An outline of a HEE South clinical fellow project exploring the barriers to training, recruitment, and retention of pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of the project and the benefits of a review of the pharmacy technician workforce in community pharmacy 

• Discuss some of the perceived barriers to training pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy

• Explain some of the potential challenges community pharmacy face with recruitment and retention of pharmacy technicians

• Recognise the value of promoting the pharmacy technician profession as an attractive career

• Recognise the value of promoting the benefits of training and employing pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy

• Understand how they can get involved in the project