Job summary
Employer heading
Apprentice Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
AFC Band 4 Annex 21 Salary - this amounts to 70% of the top of band 4 for the first year and 75% of the top of band 4 in the second year of training.
Do you want to develop your career and take the next step and train to be a registered Pharmacy Technician?
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust to complete the Pharmacy Technician (integrated) Level 3 Apprenticeship.
As a Pre- Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) your duties will be varied and will involve contributing to the delivery of our busy pharmacy services across Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust whilst completing the requirements to meet the apprenticeship standard.
This is a post suitable only for those dedicated to becoming a pharmacy technician and who are able to put in the necessary hard work consistently over the 2-year contract.
On completion of the Apprenticeship, you will be required to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Main duties of the job
This will include working in our hospital in-patient and outpatient pharmacies, dispensing prescriptions and issuing prescribed items, contributing to all aspects of pharmaceutical stock control. You will gain experience working on the hospital inpatient wards, delivering pharmacy ward-based services including taking patient medication histories and educating patients on their medicines. There will also be placements with our QA and Technical Services teams, and Medicines Information and Clinical Trials teams to provide you with experience across all the pharmacy services on offer in the Trust.
This is a rewarding and challenging role where you will need to demonstrate that you are organised and self-motivated to manage working and studying to complete the training programme.
You will need to demonstrate that you have excellent communication skills and are prepared to work with the different teams. This will require you to have a flexible approach,
good attention to detail, and be a proactive learner, who is able to meet multiple deadlines, but most importantly, having a professional attitude and patient centred approach is essential.
Working for our organisation
The entry requirements for consideration to be shortlisted for interview are 4 GCSE’s grade A-C or 4-9, including Maths, English, and Science or equivalent.
As the training course fees are paid for from the government funded apprenticeship scheme, please note that some qualifications you currently hold may render you ineligible to apply for this post, as funding is dependent on previous qualifications. If you do not hold the required qualifications or already hold a Degree in a closely related subject for the post that you have applied for, unfortunately you will not be eligible for this apprenticeship and you will not be shortlisted.
Please note that successful applicants will be required to bring their original certificates to interview.
The post holder will be required to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis.
Please note that if you are successful you will be required to attend pre-enrolment assessment in Maths, English and Science and your offer will be dependent on successful completion of the assessments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a similar role
Skills
Essential criteria
- Numeracy skills
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Good team working skills
- Demonstrable attention to detail
- Computer literate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge of Pharmacy Services
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 GCSEs – Grade C or above (or the new GCSE grade 4-9) to include Maths, English Language and one Science (Biology or Chemistry) or equivalent qualifications.
Desirable criteria
- IT qualification e.g. ECDL
- Level 2 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Erin Payne
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 364241
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