I was thinking of intern pay @ retail...my bad. Yeah, you're right they start pretty low for just techs. But, it is rather depressing that they are still starting people out at the same wage as they were back in 2004...
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I was thinking of intern pay @ retail...my bad. Yeah, you're right they start pretty low for just techs. But, it is rather depressing that they are still starting people out at the same wage as they were back in 2004...
I am working in inpatient pharmacy now. Without experience, I start with $12/hour.
I'm currently doing my clinical rotation by this May 2011 with a pharmacy technician program in Houston. My clinical teacher said that I would be luck to get paid $14 per hour. If I would have know that , I would have never attended that pharm tech program. But I've had some other people tell me that I can get paid more than that. If things don't workout, I will just get trained as a computer programmer.
The highest I've heard technicians get paid in Houston is around $25/hour. This is as a chemo infusion tech at MD Anderson. However, most technicians I know (including myself) are happy with what they make and would rather stay as far away as possible from chemos, even with all the safeguards and precautions in place.
Since you have done a Pharmacy Technician program, and are most probably IV certified through ACPE accredited training, I imagine you have better odds than I did of negotiating a wage better than $14 an hour. I would advise you to start volunteering in the Pharmacy of a hospital you might be interested in being hired at. If you are able to impress through hard work and quick learning, you shouldn't have any problem in getting hired.
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Well I just got a $2 per hr raise. So now I will be getting paid close to $17
Whaaat? Your hospital must be generous. I only got fiddy cents!
It's interesting that you would said that you stay as far away from chemo has possible even with all of the safeguards. During lab, I noticed that even with being doubled gloved( for chemos), if I spilled any liquid my hand would it would feel wet. Some of the students asked if it was safe and the teacher if they ask you to make the chemo just go ahead and do it.
Back in April I ran across a pharmacy technician making $26 a hour on the part-time at a hospital on the night shift and they only work the weekends.
What is the most that I can make without having to work with chemo?
Thanks
To a great extent, it depends on how much experience you have, what exactly it is that you do, how good of a worker you are, which hospital/establishment you work at etc. If you are willing to work PRN, with 3-4 years experience including IV experience, you will make a good hourly rate (PRNs generally get paid more per hour as they get no benefits whatsoever - not even health insurance).
Assuming she makes time-and-a-half for overtime, that comes out to about 16 extra hours per week to gross $110K. Her hospital must be VERY generous with overtime!
Yeah, I would rather make 110K doing 40 hours a week...
Our hospital used to be generous with OT until some fiasco happened at the mother ship. Now no OT is allowed without pre-authorization from the supervisor... and he gets in trouble if he goes over the hours allowance per pay period. This means people are going to start fighting over vacations.. 🙄
