Apprentice Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to rotate across various departments. Responsibilities include accurately dispensing medications, training under supervision, and learning technical roles in a licensed pharmacy unit. Candidates will engage in stock control and patient care at ward level. This role is vital for ensuring the safe delivery of medication and involves gaining competencies as per established qualification standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurately dispensed inpatient, outpatient, and discharge medication.
• Rotate under supervision at ward level and assess patients' own drugs.
• Reach competencies in assessing medication at ward level and final accuracy checking.
• Learn different technical roles in pharmacy aseptic unit and manufacture items.
• Issue and control stock of medicines through rotation in Central Pharmacy Stores.

Job description

You will rotate across the Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge sites within a variety of areas including stores/procurement, wards, aseptics, main and satellite dispensaries:

Responsibilities

• Working under supervision and being assessed by qualified Pharmacy Technicians to provide an accurately dispensed supply of inpatient, outpatient and discharge medication from our fully automated dispensary, which benefits from electronic prescribing, a prescription tracking system and near patient satellite dispensaries at ward level.
• Rotate at ward level under supervision and be trained in the assessment of patients own drugs; carrying out patient drug histories and provision of supplies of inpatient medicines for bedside administration; the dispensing for discharge system; the co‑ordination of discharge prescriptions and counselling of patients at discharge; disseminating discharge information to patients, carers and GPs.
• Reaching required competencies in assessing medication at ward level and final accuracy checking in accordance with standards and criteria within the Level 3 BTEC Diploma in the Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Technicians qualification.
• Learning the different technical roles and gaining further understanding of manufacturing in our licensed pharmacy aseptic unit, making chemotherapy, parental nutrition and a range of other items.
• Issuing and stock control of medicines through a rotation within our Central Pharmacy Stores at Clatterbridge Hospital.