Apprentice Pharmacy Technician Level 3

About the role

Pharmacy Apprentice 💊

Ready to kickstart your career in healthcare? Our Pharmacy Apprentice program offers you the chance to dive headfirst into the world of pharmacy and gain real-world experience from day one! 🚀 You'll be working right at the heart of our pharmacy, learning alongside seasoned professionals and mastering every aspect of our operations.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Helping with the secure ordering, receiving, storing, and distribution of medicines and pharmaceutical products. 📦
• Accurately preparing, dispensing, and handing out prescribed items. ✅
• Reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, safety, and clarity, and raising any questions you have. 🤔
• Performing pharmaceutical calculations to ensure safe medicine supply. 🧮
• Keeping precise records and strictly following pharmacy protocols and confidentiality rules. 🤫
• Offering clear, patient-focused advice to patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals. 🗣️
• Assisting patients in using their medications safely and effectively. 💯
• Being a vital part of our pharmacy team and the broader healthcare community. 🤝
• Supporting daily pharmacy tasks, managing stock, and optimizing workflow. 📈
• Adhering to health and safety, safeguarding, and governance procedures. 🛡️
• Reporting any errors, close calls, or concerns according to established procedures. 🚨
• Contributing to audits, quality improvements, and service development. ✨
• Communicating professionally with colleagues, patients, and other healthcare professionals. 🧑‍⚕️
• Taking ownership of your own learning and professional growth. 🌱
• Responding effectively to medical emergencies when needed. 🚑

Join us and make a real impact! 💪

Key responsibilities

• Support the safe ordering, receiving, storage and supply of medicines and pharmaceutical products
• Assemble, dispense and issue prescribed items accurately
• Check prescriptions for validity, safety and clarity, escalating concerns where needed
• Maintain accurate records and follow pharmacy procedures and confidentiality requirements
• Provide clear, person-centred advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade Grade C/4 or Above), Maths (grade Grade C/4 or Above), Science (grade Grade C/4 or above))