Job summary
- Main area
- Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician Apprentice
- Grade
- Year One 70% top of Band 4 Annex 21, Year Two 75% top of Band 4 Annex 21
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (2 year apprenticeship training position - Annex 21)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9779
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 Band 4 - Annex 21 inc of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/08/2025
Employer heading
Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
Year One 70% top of Band 4 Annex 21, Year Two 75% top of Band 4 Annex 21
Job overview
Are you ready to launch your pharmacy career in one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals?
At Guy’s and St Thomas’, we don’t just train pharmacy technicians, we shape confident, capable healthcare professionals through immersive, multi-sector experience.
Join our 2-year structured training programme and gain hands-on experience across acute care and outpatient services.
You’ll rotate across diverse specialities—including medicines optimisation, discharge planning, and specialist clinical areas—while completing the Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians.
You'll be supported by an expert education team, who will equip you with skills in:
Dispensing & accuracy checking, Patient counselling, medicines reconciliation, IT systems, Audit, SOP development, QI projects, Data analysis, safe stock management, Pharmacy workflows & discharge planning.
What you will need:
GCSEs A*-C (9-4) in Maths, English, and Science NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent experience in pharmacy, desirable)
A curious mind, professional drive, and commitment to completing the apprenticeship within 24 months.
Effective communication, organisation, and a patient-first attitude.
What you will gain:
Expert mentorship and cross-sector exposure in a world-class Trust
Development sessions, tutorials, and monthly catch-ups with your designated tutor
Access to NHS benefits including pensions, discounts, and wellbeing support.
A chance to play a meaningful role in safer patient care every single day
Main duties of the job
You will join our Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician training programme, which will prepare you for your future career. This involves work place training, whilst working towards a GPhC approved qualification and assessments.
As a member of the team your duties will include, learning how to dispense prescriptions, advising patients on their medications and Medicines Management at ward level.
You will have the opportunity to experience working across the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital sites, including Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and the Royal Brompton.
One day each week, you will be given time to attend a GPhC approved education provider’s course to gain underpinning knowledge for this professional qualification.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust is an innovation hub—and your training will reflect that. We go beyond expectations, embedding you in the heart of London healthcare with exposure to NHS leadership, education initiatives, and multidisciplinary team-working. Graduates from our programme are highly sought-after and equipped for advanced roles or further academic progression.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description is attached for full information. This apprenticeship consists of work-based tasks and assessments as well as a knowledge-based course with assessments. You will need to study in your own time in addition to your daily working hours.
Experience
Desirable
- Previous hospital or community pharmacy experience
- Knowledge of stock rotation and expiry dates
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Self motivation
- Ability to provide individualised patient focused care
- Good telephone manner
- Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Ability to organise own workload
Person specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- 5 x GCSE's Grade C or above to include Maths, English and 2 x Science GCSE subjects.
- commitment to undertaking and completing a QCF level 3 in 24 months
- Ability to be register with the pharmacy regulator as a Registered Pharmacy Technician on achievement of mandatory qualifications
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
- Demonstrated basic pharmacy computer and IT skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and spoken English
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated previous customer service experience or working with people
- Demonstrated experience of prioritising and organising study deadlines in order to meet requirements
- Previous experience of working under pressure accurately
- Demonstrated experience of prioritising and organising study deadlines in order to meet requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Colin Rook
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician, Educ & Workforce Dev
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071885036
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