Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Are you looking to kick-start your career in Pharmacy? Or perhaps you already work in pharmacy and want a new challenge?

If you are a motivated, self-driven and organised individual with a passion for patient care, we want to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) apprenticeship where you will gain hands on experience across all areas of our pharmacy service. Training will be completed through a combination of traditional academic learning where you will be supported to complete the theoretical and academic assessments and work-based learning where you will gain practical experience and develop professional skills and behaviours.

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will gain a formal professional qualification and be able to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician.

We have 5 opportunities in total across Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

3 posts at Musgrove Park Hospital

2 posts at Yeovil District Hospital.

Please visit the link below which will take you to our education providers website for full details on the course:

Buttercups Training-Pharmacy Technician Training Programme (Apprenticeship Pathway) | Buttercups Training

Minimum qualification requirements and eligibility criteria apply to this post and must be evidenced at interview.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This post is based at either Musgrove Park Hospital or Yeovil District Hospital with allocated protected study time (in line with apprenticeship requirements). Throughout your training you will rotate into different areas of the department including Dispensary, Aseptic Services, Ward Services and Ward based Medicines Optimisation Services. Duties within these areas include:

Participate in the dispensing of medications against prescriptions for in-patients and out-patients

Stock management - ward top ups, expiry date checking, supply of medication to wards and departments

Manufacturing of aseptically prepared products in the pharmacy aseptic unit

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.

You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.

We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.

Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details and duties of the role, also take the time to view the apprenticeship course online on the learning providers website:

Buttercups Training-Pharmacy Technician Training Programme (Apprenticeship Pathway) | Buttercups Training

Minimum qualification requirements and eligibility criteria apply to this post and must be evidenced at interview. UK resident or have held the right to work in the UK for the past 3 years

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

4 GCSE's Grade C or above 9 - 4, including Math and English or equivalent. 

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent

Science

Experience

Desirable

Experience of dispensing medicine for patients

Experience in Aseptic production

Working as part of a multi-professional team within a clinical/ward environment

Additional Criteria

Essential

Good communicator, both verbally and in writing

Ability to work accurately in the face of frequent interruptions and under pressure

Flexible and adaptive with positive approach to change

Honest and trustworthy and able to maintain strict confidentiality at all times

Computer literate with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Email and IT software

UK resident