Dispensary Technicians Salary In Ghana

A Dispensary Technician helps to prepare medications at a pharmacy.

Below is Dispensary Technicians Salary In Ghana

The salary range for the majority of workers in Dispensary technicians and assistants – from GH₵534.13 to GH₵3,906.75 per month.

Tasks and duties

Preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional

Dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians, or other health professionals

Receiving prescriptions or refill requests from health professionals and verifying that information is complete and accurate according to medical record-keeping standards

Maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs

Filling and labeling containers with prescribed medications

Assisting clients by answering questions, locating items, or referring them to a pharmacist for medication information

Pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establishing and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients

Ordering, labeling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and entering inventory data into record-keeping systems

Cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds.

What qualifications do you need to be a dispensary assistant?

There are no set entry requirements to become a pharmacy assistant.

Employers usually expect good literacy, numeracy, and IT skills.

They may ask for GCSEs or equivalent qualifications.

Employers often ask for relevant work experience.

How long is a dispensary course?

The estimated study time to complete the course is 150 hours.

This can be divided to suit the learner and the pharmacy.

How do I become a pharmacist with no qualifications?

If you do not have the qualifications to get onto an MPharm degree, you could do a 2-year pharmacy foundation degree.

You would then take a job as a pharmacy assistant or technician and apply to enter the MPharm degree in its second year.