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Pharmacy
Pharmacy Team
• Pharmacists• Pharmacy Technicians• Dispensers• Pharmacy Assistants• Trainees
Pharmacist• Healthcare professional• Experts in medicine
• Dispensing• Advising • Prescribing
• Diagnostic testing• Diabetes• Asthma• Blood pressure
• Clinics • Stop smoking• Weight reduction
Hospital Pharmacist• Dispensary• Medicines information• Wards• Manufacturing• Clinics • Specialist Clinical Pharmacist• Prescribing Pharmacist
Careers for Pharmacists
Other options
• Community• Primary Care• Government and Regulatory • Industry • Academic• Locum• Veterinary and Armed Forces
Careers for Pharmacists
• GCSE in maths, English language and double science
• A-B grade A-levels in chemistry and two further A-levels in either biology, mathematics, or physics. You may also be considered with Chemistry, Biology and an alternative third subject.
• GPhC link to universities offering degrees in pharmacy: https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/education/pharmacist/accredited-mpharm-degrees
Qualifications
Practising Pharmacy• 4 year Master of Pharmacy degree (MPharm)
• 1 year pre-registration training in community or hospital pharmacy
• GPhC registration exam
• Good communication skills
Next Steps• A levels choices
• Schools of Pharmacy websites
• Contact your local community or hospital pharmacy for work experienceLink to GHNHSFT pharmacy work experience information: http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/en/Work-for-Us/Work-Experience/Students-in-School-Years-101112/Pharmacy/
• Healthcare professional • Dispenses, prepares, supplies & issues
medicines• Dispensing accuracy checking• Medicines management• Management• QCF assessor
Pharmacy Technician
Entry Requirements and Qualities
• Minimum of 4 GCSEs grade C & above (Maths, English, 1 science subject & one other)
• Good communication skills
• IT Literate
• Accurate with attention to detail
How to become a Pharmacy Technician
How to become a Pharmacy Technician
Preregistration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
•Hospital – 2 year training programmes (apprenticeship)
•Community Pharmacies
•Employers provide practical training to achieveLevel 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF)
and support for accredited underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science
Hospital Pharmacy
•Dispensing
•Manufacturing of products including chemotherapy
•Purchasing of medicines
•Quality control of manufactured medicines
•Providing medicines information to healthcare professionals & the public
•Medicines Management on hospital wards
•Training, supervising & assessing junior staff & trainees.
•Dispensing & Managing the supply of Clinical Trial Medicines
Where can a Pharmacy Technician Work?
Community pharmacy
•Dispensing prescriptions
•Providing information & advice to patients on how to use medication
•Advice about over the counter medications for minor ailments
•Maintaining individual records of prescriptions using pharmacy computer systems
•Training, supervising & assessing junior staff & trainees
•Stock procurement and control
Where can a Pharmacy Technician Work?
Other Options
• Armed Forces • Prison Service • Mental Health Units• Pharmaceutical Industry• Primary Care – GP practices
Where can a Pharmacy Technician Work?
Pharmacy Assistant (ATO)
Entry Requirements and Qualities•Basic Numeracy, Literacy and IT skills,
•Good communication skills
•Accurate with attention to detail
Need to achieve•NVQ level 2 in units relevant to job role
•Underpinning knowledge and experience provided by employer
Pharmacy Assistant (ATO)
Roles Include
•Working under the supervision of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians:
• Stock control and supply to wards and departments• Dispensing• Manufacturing
Could start as an ATO and progress to Trainee Preregistration Pharmacy Technician if fulfil entry requirements.
• RPS careers: www.rpharms.com/careers
• NHS careers: www.nhscareers.nhs.gov.uk
• British Pharmaceutical Student’s Association (BPSA): www.bpsa.co.uk
• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC):
https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/
• Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK): www.aptuk.org
• GHNHSFT pharmacy work experience information:
http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/en/Work-for-Us/Work-Experience/Students-in-School-Years-101112/Pharmacy/
Further Information
Any questions?
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