Pre-Registration Pharmacy Tech Apprentice — Flexible NHS

Bidvane; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Staff wellbeing and development

Good work-life balance

Job summary

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust offers a two-year pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician apprenticeship across Watford General and St Albans City Hospitals. The role blends work-based learning with study, rotating through dispensing, checking, storage, distribution and medicines counselling.

You will earn a BTEC Level 3 Diploma leading to GPhC registration, with four days of practical learning and one study day weekly. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Qualifications

• Four GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including maths, English and science.
• No Level 3 qualification or above in the same training subject.
• Programme leads to GPhC registration via BTEC Level 3 Diploma.

Responsibilities

• Dispense and check medication as part of the apprenticeship.
• Store and destroy medication following SOPs.
• Distribute medication and take drug histories.
• Counsel patients on their medications.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation and ensure standards.
• Rotate across sites and learn through work-based sessions.
• Complete the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Technicians.

Skills

Personal time management

SOPs

Team working

Customer service

Pharmacy experience

Education

GCSEs including maths English science

No Level 3 qualification or above in the same training subject

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians

Job description

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust offers a two-year pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician apprenticeship across Watford General and St Albans City Hospitals. The role blends work-based learning with study, rotating through dispensing, checking, storage, distribution and medicines counselling.

You will earn a BTEC Level 3 Diploma leading to GPhC registration, with four days of practical learning and one study day weekly. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.