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Pharmacy assistant CV example

A pharmacy reads an assistant’s CV for your qualification, how you look after customers and how carefully you work with medicines.

Give your pharmacy support certificate, the customers you serve, how you check that patients understand their medicines and when you bring in the pharmacist. This example is a community pharmacy assistant applying for a senior post.

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Shannon Doyle
Pharmacy Assistant
Bolton · 07700 900276 · [email protected]

Profile

Pharmacy assistant with three years on the counter of a busy community pharmacy, with the Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff. Advises on non-prescription medicines, hands out prescriptions and checks that each patient understands how to take them, and knows when to bring in the pharmacist. Looking for a senior assistant post and keen to train as a pharmacy technician.

Experience

Pharmacy Assistant, Bridgecroft Pharmacy, Bolton 2023–present

Serve about 120 customers a day and advise on non-prescription medicines, referring questions to the pharmacist when they need it.

Hand out prescriptions and check that each patient understands the dose and when to take it.

Take calls from three GP surgeries and two care homes about repeat prescriptions and deliveries.

Label stock, fill the shelves and put together the weekly wholesaler orders.

Enter prescriptions and stock on the pharmacy system, following the pharmacist’s and technicians’ instructions.

Cash up and lock the till at closing twice a week.

Sales Assistant, Kenyon Discount Store, Bolton 2021–2023

Served on the till and kept the health and beauty aisle stocked and tidy.

Qualifications

Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff 2024

Five GCSEs at grades 9 to 4, including English Language 5, Maths 4 and Combined Science 4-4, Hollinwood High School, Bolton 2021

Skills

Advice on non-prescription medicines

Handing out prescriptions safely

Stock, labelling and ordering

Pharmacy computer system

Calls with surgeries and care homes

Till and cash handling

Additional information

Available weekdays and alternate Saturdays.

Fictional example for a pharmacy assistant. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What pharmacies look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Serve customers and give advice about non-prescription itemsAbout 120 customers a day; advice on non-prescription medicines
Check that patients understand dosage instructionsChecks each patient understands the dose and when to take it
Label items, stock shelves and put together ordersLabels stock, fills shelves, weekly wholesaler orders
Take calls from GP surgeries, community clinics and nursing homesCalls from three GP surgeries and two care homes
Follow instructions given by pharmacy technicians and pharmacistsRefers questions to the pharmacist; follows technicians’ instructions
Enter medicine data onto a computer systemPrescriptions and stock on the pharmacy system

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a pharmacy assistant. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Average pay: £24,000 a year for a starter and £31,000 for an experienced pharmacy assistant, working 36 to 40 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Pharmacy assistant on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a pharmacy assistant, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Customer service
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Clear spoken communication
  • Working well with others
  • Administration
  • Maths
  • Patient and calm in stressful situations
  • Strong written and spoken English
  • Competent with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

School leaver with GCSEs in English, maths and science, looking for a first pharmacy assistant or trainee post. A year of Saturday work on the tills at a supermarket and a week’s work experience on a GP surgery’s reception. Careful with money, calm with a queue, and keen to train for the Level 2 pharmacy support qualification.
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Inside this example
  • Profile: 66 words here
  • Experience: 115 words here
  • Qualifications: 35 words here
  • Skills: 25 words here
  • Additional information: 5 words here

How to write yours

01

Put your certificate near the top

Name your pharmacy support qualification in the profile and under Qualifications, with the year or “in progress”.

02

Show you know your limits

Pharmacies want assistants who refer to the pharmacist at the right time; say that you do.

03

Give the volume

Customers a day, prescriptions or calls show the pace you are used to.

04

Write your availability

Pharmacies open late and at weekends; say which days you can work.

Questions about a pharmacy assistant CV

Which pharmacy qualification should I list?

You could work in a pharmacy as a retail assistant and do a qualification part time on the job, like the Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff (National Careers Service). Give the certificate with the year, or “in progress”.

Can I become a pharmacy assistant through an apprenticeship?

Apprenticeships with a high street pharmacy or a hospital include the Pharmacy Services Assistant Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship and the Retailer Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship, and an intermediate apprenticeship usually needs some GCSEs, usually including English and maths (National Careers Service). Write your grades under Qualifications.

Can I apply with no pharmacy experience?

You can apply directly, and it can help to have experience in customer service, good reading, number and IT skills, and GCSEs or equivalent (National Careers Service). If this is your first pharmacy job, lead with your till and customer work.

Is a hospital pharmacy CV different?

You could work in a store, at a health centre or in an NHS or private hospital, and the tasks include delivering medicines to hospital wards and health centres (National Careers Service). For a hospital post, give your orders, deliveries and computer work a line each.

How do I show I want to train as a pharmacy technician?

With experience and a recognised qualification you could become a senior pharmacy assistant, supervisor or manager, and with further training a pharmacy technician (National Careers Service). If that is your aim, say so in the last line of your profile.

Compact and one page: your certificate, your pharmacy and your availability sit together at the top, where a busy pharmacy manager looks first. For an online form, switch to Plain.

Guides for this CV

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