Job overview

**Multiple Positions Available**

Are you looking for a rewarding career in healthcare with opportunities for progression?

You will work in a supportive environment with experienced staff, gaining skills and knowledge in both clinical and technical areas of pharmacy.

We are offering a full-time, fixed-term training post leading to a Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship after 2 years of study and on the job training, enabling you to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a qualified Pharmacy Technician upon completion.

For further information on the role of the pharmacy technician, please click on the link below:  

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/pharmacy/roles-pharmacy/pharmacy-technician

 To apply for the post you will require FOUR GCSE (Grade C/level 4 or above) or equivalent in the following subjects:

• Maths

• English Language

• Science or Double Science

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like to know more please contact Laura Adams, Lead Pharmacy Technician for Education and Training: [email protected]  

Please note salary to be paid at 70% B4 during 1st year of training and 75% B4 during 2nd year

Main duties of the job

As a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician you will:

·       Participate in a structured training programme delivered in partnership with an accredited education provider.

·       Gain hands-on experience in the hospital pharmacy, including dispensary, aseptic services, pharmacy stores and ward-based services.

·       Support pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants in providing safe, effective, and efficient pharmacy services.

·       Balance work-based learning and study time to meet educational and professional standards set by the GPhC.

·       You will be required to complete a portfolio of evidence and pass assessments as part of your qualification.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.