Accredited checking technician jobs are similar to pharmacy technician jobs. While the latter receives the prescription, takes out the drugs from shelves and packs them, the former checks the dispensed prescription for its accuracy. Checking, labeling and packing have all become formal procedures and the accredited checking technician will be trained in all these in a pharmacy context.
Training to Become an Accredited Checking Technician
The technician training is done under vocational training schemes, and accredited checking technicians are NVQ 3 or BTEC certified (in UK). The checking technician is trained to check that:
-> The medicine or product matches the prescription and is in date
-> It is assembled using correct equipment and processes
-> It is packed and labeled appropriately
-> Appropriate records are made
-> Health, hygiene and safety procedures are followed at all times
To equip the technician with the required competencies, the vocational training program will typically: To view and download this full PLR article, you must be logged in. Registration is completely free. Once you create your account, you will be able to browse, search & downlod from our PLR articles database of over "1,57,897+" on 1,000's of niches and 200+ categories without paying a penny. Click here to signup...
-> Start with an explanation of the legal and professional issues involved in checking, packing and labeling pharmacy medicines
