Two ‘earn and learn’ cohorts planned for spring and fall 2023
Positions for 11 new pharmacy technician apprenticeships will post Feb. 17.
Why it matters: The program helps both individual employees and the system as a whole. The apprentices receive six weeks of paid tuition and a full-time job. The graduates help alleviate a systemwide shortage of techs.
Twenty-two new tech apprentices graduated from the first two classes and filled hospital pharmacy technician positions, said Bianca Randall, M.H.A., director of Pharmacy Operations. One of them, Hunter Baker, had previously worked at the U.S. Postal Service and UPS. “I came into the program with absolutely no experience, but the curriculum allowed me to succeed,” he said.
The apprentices become techs after passing a certification board exam. Techs assist pharmacists with tasks including filling prescriptions, making intravenous solutions, data entry, delivering medications to hospital units, inventory management and ordering medications from vendors.
The program is a collaboration between Texas Health Resources University and Pharmacy.
The need for more techs is ongoing
This time, 11 slots are available: two at Texas Health Medical support, five at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and four at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
Texas Health employees interested in applying, click here to learn more about requirements and other details. For more information, you can also email THRPharmTechTraining@texashealth.org.
Another 2023 cohort is planned for fall.
