Level 2 Apprenticeship In Pharmacy Services

About the role

Pharmacy Assistant Apprentice 💊 | Horton General Hospital

Ready to kickstart your career in healthcare? 🚀 Join our awesome Pharmacy team at Horton General Hospital as a Level 2 Pharmacy Apprentice! This is your chance to gain hands-on experience and become an essential part of patient care. No boring tablet counting here – you'll be involved in all sorts of cool tasks! 😉

What you'll be doing:

• Helping us unpack and organise medicine deliveries 📦
• Keeping our stock organised and ensuring medicines are fresh (bye-bye, waste! 👋)
• Assisting patients at reception, processing payments, and managing prescriptions 🗂️
• Learning to accurately dispense and label medicines 👩‍⚕️
• Using our pharmacy computer system to find info and print labels 💻
• Answering patient and staff questions with a smile 😊
• Keeping our filing systems shipshape 📂
• Helping with ordering and managing medicine supplies 🛒
• Being a flexible and supportive team player 🙌
• Keeping everything confidential, always! 🤫
• Attending team meetings and training sessions 🧑‍🏫
• Completing all your training, including Functional Skills if needed, and statutory/mandatory trust training 📚
• Following Health & Safety rules and trust policies like a pro ✅

What we're looking for:

• A team player who loves to learn and grow 🌱
• Someone with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy 🎯
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment ⚡
• Clear communication skills for chatting with patients and colleagues 🗣️

Perks:

• 15-month contract with full in-house training provided 🤝
• Undertake a Level 2 Specialist BTEC in The Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Support Staff 🎓
• Develop skills to build a fantastic pharmacy career 🌟
• We can help with Functional Skills if you don't have 4 GCSEs at grade 3 or above (but it's a plus if you do!) 👍
• We're committed to improving your working life and ensuring equality of opportunity 🌈
• Healthy working environment with a no-smoking policy 🚭

Interested?

Fancy an informal chat? I'd love to hear from you! Contact Jane Yarnell, Lead Practitioner Development Technician, on 01295 229652 or via email. You can also reach Abigail Ford, Horton Pharmacy Dispensary Manager, on 01295 229005.

*Please note: Some posts may be subject to criminal record checks.*

Key responsibilities

• Undertake basic dispensary duties, including handling medicine deliveries and stock management.
• Provide support to pharmacy reception, processing payments, filing paperwork, and taking prescriptions.
• Train to competently dispense and label medicines for inpatient use and utilise the pharmacy computer system.
• Answer and manage patient and staff queries, both face-to-face and via telephone, and relay messages appropriately.
• Complete all required training and assessments, adhere to organisational policies, and maintain strict confidentiality.

Entry requirements

Essential qualifications (Essential oGood command of the English language and numerate Desirable 4 GCSEs D grade or above.)

Skills