Pharmacy Assistant Level 5 Ballina

Award

Successful completion of this course will result in a QQI Level 5 Certificate in Community Health Services, 5M4468.

Course Outline:

This course offers comprehensive training for participants interested in working in the Retail Pharmacy Sector. Students will gain a knowledge of science-based subjects, IT skills, ‘Over the Counter Medicines’ and customer service experience.

Course Content:

• Nutrition 5N2006
• Anatomy and Physiology 5N0749
• Retail Selling 5N1619
• Reception and Frontline Skills 5N1407
• Word Processing 5N1358
• Safety and Health at Work 5N1794
• Communications 5N0690
• Work Experience 5N1356
• IPU Medicines Counter Assistant Certificate

Course Duration

This is a full-time one-year course which runs from September to May.

Entry Requirements

A Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied or equivalent is required, although exceptions are given to mature students who are over 23 years of age. Entry is subject to interview.

Career and Further Progression

There are a wide range of progression opportunities available for FET graduates via the CAO website. Please view the entry requirements for all Higher Education colleges here: https://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=scoring&s=fetac

Participants may seek employment within the Retail Pharmacy Sector.

Fees

There are no fees to study this course.

Detailed Course Outline:

Nutrition

Students will study the nutritional composition of food and the effects of food and nutrition on an individual’s health and personal wellbeing.

Anatomy and Physiology

The anatomy and physiology module equips students with the knowledge, skill and competence to understand the structure and function of the human body and the interrelationship between its systems.

Word Processing

Generate documents and apply a range of text formatting features, templates, mail merge, labels etc.

Retail Selling

The retail selling module is designed to give students the knowledge and skills to confidently in a range of retail selling environments.

Reception and Frontline Skills

This module will give students the customer service and administration skills necessary to carry out reception related tasks and operations as a front line representative in a range of organisations.

Communications

Students studying Communications Level 5 will be able to do with the following:

• Analysis of a range of current issues in communications and information technology.
• Summarise in practical terms the elements of legislation that must be observed in a personal and/or work context, to include health, safety and welfare at work and communications-related legislation.
• Use appropriate non-verbal and visual communication in personal- and work-related settings, to include one-to-one, in a group/team, and in formal and informal interaction.
• Demonstrate verbal skills appropriate to working under general direction, to include making a case and presenting a point of view in group discussion, formal meetings, interviews.
• Demonstrate listening skills appropriate to working under general direction, to include making eye contact, receiving and interpreting information, control of personal response.
• Research a relevant vocational topic, to include use of primary and secondary sources, acknowledgement of sources, use of enquiry techniques and methods to establish validity and reliability

Safety and Health at Work

The aim of this module is to provide students with the competence and knowledge to provide and maintain a safe working environment

Work Experience

Work Experience placement in a related vocational area is an integral part of this course. Students must obtain work experience placement themselves..