Pre Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week

Band 4 Annex 21

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, self-motivated individuals to join our pharmacy team as Pre-registration pharmacy technicians.

• This is a fixed term (2 year) contract, and the post-holder will attend Trafford College one day each week.
• To be considered you MUST hold at least four GCSEs at grade C (or above) in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, and another Science or similar qualifications e.g. dual Science (to include Chemistry and Biology or BTEC First Certificate in Science). You must be able to provide the original certificates (or certified copies) of the above.

What this Opportunity means:

• A two year funded training programme which on successful completion of you will possess a BTEC level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians and meet the General Pharmaceutical Council requirements for professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician. Following qualification and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council you will be able to work as a Pharmacy Technician in a wide range of areas wherever medicines are needed.

If we receive sufficient applications then this vacancy will close earlier than advertised

Main duties of the job

Pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacy technicians are vital members of the healthcare team at the Countess of Chester Hospital, you will be training and working in a constantly changing environment where good practical skills and knowledge are essential. You will spend time in the dispensary, aseptic unit, pharmacy procurement and on the wards.

You will rotate through the pharmacy department to the dispensary, pharmacy stores and procurement and aseptic services. Your training will be supported by our team of in-house assessors enabling you to gain practical experience in the tasks required of pharmacy technicians by performing technical duties for the ordering, preparation, dispensing, issuing, distribution and stock control of pharmaceutical preparations under the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.