Students Celebrate Pharmacy Technician Day 2024

SERC students from across Northern Ireland celebrated Pharmacy Technician Day at the College’s Holywood Campus this week.

The students, all completing the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Practice and Principles for Pharmacy Technicians at SERC, marked the day with a lunchtime get-together and the opportunity to learn about future career paths.

Kerry Gilmore, Pharmacy Tutor/Assessor at SERC said, “Pharmacy Technician Day presents an opportunity for us to celebrate the importance of the practising pharmacy technician and the vital role they have within the pharmacy team in our local communities.”

She added, “Our students travel from across Northern Ireland to complete the required qualification which will help them secure Pharmacy Technician positions in both hospital and community pharmacy settings for a fulfilling career.  This year, we were keen to raise awareness, amongst our current students and potential students, of some of the other career paths and sectors which involve pharmacy.   These include roles in the armed forces, the prison service, airport immigration, dispensary, aseptic (sterile environments) and the ambulance service.”  

Above:  Students from the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Practice and Principles for Pharmacy Technicians at South Eastern Regional College celebrate Pharmacy Technician Day 2024 at the College’s Holywood Campus. (Back L -R) Jess Black (Newtownards) Ulster Hospital; Rebekah Boyd (Bangor) Royal Victoria Hospital; Emer Coburn (Lisburn) Ulster Hospital; Agnieszka Klos (Belfast); Sarah Watson (Lisburn) Royal Victoria Hospital; Emma Rabbett (Derry) Altnagelvin Hospital; Ruth Cassidy (Newtownabbey) Knightsbridge Private Hospital; Rachel Bell (Bangor) Belfast City Hospital; Kirsty Ewing (Omagh) South West Acute Hospital; Andrea McFarland (Limavady) Altnagelvin; Tiarnan Hart (Lisburn) Musgrave Park Hospital; Luke Johnston (Belfast) Royal Victoria Hospital; Eoin Mullholland, (Bangor), Ulster Hospital; Adam McLean (Bushmills) Causeway Hospital and (Front L- R), SERC Lecturers Helen Wilson; Louise Hendrickse, Kerry Gilmore, Victoria Dempsey and student Hal Stinton (Dundonald) Ulster Hospital.