Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Apprenticeship - Entry Level

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Crewe is seeking a Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer. This apprenticeship role involves supporting the dispensary and managing stock in a busy hospital pharmacy, ensuring high standards of service and patient safety. Ideal candidates are patient-focused, eager to learn, and can thrive under pressure. The role can be full-time or part-time, offering flexible work patterns.

Responsibilities

• Topping up stock medicines for use in wards across the Trust.
• Receiving medicines into the Trust and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Dispensing medicines for both inpatients and outpatients.

Skills

Ability to follow instructions carefully

Ability to learn

Ability to communicate with lots of different types of people

Ability to work in a busy, fast paced environment

Ability to demonstrate close attention to detail

Ability to travel between sites of work as required

Education

4 CCSEs (or equivalent) Grade C or above including Maths and English

NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Pharmacy Skills

Job description

Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer – Apprenticeship – Entry Level

The closing date is 08 December 2025

We're inviting bright, keen people looking for an interesting job and a new challenge to join us as an Assistant Pharmacy Technical Officer in our Pharmacy team.

In this role, you'll work in a hospital Pharmacy, under the supervision of registered Pharmacists and Technicians, mainly within the dispensary and stores areas, helping the team to keep track of our stock and support the dispensing of medicines to hospital inpatients and outpatients.

If you thrive in a role that offers variety, we definitely want to hear from you! Ideal candidates will be patient-focused, eager to learn, hardworking, and capable of handling pressure during busy periods.

A note to anyone currently working in either a hospital or community Pharmacy: these roles would be ideal for you, and in this circumstance the apprenticeship element would not be a mandatory requirement of the role.

Main duties of the job

As an Assistant Technical Officer, your responsibilities are as follows:

• Topping up stock medicines for use in wards and clinical areas across the Trust using a predefined stock list.
• Receiving medicines into the Trust, ensuring accurate documentation and organisation, and appropriate storage and handling.
• Handling the recycling process for medicines no longer required by patients or ward areas.
• Following guidance and instructions carefully whilst working in a fast‑paced environment.
• Working across both Leighton Hospital and Victoria Infirmary Northwich sites is required. Travel between the sites is required using own transport or public transport, with travel expenses reimbursed in line with the Trust Expenses Policy.

Dispensary Responsibilities:

• Dispensing medicines for both inpatients and outpatients against prescriptions.
• Ensuring you are careful and follow guidance and instructions carefully throughout.

In both settings, your role is vital. Your attention to detail, commitment to accuracy, and dedication to patient wellbeing will contribute significantly to the high standards of service we uphold in the Pharmacy Department. This position offers a well‑rounded experience, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the entire medication management process.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

Mid Cheshire is one of the largest local employers with around 5,500 staff across its sites. We support our staff through engagement, training and development, recognising that this impacts positively on the care we provide our patients by helping to attract the very best staff.

Our Trust strategy has been developed to support us to create clinically and financially sustainable services that are best able to meet the changing and growing needs of the local population. There is no single answer but, working with our partners, we will collaborate in new and innovative ways so that we can truly transform the way we operate as a health and care system. With patients at the heart of everything we do, we will harness the benefits of digital technology, maintain investment in enhancing our infrastructure via our new-build programme and empower our staff to continue to provide the very best care possible.

Qualifications

• 4 CCSEs (or equivalent) Grade C or above including Maths and English
• NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Pharmacy Skills

Experience

• Experience of working in a team
• Experienced in hospital pharmacy

Skills

• Ability to follow instructions carefully
• Ability to learn
• Ability to communicate with lots of different types of people
• Ability to work in a busy, fast paced environment
• Ability to demonstrate close attention to detail
• Ability to travel between sites of work as required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Wage

Apprenticeship wage depending on experience unless pharmacy NVQ qualification is achieved.