Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester, Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician in Winchester. The 24-month apprenticeship combines on-the-job training with day release to college on site at RHCH, aiming to register as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council by the end of the course.

The role rotates across inpatient dispensary, aseptic unit, clinical trials, Medicines Information, Medicines Management, Outpatients, Pharmacy Stores, Medicines

Qualifications

• GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications converted to match GCSE grading and proof available.
• UK resident for the last 3+ years.
• Visa must cover the duration of the apprenticeship; proof required during recruitment.

Responsibilities

• To work through the integrated Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship programme and complete all assignments and educational tasks to deadlines.
• To gain practical experience and collect evidence in the tasks required of Pharmacy Technicians under supervision.

Education

GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications converted to match GCSE grading

Job description

Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,272 per annum pro rata

Hours: Full-time

Location: Winchester/Basingstoke, SO22 5DG

Job type: Apprenticeship

Posting date: 11 Nov 2026

Closing date: 11 Dec 2026

Summary

This 24 month apprenticeship role starting February 2027 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 on site at RHCH. Apprentices take on a hybrid learning format of underpinning knowledge of Pharmacy and sciences alongside developing 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.

Applicants with visa's are encouraged to apply. Your visa must cover the duration of the apprenticeship this is a requirement of all UK apprenticeships. Proof must be provided during the recruitment process.

• 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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026

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