Pharmacy – Level 2 & 3
Course Overview – Level 2
The Apprenticeship in Pharmacy Programme provides candidates with skills and knowledge regarding legal aspects and procedures within a dispensary. This programme meets the GPhC minimum training requirements for dispensing assistants / pharmacy assistants.
The Course content for the Level 2 qualification will include:
- Assist with the provision of a pharmacy service to meet individuals’ needs
- Ensure your own actions reduce risks to Health and Safety
- Contribute to the effectiveness of teams
- Assist in the sale of medicines and products
- Assemble prescribed items
- Assist in the issuing of pharmaceutical stock
- Assist in the manufacture and assembly of medicinal products
- Prepare aseptic products
- Prepare documentation, materials, components and other items for the preparation of aseptic and medicinal products
- Assist in the issuing of prescribed items
- Receive prescriptions from individuals
- Receive pharmaceutical stock
- Maintain pharmaceutical stock
- Undertake an in-process accuracy check of assembled prescribed items prior to the final accuracy check
- Order routine pharmaceutical stock
Course Overview – Level 3
The qualified pharmacy technician will be able to dispense medicines and pharmaceutical products, reflect on and develop their practice, undertake an in-process accuracy check and give pharmaceutical information and advice. They will be able to assist with validation of prescriptions and the counselling of patients.
The Course content for the Level 3 qualification typically includes:
- Ensure your own actions reduce risks to Health and Safety
- Provide an effective and responsive pharmacy service
- Process pharmaceutical queries
- Reflect on and develop your practice
- Receive prescriptions from individuals
- Confirm prescription validity
- Assemble prescribed items
- Issue prescribed items
- Prepare extemporaneous medicines for individual use
- Order pharmaceutical stock
- Receive pharmaceutical stock
- Maintain pharmaceutical stock
- Issue pharmaceutical stock
- Undertake an in-process accuracy check for assembled prescribed items prior to the final accuracy check
- Contribute to the effectiveness of teams
- Assist in the sale of medicines and products
- Prepare documentation, materials, components and other items for the preparation of aseptic products
- Provide advice on symptoms and the actions and uses of medicines
- Manufacture and assembly medicinal products
- Prepare aseptic products and carry out in-process checking
- Prepare documentation, materials and other items for the manufacture and assembly of medicinal products and aseptic products
- Provide and effective service in a setting outside of the pharmacy
- Assist in the supply of pharmaceutical appliances
- Process prescriptions for payment
- Prepare to conduct a review of an individual’s medicines
- Enable learning through demonstrations and instructions