Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship (Training post)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bangor; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Ysbyty Gwynedd, in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, offers a fixed-term two-year apprenticeship toward pharmacy technician registration. The role rotates through hospital dispensing, purchasing and distribution, and ward-based pharmacy, with placements in community hospitals and GP surgeries.

There is travel between health board sites, Welsh language ability is desirable, and English speakers are welcome.

Qualifications

• 4 GCSEs at grade C or above including maths, English and science
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to organise self
• Good IT skills
• Health and safety awareness
• Awareness of working within own limits and professional conduct
• Focus on patient care
• Willing to work in a bilingual area
• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services (Nice-to-have)

Responsibilities

• Dispensing for in-patients and out-patients in hospital
• Purchasing and distribution of medicines
• Ward-based pharmacy work
• Rotating between community hospital sites and GP surgeries as part of cross-sector training
• Taking part in project weeks at other sites or in primary care
• Undertaking audits and giving presentations
• Gaining experience reflecting the changing and growing role of the pharmacy technician
• Travelling between health board sites

Skills

Teamwork

Organisation

IT skills

Health and safety

Professional conduct

Patient care

Education

4 GCSEs including maths, English and science

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services

Job description

This fixed-term two-year training post sits in the pharmacy team at Ysbyty Gwynedd, within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, and is an apprenticeship towards pharmacy technician registration. The work rotates through hospital dispensing for in- and out-patients, purchasing and distribution, and ward-based pharmacy, with placements in community hospitals and GP surgeries. Travel between health board sites is part of the role, and Welsh is desirable though English speakers are welcome. Four GCSEs including maths, English and science are essential, and secondees need line manager permission first.

What the job involves

• Dispensing for in-patients and out-patients in hospital
• Purchasing and distribution of medicines
• Ward-based pharmacy work
• Rotating between community hospital sites and GP surgeries as part of cross-sector training
• Taking part in project weeks at other sites or in primary care
• Undertaking audits and giving presentations
• Gaining experience reflecting the changing and growing role of the pharmacy technician
• Travelling between health board sites

Qualifications

• 4 GCSEs at grade C or above including maths, English and science

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to organise self
• Good IT skills
• Health and safety awareness
• Awareness of working within own limits and professional conduct
• Focus on patient care

Other

• Willing to work in a bilingual area

Nice to have

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services
• Evidence of academic study and continuing professional development after leaving school
• Experience working in hospital and/or community pharmacy or within the NHS
• Welsh-speaking ability
• Knowledge of pharmacy services and the role of the pharmacy technician
• Able to use initiative and manage time
• Ability to travel
• Appreciation of the care responsibilities of the healthcare environment