Continuing Professional Development
for DISPENSERS & TECHNICIANS
Online CPD Courses
Working in a Community Pharmacy
An introductory course for people who are interested in working in a pharmacy. It can also be used as an induction course for new staff.

Course Information
This course provides the essential information and knowledge required to work in a community pharmacy.

The course is set out in an easy to digest format with exercises throughout to aid learning.


This course covers the following:
* The people who work in a pharmacy
* Pharmacy regulations and the law
* A detailed look at retail pharmacy
* Health and safety principles in a dispensing environment
* Working on the medicines counter
* A guide to the different classes of medicines
* An introduction to prescriptions and NHS exemptions
* An introduction to standard operating procedures
* Working in the dispensary & an introduction to being a dispenser
* basics of assembling prescribed items
* An introduction to the controlled drugs regulations

When you complete the online assessment satisfactorily you will be awarded with a certificate to show your achievement

Price for course and assessment:                 £19 (+ vat)






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