NVQ Centre for Pharmacy Services Level 2 and Level 3 Qualifications - Courses for Dispensing Assistants and Pharmacy Technicians
Buttercups Training is the first training provider to achieve RPSGB accreditation of its support staff training Programmes. Buttercups Training is accredited by all of the available organisations.
Buttercups has been training pharmacists and their staff in community pharmacies, hospitals, medical practices, the Prison Services and the Armed Forces since 1988. It is a centre for Edexcel and City & Guilds and has RPSGB accreditation for its medicine counter and dispenser programmes. We deliver a comprehensive range of courses including the Dispensing Assistant courses (the Level 2 equivalent and the NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services), the NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services for Pharmacy Technicians, the Medicine Counter Assistant Course, Accuracy in Checking Courses, a full Pre-registration residential programme, a course for overseas pharmacists (non EU) wishing to register as pharmacy technicians, as well as a whole host of continuing education programmes for support staff.
Buttercups also holds Matrix accreditation which reflects the quality of the information, advice and guidance it provides on learning and development. This has also allowed us to access funding for many courses so be sure to look at our web page on 'fees and funding' to see if you are eligible for free or assisted places.
Staffed by a committed and enthusiastic team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians drawn from hospital and community pharmacies as well as the pharmaceutical industry Buttercups is able to provide a flexible approach to training your staff. Our password protected website gives on-line support and we provide a help line for candidates, whatever the course, which is available throughout the working day, each evening and at weekends. Extra support is available for those staff who have particular difficulties with coursework and in addition to individual written feedback, our teaching team can provide tutorials by telephone, additional notes and sometimes one to one visits.
We know that many pharmacists like to give support to candidates and in order to encourage this we don't require them to mark assignments. We take care of the paperwork to give them more time to devote to training and managing their staff and taking care of their patients.
Companies and hospitals with a number of candidates can also receive monthly progress reports to allow managers to evaluate candidates' progress and give praise or encouragement.
Once staff are qualified Buttercups continues to support their development by providing CPD modules which are suitable for pharmacy technicians, dispensing assistants and medicine counter assistants through membership of its Academy.
We hope that our website will give you an idea of what we have to offer but if you have any specific requirements, a different course, career advice within pharmacy or something you would like delivered specifically to your company, then do not hesitate to call. We would love to hear from you.