Dispensary Courses

Who should do a Dispensary course?

A dispensary assistant looking to further their knowledge and grow their dispensary skill set.

The Dispensary Course provides participants with the knowledge and understanding required to assist the pharmacist to prepare prescriptions and maintain records. The course identifies the responsibilities that must be undertaken when working in the dispensary and contributes to the dispensary assistant applying best practice procedures.

Students can learn:

This course combines a selected number of units from the community pharmacy qualifications to provide skills in:

Dispensing medicines
Stock control
Dispensary administration
Preparing dose administration aids
Coordinate services to patients in residential care settings

Dispensary course options:

Dispensary Short Course

This course aims to provide the knowledge and understanding required to assist the pharmacist in the dispensary. Students can add individual units to the three core units to build a course that best reflects their dispensary role.

SIRCIND002 - Support the supply of Pharmacy Medicines and Pharmacist Only Medicines
SIRCDIS001 - Assist customers with prescriptions
SIRCDIS003 - Assist in dispensing prescriptions