What are the careers of pharmacy technicians?

Pharmacy technician, pharmacist, and pharmaceutical scientist are careers in pharmacy technician. Here are some details on each of these careers in pharmacy technician:

• Pharmacy technician

Pharmacy technicians work in a hospital pharmacy alongside pharmacists. They may also work in pharmacies outside of hospitals, including chain pharmacies and independent pharmacies.

In these environments, they help with the general tasks of running the pharmacy, like filling patients' prescriptions, storing and tracking medications, and utilizing customer service.

Pharmacy technicians attend training schools to become skilled and qualified in the field.

The average wage of a pharmacy technician in the United States is $18.96 per hour.

• Pharmacist

A pharmacist is a healthcare professional that focuses on the right way to use, store, preserve, and provide medicine. Pharmacists dispense prescription medications to patients and offer expertise in the safe use of prescriptions.

They also may conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, and oversee the medications given to patients. They can work in independent pharmacies, pharmacies in hospitals, or pharmacies in other businesses, such as grocery stores.

Individuals study pre-pharmacy courses in college to become a pharmacist. There are two college tracks you can take to become a pharmacist.

The first involves completing an undergraduate degree before moving into a pharmacological graduate program, while the second option is a combined one that incorporates all of the relevant coursework into one program.

Pre-pharmacy courses are offered as either two or four-year degrees. You need to determine what type of graduate program you want to get into in order to choose what track to take.

Recommended courses and majors for the first pharmacist educational track include biology, chemistry, microbiology, human physiology, biochemistry, calculus, and organic chemistry.

The average salary of a pharmacist in the United States is $145,137 per year.

• Pharmaceutical scientist

They often work in labs where they conduct experiments and record results involving chemicals and biological matter. Their research often determines to fund specific drugs being produced at a pharmaceutical company.

You need a master's degree in pharmacology to be a pharmaceutical scientist. However, most choose to get a Ph.D. in pharmacology. Pharmaceutical scientists often hold bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D.s in other fields, such as chemistry.

Many also opt to attend medical skills to round out their pharmacological education and training, although this is not a requirement.

They also need years of experience working in laboratories before they can lead pharmaceutical experiments.

The average salary of a pharmaceutical scientist in the United States is $87,545 per year.