Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is offering a 24-month Pharmacy apprenticeship starting in February 2026. This role provides the opportunity to earn while learning, with training split between Basingstoke and Winchester. Candidates must have GCSE qualifications and be UK residents for 3+ years. Under supervision, apprentices will gain practical experience to become registered Pharmacy Technicians.

Qualifications

• UK residency for the last 3+ years.
• Proof of qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• Gain practical experience under the supervision of a registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.

Education

GCSE grades A-C (9–4) or equivalent qualifications

Job description

Apprenticeship Overview

This 24‑month apprenticeship role starting February 2026 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 will 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.

Training Locations & Rotation Areas

Apprentices will spend their time split between our Basingstoke and Winchester sites, rotating through the following areas of the Pharmacy Department:

• Inpatient dispensary
• Aseptic unit
• Clinical trials
• Medicines information
• Medicines management
• Outpatients
• Pharmacy stores
• Medicines safety & governance
• Homecare

Key Requirements

Applicants must be a UK resident for the last 3+ years.

Applicants must have GCSE grades A-C (9‑4) or equivalent qualifications and have proof of these qualifications available.

Responsibilities

• Gain practical experience and collect evidence in the tasks required of Pharmacy Technicians in various sections of the Pharmacy department under the 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.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Harrison‑Burrows, Job title: Specialist Education and Training Pharmacy Tech, Email address: Alice.Harrison‑[e-mail], Telephone number: 01962 824859