Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician Apprentice

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is offering a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician Apprentice position as part of a 2-year fixed-term training post, starting February 2027. The role includes working toward a Level 4 Certificate in Pharmacy Technicians with hybrid learning, applying skills across community hospital, home, and clinic settings.

Under supervision, you will dispense, reconcile medicines, and participate in Medicines Optimisation while travelling across the Trust

Qualifications

• GCSEs incl English language, maths and at least one science subject.
• Level 2 pharmacy course and/or some pharmacy experience.
• Customer service experience or working with people.
• Awareness of NHS priorities, medicines optimisation and patient safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Assist in dispensing and accuracy checking under supervision.
• Contribute to medicines reconciliation and optimisation.
• Involve patients and carers in decisions related to medicines and safety.
• Allocate weekly time for underpinning knowledge learning for the apprenticeship.
• Support own learning and meet deadlines.

Skills

IT skills

Teamwork

Communication

Time management

Education

GCSEs incl English, Maths & science

Level 2 Pharmacy course / pharmacy experience

Job description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician Apprentice

The closing date is 03 November 2026

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician to join our expanding and friendly pharmacy team on a 2-year fixed term training post, starting in February 2027. Learn while you earn!

This an apprenticeship training post where you will be working towards the skills and competencies required to become a registered Pharmacy Technician whilst being a core member of the team. You will complete a Level 4 Certificate in the Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Technicians as your underpinning knowledge course. Learning is through a hybrid-delivered course run by the University of East Anglia.

You will be working towards all elements outlined in the job description below throughout your 2-year training programme. You will be expected to travel across the Trust and will also undertake part of your learning at one of our training partner organisations. The Pharmacy Team supports safe and effective medicines use for patients across the Trust in a variety of settings which include community hospitals, patient homes and clinics.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician, your daily activities will include:

• To accurately dispense and accuracy check clinically screened prescriptions for patients in accordance with the KCHFT or partner organisation training sites Standard Operating Procedure.
• To develop skills around reconciling patients' medicines and checking patients own drugs as part of the Medicines Optimisation process.
• Support person-centred care by involving patients and carers in decisions relating to medicines and medicines optimisation activities appropriate to your level of training.
• One day per week to complete the required underpinning knowledge learning for the apprenticeship which enables completion of all related competencies and evidence collection required.
• To participate fully in the development of own learning and proactively seek learning opportunities, meeting deadlines as agreed.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

About us

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 GCSEs at Grade C / 4 and above, including English language, maths and at least one science subject.
• A level 2 pharmacy course and / or some pharmacy experience

Experience

• Customer service experience or working with people
• Ability to demonstrate initiatives

Knowledge

• Some knowledge of KCHFT, its mission and values.
• Awareness of NHS priorities, medicines optimisation and patient safety principles.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team.

Skills

• Able to manage time, prioritise and organise work in order to meet deadlines.

Skills

• You will need have good IT skills as well as sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing.

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.

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearpro rata, per annum