Pharmacy Assistant
Pharmacy assistants serve customers and patients in chemists and hospital dispensaries.
Day-to-day tasks
As a pharmacy assistant you could:
- serve customers and give advice about non-prescription items
- label products, stock shelves and put orders together
- take calls from GP surgeries, nursing homes and clinics
- deliver medicines to wards
- enter medicine data on computer systems
Skills and knowledge
You will need:
- customer service skills
- patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- the ability to work well with others
- to be thorough and pay attention to detail
- excellent verbal communication skills
- to enjoy working with other people
- the ability to read English
- to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer
Industry Qualifications
You might be able to get a trainee pharmacy assistant job in a pharmacy.
You could work and do a part time qualification like the Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff.