CPPE: Accuracy checking pharmacy technician (ACPT)

The Accuracy checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) programme is a 3-12 month training and development programme available to pharmacy technicians, with employer support. The course is designed to support technicians in meeting a range of competencies during training in order to deliver safe and effective patient care. The total cost for a place on the course is £330, inclusive of VAT.

The programme has been designed to assure employers in each sector that pharmacy technicians who successfully complete the set learning and assessments are able to undertake the role and have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and behaviours to deliver high-quality, consistent checks of medicines. It includes tasks that will develop leadership skills to support the team and drive performance.

The programme offers a blended approach to learning that includes resources for self-directed study, e-learning and practice-based activities. It is flexible so that it meets the needs of stakeholders.

The scope of the programme is to train and assess pharmacy technicians, working in community pharmacy, health and justice and secondary care, to perform the final accuracy check of dispensed items on prescriptions that have been clinically screened/approved by a pharmacist.

Who is eligible to apply?

All ACPT trainees must:

• be registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• successfully complete CPPE’s ACPT introductory e-learning and e-assessment
• demonstrate recent ability to dispense accurately in their current workplace, signed off by their educational supervisor
• work in a dispensary that dispenses NHS prescriptions that have been clinically screened by a pharmacist
• be familiar with local dispensary standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• have completed the organisation’s induction and in-house mandatory training relevant to role and job description
• agree to be contacted by Health Education England / NHS England for the purpose of evaluating the course
• have an educational supervisor appointed who meets CPPE’s ACPT educational supervisor requirements
• have support from their senior pharmacy manager.

Applications are now open.

For more information, including how to book a place and costs involved, please visit:

• www.cppe.ac.uk/career/acpt