This Pharmacy Assistant course introduces you to multiple aspects of the pharmacy sector across ten modules, helping every aspiring pharmacy assistant develop their own niche and build early confidence and competence in the field.
Pharmacy plays a crucial role in the healthcare system, and as an assistant you’ll interact with patients, dispense medications in line with prescriptions issued by a certified health professional, manage stock, and advise patients on dosage, benefits and side-effects. This course gives you a solid foundation for a career as a pharmacy assistant, covering work environments, salaries and career advancement.
What you will learn:
- An introduction to the field of pharmacy and its role in the UK’s healthcare system.
- The different members of a pharmacy team and how to work within it.
- How to develop your customer service skills.
- Checking and managing stock in a pharmacy.
- The role of a pharmacy assistant, including managing prescriptions, dispensing medication and ordering supplies.
- Regulations, health and safety standards in a pharmacy.
- How to read and interpret prescriptions, and how to avoid mistakes, including risk assessment and error prevention.
- How to report problems and issues to the pharmacist.
This course is part of our Medical & Holistic Therapies courses, and pairs well with our related Health & Safety training.
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