience & textbook preparation
National Certification
Certification by PTCB, CPR by Red Cross
Get the Pharmacy Technician Training you need to have a quality, long-term career with Pinnacle Institute
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In this certificate program, students will learn how to become an asset in any Pharmacy type facility. Pinnacle Institute provides hands-on training, plus the communication and administrative skills necessary to work as a Pharmacy Technician. You will learn how to assist the Pharmacist in all duties involved in the career field
Most Pharmacy programs locally range from $12,000-$20,000 in tuition and hide exam fees/supplies. Our program is a third of the cost and the time. Classes available during the day or evening hours for your convenience to reach your career goals.
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What does a pharmacy tech do?
- Accurately prepare and distribute patient medications.
- Perform calculations.
- Prepare sterile medicines including those used to treat cancer.
- Collect accurate patient information.
- Process third party billing claims and assist with prior authorization
completion. - Work directly with patients to obtain medication histories and reconciliation.
- Assist in the management of investigational drug studies.
- Use technology to help maintain accurate patient records, medication
inventory, and orders. - Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
What will I learn?
- Filling & filing Rx’s.
- Compounding & suspensions.
- Blister packing, procuring, rotating inventory.
- Maintaining patient profiles, answering calls, consulting with pharmacists to ask questions, resolve issues, etc.
- Maintaining patient confidentiality, calling in refills for patients, converting Rx’s into english.
- Pharmacy math, pharmacy symbols and language.
- Data entry, ethics and bedside manner.
- Brand and generic names for medications, how to read doctor’s writing.
- Families of drugs, which drugs do what, government drug programs, classes and schedules of drugs.
Course schedule
Classroom portion of course held on Wednesday and Fridays:
Mornings: 9:30AM-12:30PM
Evenings: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
13 week in classroom and 4 weeks of Pharmacy Clinical rotations.
Please use the form below to get information about our next start dates for all our Pharmacy Technician course schedules!