Pharmacy Technician
Community Health Worker (CHW)
Pharmacy Technician
Position Summary
A CHW is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. [1]
Assists with the technical functions of the practice of pharmacy. [6]
Position Summary
Community Health Worker (CHW)
A CHW is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. [1]
Pharmacy Technician
Assists with the technical functions of the practice of pharmacy. [6]
Training and Prerequisites
- Completion of an approved CHW Training Program by the SD Department of Social Services. [2]
- The CHW Agency process will include the process utilized to hire individuals qualified to act as a CHW following certification that the individual has completed the Indian Health Service Community Health Representative basic training, a CHW program approved by the South Dakota Board of Technical Education or the South Dakota Board of Regents, or a CHW training program approved by the State. [3]
- High School diploma or GED. [6],[7]
- Complete an ASHP-accredited training program and obtain national certification through PTCB or ICPT.
- Must be 18 years or older. [8]
Training and Prerequisites
Community Health Worker (CHW)
- Completion of an approved CHW Training Program by the SD Department of Social Services. [2]
- The CHW Agency process will include the process utilized to hire individuals qualified to act as a CHW following certification that the individual has completed the Indian Health Service Community Health Representative basic training, a CHW program approved by the South Dakota Board of Technical Education or the South Dakota Board of Regents, or a CHW training program approved by the State. [3]
Pharmacy Technician
- High School diploma or GED. [6],[7]
- Complete an ASHP-accredited training program and obtain national certification through PTCB or ICPT.
- Must be 18 years or older. [8]
Certificates/Licensure
- No certificate or license is required in SD.
- Technician License, Board of Pharmacy. [6],[7]
Certificates/Licensure
Community Health Worker (CHW)
- No certificate or license is required in SD.
Pharmacy Technician
- Technician License, Board of Pharmacy. [6],[7]
Typical Supervisors
- CHWs are primarily supervised by a clinic manager, nursing manager, or other organizational manager. [5]
- Supervised by a pharmacist. [6]
Typical Supervisors
Community Health Worker (CHW)
- CHWs are primarily supervised by a clinic manager, nursing manager, or other organizational manager. [5]
Pharmacy Technician
- Supervised by a pharmacist. [6]
Median Hourly Wage (National)
[4],[8]
- Community Health Worker (CHW) – $20.19
- Pharmacy Technician – $16.87