South London College

Course Details

Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (NVQ) (QCF)

Course Description

The Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills is a vocational qualification designed to equip you with the essential skills you need to become a registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The aim of this course is to provide you with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to practice as a pharmacy technician. The course includes an assessed work placement where you will spend a minimum of l5 hours per week. The College Placement Officer will help you to find a placement, usually in a community pharmacy or hospital. This course consists of two separate qualifications both of which are needed to become a registered pharmacy technician. The first - the Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills - is based on your work placement and requires you to collect evidence to demonstrate your competence in essential pharmacy skills such as dispensing medicines, counselling patients, receiving and maintaining pharmaceutical stock and providing pharmaceutical advice. The course is assessed through the completion of a portfolio of work-based evidence intended to confirm your competence as a pharmacy technician. The second qualification is the Technical Certificate (accredited underpinning knowledge programme). This course provides you with all the theoretical knowledge you will need to carry out your day to day activities as a pharmacy technician. You will have the opportunity to learn about the various aspects of pharmacy including pharmaceutical science, pharmacy practice, pharmaceutics, laws and ethics, actions and uses of drugs and disease management. This part of the course will be completed by attending scheduled lectures at the college which will cover all the required knowledge. The course is assessed by the completion of one or more assignments at the end of each module; assignments include multiple- choice questions and short answer questions.

Course Duration

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1year

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Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (NVQ) (QCF) South London College