New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Technician - Advanced) (Level 5)

Summary

This qualification will help you to continue your learning in pharmacy and advance your career.

It will give you the skills and knowledge for a senior pharmacy technician role in a hospital or community pharmacy. It will help you to further support the provision of safe, patient-centred healthcare.

It is also a stepping stone to further study in pharmacy.

Note: NZQA has reviewed this qualification. As a result, there has been a small change of title and code.

Please also note you can only study this qualification if you have completed the New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Technician - Core) (Level 4).

What you will learn

When you achieve this pharmacy technician qualification you will be able to:

communicate appropriately and effectively with other health care professionals and their staff

apply knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and medicines used in the treatment of health disorders

understand how medicines work and affect body systems

apply critical thinking and problem solving processes to achieve appropriate

manage inventory and order new inventory when required.

Study pathways

Once you have completed this programme, you could do further study at Level 6 in pharmacy with another institution.