Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 24 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including lates and weekends as required)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7178276
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £24,930 per annum apprenticeship
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) Apprentice
Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
To undertake a 24-month development programme to become a Pharmacy Technician through work-based learning and by attending regular training sessions. Supervision and support will be provided during all tasks, enabling the apprentice to work within the organization to gain experience, confidence and to deliver effective and safe patient focused support, to the designated team.
Successfully completing the training programme will lead to a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians are appointed for a contracted period of two years during which time they participate in the general work of the hospital pharmaceutical service as a full team member in each section.
- Learn, under the guidance, direction, control or supervision of registered pharmacists, qualified technicians and other staff to practice the skills of pharmacy technicians.
- Undertake a course of study by day release and assessment in preparation for Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Attend day release at appointed Further Education College.
- Some study will be required outside of workings hours e.g. completion of college assignments, evidence etc.
- There is a possibility of placements with St Ann’s Hospital (base) Edgware Community Hospital
Main duties of the job
To undertake a 24-month development programme to become a Pharmacy Technician through work-based learning and by attending regular training sessions. Supervision and support will be provided during all tasks, enabling the apprentice to work within the organization to gain experience, confidence and to deliver effective and safe patient focused support, to the designated team.
Successfully completing the training programme will lead to a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians are appointed for a contracted period of two years during which time they participate in the general work of the hospital pharmaceutical service as a full team member in each section.
- Learn, under the guidance, direction, control or supervision of registered pharmacists, qualified technicians and other staff to practice the skills of pharmacy technicians.
- Undertake a course of study by day release and assessment in preparation for Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Attend day release at appointed Further Education College.
- Some study will be required outside of workings hours e.g. completion of college assignments, evidence etc.
- There is a possibility of placements with St Ann’s Hospital (base) Edgware Community Hospital
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake a 24-month development programme to become a Pharmacy Technician through work-based learning and by attending regular training sessions. Supervision and support will be provided during all tasks, enabling the apprentice to work within the organization to gain experience, confidence and to deliver effective and safe patient focused support, to the designated team.
Successfully completing the training programme will lead to a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians are appointed for a contracted period of two years during which time they participate in the general work of the hospital pharmaceutical service as a full team member in each section.
- Learn, under the guidance, direction, control or supervision of registered pharmacists, qualified technicians and other staff to practice the skills of pharmacy technicians.
- Undertake a course of study by day release and assessment in preparation for Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- Attend day release at appointed Further Education College.
- Some study will be required outside of workings hours e.g. completion of college assignments, evidence etc.
- There is a possibility of placements with St Ann’s Hospital (base) Edgware Community Hospital
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE 4 GCSE’s including Math’s, English and Chemistry – Grade C/Level 4 or above or equivalent.
- To be able to provide evidence of all qualifications.
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 NVQ in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a hospital environment or a community pharmacy.
- Good working knowledge of IT Microsoft Packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel and other relevant programmes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of labelling and dispensing of medicines
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Willingness to learn and committed to studies to achieve qualifications
- Ability to develop effective working relationships across the organisation
- Maintain a professional approach: Smart and professional.
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with others from a variety of backgrounds, both verbal and written
- Demonstrate understanding the importance of patient confidentiality and data protection
- Willingness to develop clinical skills
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Team member with a flexible approach to work, willing to adapt to changing situations. Polite with a mature attitude.
Others
Essential criteria
- Ability to work with other colleagues as part of a team
- Ability to deal with conflict/confrontation
- Enthusiastic and committed
- Responsible and reliable
- Ability to organise and manage own time
- Be able to move pharmaceutical goods
- To be able to undertake a substantial amount of study in own time.
- A genuine enthusiasm for a career in pharmacy
- To be able to independently travel for work or educational purposes
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
- Lucia Stunder
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 888 3409
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