Partner With Pharmacy Essentials
Pharmacy Essentials is built to serve pharmacies nationwide by delivering high-quality pharmacy technician workforce training. Our pharmacy technician training partnership model is designed to be flexible, scalable, and aligned with your pharmacy’s specific environment and expectations. Whether you operate a single location or a large pharmacy network, our model is built to meet you where you are.
The Problem We’re Built to Solve
The pharmacy technician shortage is not just a staffing inconvenience — it’s a systemic challenge with real financial and patient safety consequences. According to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP):
- Pharmacy technician turnover exceeds 20% nationwide, with vacancy rates as high as 40%
- Replacing a single pharmacy technician costs between $25,000 and $35,000
- More than half of pharmacy administrators report stalling or reducing services due to technician shortages
- Undertrained technicians create bottlenecks that pull pharmacists away from clinical responsibilities
Structured, high-quality training is the solution — and that is exactly what Pharmacy Essentials is built to deliver.
What a Pharmacy Technician Training Partnership Looks Like
When you enter a pharmacy technician training partnership with Pharmacy Essentials, we align our training directly to your pharmacy’s goals. Here is what you can expect:
- Initial consultation to understand your pharmacy’s needs and goals
- Customized curriculum aligned to your expectations
- Hands-on technician training delivered by qualified trainers
- Competency assessments and progress reporting
- Ongoing support and continuous improvements
Who Benefits From a Pharmacy Technician Training Partnership
Pharmacy Essentials is designed for pharmacy organizations looking to strengthen their technician workforce, reduce onboarding time, and improve patient safety outcomes. If you are experiencing high turnover, inconsistent onboarding, or simply want better-prepared technicians from day one, we want to hear from you. Learn more about our training approach.
Ready to Learn More?
Fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss how Pharmacy Essentials can support your pharmacy’s workforce needs. We look forward to building a pharmacy technician training partnership that works for you.
Sources: ASHP Pharmacy Technician Shortage Survey; ASHP 2024 Midyear Clinical Meeting
The Risk You Can’t Ignore
Understaffed, undertrained pharmacy teams can face real regulatory consequences. In February 2024, CVS agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy over allegations connected to understaffing at 22 stores, the largest settlement in the board’s history. As part of the agreement, CVS neither admitted nor denied the allegations. Patient safety and regulatory compliance start with how well your technicians are trained.
Source: Ohio Board of Pharmacy consent agreement
Download the Free Guide: Solving the Pharmacy Technician Shortage
Turnover isn’t just a hiring problem, it’s a training problem, and the data shows what actually fixes it. Our free guide walks through what’s driving the shortage, what unaddressed turnover is really costing pharmacies like yours, and the specific strategies, like structured onboarding and technician career ladders, that have cut turnover by more than 50% where they’ve been put into practice.
Source: Thames et al., American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2024
“Patient Safety begins long before the medication reaches the patient-it begins with training”
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