Job summary
This 24 month apprenticeship role starting February 2025 offers the opportunity to earn as you learn. Successful candidates will be enrolled on an integrated Pharmacy apprenticeship with a day release to attend college. Apprentices take on a hybrid learning format of underpinning knowledge of Pharmacy and sciences as well as the on the job skills of a pharmacy technician, assessed by assignments and evidence collection to an e-portfolio in order to register with the General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician by the end of the course.
Apprentices will spend their time split between our Basingstoke and Winchester sites rotating through the different areas of the pharmacy department, including :
- Inpatient dispensary
- Aseptic unit
- Clinical Trials
- Medicines Information
- Medicines Management
- Outpatients
- Pharmacy Stores
- Medicines Safety & Governance
- Homecare
Applicants must be a UK resident for the last 3+ years
Applicants must have GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications converted to match GCSE grading and have proof of these qualifications available.
Main duties of the job
- To work through the integrated Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship programme and complete all assignments and educational tasks to deadlines in order to satisfy the requirements for qualification and registration as a Pharmacy Technician.
- To gain practical experience and collect evidence in the tasks required of Pharmacy Technicians in various sections of the Pharmacy department under supervision of a registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Maths GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- English Language GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- Double Science award GCSE/2 Science subjects GCSE grade C/4 or above
- At least one additional GCSE grade C/4 or above
Desirable
- Pharmacy Level 2 or equivalent GPhC accredited qulification
- IT qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to articulate the importance of patient confidentiality in the healthcare setting.
- Can demonstrate comprehension of the various roles of a pharmacy technician
- Previous experience of working and communicating within a team
Desirable
- Previous role in pharmacy in the UK (within the last 3 years)
- Experience in working in a patient and/or customer orientated healthcare setting
- Previous experience of stock management
- Previous experience of working with medicines in a pharmacy or healthcare setting
- To know the professional standards set by the GPhC for pharmacy professionals
- To be aware of the GPhC 'Code of Conduct for Trainee Pharmacy Technicians'.
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Ability to work to and keep deadlines
- Can maintain high levels of accuracy and sustain concentration in a busy environment
- Be IT literate
- Ability to manage workloads effectively
- Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Act in a professional manner
- Ability to be punctual and reliable
Desirable
- Evidence of attention to detail.
- Evidence of effective customer service skills.
- Be able to manage own professional and personal development
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
- Must be prepared to travel and work on any hospital site within HHFT.
- Willing and able to commit own time to study
- Eligibility to register as a Pharmacy Technician in accordance with GPhC requirements and standards.
- UK resident for the past 3+ years
Desirable
- Evidence of recent commitment to study / course undertaken.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Maths GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- English Language GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- Double Science award GCSE/2 Science subjects GCSE grade C/4 or above
- At least one additional GCSE grade C/4 or above
Desirable
- Pharmacy Level 2 or equivalent GPhC accredited qulification
- IT qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to articulate the importance of patient confidentiality in the healthcare setting.
- Can demonstrate comprehension of the various roles of a pharmacy technician
- Previous experience of working and communicating within a team
Desirable
- Previous role in pharmacy in the UK (within the last 3 years)
- Experience in working in a patient and/or customer orientated healthcare setting
- Previous experience of stock management
- Previous experience of working with medicines in a pharmacy or healthcare setting
- To know the professional standards set by the GPhC for pharmacy professionals
- To be aware of the GPhC 'Code of Conduct for Trainee Pharmacy Technicians'.
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Ability to work to and keep deadlines
- Can maintain high levels of accuracy and sustain concentration in a busy environment
- Be IT literate
- Ability to manage workloads effectively
- Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Act in a professional manner
- Ability to be punctual and reliable
Desirable
- Evidence of attention to detail.
- Evidence of effective customer service skills.
- Be able to manage own professional and personal development
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
- Must be prepared to travel and work on any hospital site within HHFT.
- Willing and able to commit own time to study
- Eligibility to register as a Pharmacy Technician in accordance with GPhC requirements and standards.
- UK resident for the past 3+ years
Desirable
- Evidence of recent commitment to study / course undertaken.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
