Higher Certificate in Science - Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technicians are an essential part of the pharmacy team whether in community or hospital pharmacy. The support given by pharmacy technicians to the pharmacists is crucial to the smooth running of pharmacy departments. As key healthcare workers they aid the pharmacist with the dispensing and processing of prescriptions, the preparation, checking and storage of medicines. As we say here in TUS, Pharmacy Technicians are the back bone of every single pharmacy department.A pharmacy technician plays a central role in the smooth operation of today’s pharmacy, by supporting and assisting the pharmacist in their various activities. Pharmacy technicians are employed in both the private sector in community and private hospital pharmacies and by the HSE in hospital pharmacies.The main aim of this course is to provide you with the appropriate multi-disciplined skills and theory to enable you to play a key role in both community and hospital pharmacies. In addition to lectures, the course contains a strong practical element and you spend 16 weeks of placement in total in year two in a community and hospital pharmacy. This placement is organised by TUS and is deemed to be enormously beneficial to your employment prospects. One of our unique elements of this programme is the provision of a first aid qualification within the preparation for placement module. Students spend the second semester in year 2 on practice placement.