Becoming a pharmacy assistant course means helping pharmacists provide safe and effective medicines to patients. This course teaches you how to prepare, label, and dispense medications accurately. You will learn about different drugs, their uses and how to handle them safely. The training also covers pharmacy laws, customer service, and record-keeping.
By the end of this course, you will gain the skills to work in hospitals, clinics, or retail pharmacies with confidence. It is ideal for anyone who wants a stable career in healthcare and enjoys helping people.
- Learn pharmacy rules and standards
- Created by pharmacy experts
- Fully online and mobile-friendly
- Get a digital certificate the same day
- Optional printed certificate
- Free course retakes
- Study at your own pace
- CPD accredited
- No hidden fees
- Exclusive learner discounts
What You’ll Learn in Our Pharmacy Assistant Course:
This pharmacy assistant course online gives you the knowledge and skills to help pharmacists and patients, and increase your career potential:
- Pharmacy assistant and technician tasks
- Patient counselling and medication guidance
- Communication with patients and the healthcare team
- Collaboration within the pharmacy team
- Prescription processing
- Safe medication dispensing
- Pharmacy inventory management
- Following SOPs
- Health and safety risk handling
- Using pharmaceutical terminology
Recommended Renewal – Every 2 Years
Your certificate does not expire. However, taking the pharmacy assistant courses
every 2 years helps you stay updated with new rules, medicines, and best practices.
Why Take This Pharmacy Assistant Course?
Taking a pharmacy technician training in the UK opens the door to a regulated career with good growth opportunities. Moreover, it provides skills that can be used in many jobs and lets you help patients every day. You can work in various settings, for example, community pharmacies or hospitals. In addition, the course offers chances to specialise in areas like oncology or paediatrics.
Evaluation Method
Throughout the course, short online quizzes help check your progress. These quizzes use multiple-choice questions based on real pharmacy scenarios. A score of 60% or higher is required to pass. You can retake the quizzes as many times as needed to improve your score.
Who Should Take This Course
- People who want to become pharmacy technicians
- Pharmacy assistants who want better jobs
- Technicians who want to learn new skills
Curriculum
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- Module 01: Introduction to Pharmacy Technician 00:20:00
- Module 01 Final Quiz – Introduction to Pharmacy Technician 00:10:00
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- Module 02: Job Role of Pharmacy Technicians 00:20:00
- Module 02 Final Quiz – Job Role of Pharmacy Technicians 00:10:00
- Module 03: Pharmacy Management 00:20:00
- Module 03 Final Quiz – Pharmacy Management 00:10:00
- Module 05: Minimising Dispensing Errors 00:20:00
- Module 05 Final Quiz – Minimising Dispensing Errors 00:10:00
- Module 07: Customer Service on Pharmacy 00:25:00
- Module 07 Final Quiz – Customer Service on Pharmacy 00:10:00
- Module 09: Communication and Education 00:25:00
- Module 09 Final Quiz – Communication and Education 00:10:00
Price
Study Method
Online
Free Certificate
CPD Certified
Duration
4 hours, 55 minutes
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