Pharmacy CV Examples (UK)

CV structure and length

Keep your pharmacy CV to two pages. List sections in this order: personal details (including GPhC registration number), personal statement, key skills, professional experience, education and qualifications, and additional information (CPD, memberships, languages). Reverse-chronological order throughout.

Personal details and GPhC registration

Put your GPhC registration number in the header or immediately below your name. Recruiters scan for it first because it is the legal proof you can practise. Include your location (city), phone, email, and LinkedIn profile. No photo, no date of birth.

Personal statement

Two to three sentences summarising your GPhC status, years of experience, the settings you have worked in (community, hospital, primary care, industry), and the clinical services or specialisms you deliver. Lead with your registration number if newly qualified, or your independent-prescriber status if you hold it. Name one or two quantified achievements that prove patient-facing capacity.

Experience section

List roles in reverse-chronological order. For each position, include employer name, job title, location, and dates (month and year). Use three to four bullet points per role, each starting with a concrete achievement and a number. Focus on dispensing accuracy, advanced-service volume (NMS, MUR, Pharmacy First, vaccinations), clinical-governance work (audit, CD management, SOP development), and medicines-optimisation outcomes. Name the PMR systems you used (ProScript, Titan, Columbus, EMIS, SystmOne) and any robotic or aseptic equipment.

Skills

List eight to twelve role-relevant skills. Always include your GPhC registration number, the advanced services you deliver (NMS, MUR, Pharmacy First, vaccinations, hypertension case-finding), the PMR or clinical systems you use, and any prescribing qualification. Add clinical-governance skills (audit, CD management), therapeutic areas (diabetes, asthma, anticoagulation), and relevant certifications (CPPE courses, safeguarding).

Education and qualifications

List your MPharm degree first, then your foundation training year (52 weeks, formerly pre-registration) as a separate entry with dates. UK employers expect to see both. If you hold an independent or supplementary prescribing qualification (V300), list it immediately after the MPharm. Include A-levels or equivalent if you are within five years of qualifying. For each entry, state the institution, qualification title, dates, and any honours or distinctions. Add a bullet for your final-year project if it is clinically relevant.

CPD and revalidation

List recent CPD courses with awarding body and dates. GPhC registration renews annually and requires ongoing CPD, so evidence of current learning (antimicrobial stewardship, vaccination, prescribing, safeguarding) reassures employers you are maintaining your licence. Include professional memberships (Royal Pharmaceutical Society, faculty affiliations) if relevant.

What to include per section

The result-plus-metric pattern

Every bullet should state what you did, the outcome, and a number. The number can be volume (300+ MURs annually), accuracy (99.7% dispensing accuracy), impact (cut errors by 25%), or scale (managed a team of three pharmacists). Patient-safety metrics (dispensing accuracy, error reduction, adverse-event rates) are the strongest because they address the employer's primary concern.

Before and after examples

Action verbs for pharmacy roles

Use verbs that match the clinical and governance nature of the role. For dispensing and accuracy: maintained, achieved, reduced, implemented, verified. For clinical services: delivered, completed, administered, conducted, prescribed, titrated, reviewed. For governance and leadership: led, designed, supervised, trained, audited, presented. For medicines optimisation: identified, resolved, optimised, reconciled, monitored.

Name the systems and services

Be specific about the NHS advanced services you delivered (New Medicine Service, Medicines Use Review, Pharmacy First, hypertension case-finding, flu and COVID-19 vaccination) and the PMR or clinical systems you used (ProScript, Titan, Columbus, EMIS, SystmOne). System familiarity is a concrete screening filter and naming the services proves you are service-active, not just dispensing.

MPharm and foundation training

List your MPharm degree with the awarding university, dates, and classification (First, 2:1, 2:2). Then list your foundation training year (52 weeks, formerly pre-registration) as a separate entry with the employer, dates, and a note confirming GPhC registration on completion. UK pharmacy employers expect to see both the academic qualification and the completed foundation year that precedes registration.

Independent and supplementary prescribing

If you hold an independent prescriber qualification (V300), list it immediately after the MPharm with the awarding institution, dates, and your designated medical practitioner. This qualification expands your clinical scope and is a major differentiator for primary care network, GP-practice, and senior hospital roles. Supplementary prescribing (V150) should also be listed if you hold it, though independent prescribing has largely superseded it.

CPD and GPhC revalidation

GPhC registration renews annually and requires ongoing CPD. List recent CPPE courses (Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education) or RPS learning with dates. Relevant courses include antimicrobial stewardship, vaccination and immunisation, safeguarding, diabetes management, hypertension and cardiovascular risk, and independent prescribing updates. Evidence of current CPD reassures employers you are maintaining your licence and staying clinically current.

Professional memberships

Include membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) or specialist faculties (e.g. Faculty of Prescribing & Medicines Optimisation) if you are a member. These are optional but signal professional engagement beyond the minimum GPhC requirements.