Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; Presencial; GBP 22.000 - 27.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

27 days holiday + bank holidays (rises

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

NHS discounts

Season ticket loans

Resumo da vaga

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford invites applications for a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician. This full-time paid apprenticeship combines on‑the‑job training with a two-year University of East Anglia education programme, aiming at GPhC registration.

You will gain practical experience across pharmacy services, including dispensary, ward and medicines management, while completing assignments and a training portfolio.

Qualificações

• Minimum four GCSEs at A*-C (or 9-4) including English and Maths.
• Evidence of English language proficiency if first language is not English.
• Good numerical and scientific grounding evidenced by GCSEs or equivalents.
• Functional Skills Level 2 can be considered in place of English/Maths GCSEs.

Responsabilidades

• Receiving and processing prescriptions, dispensing medicines and managing stock.
• Check patients' medicines histories and support medicines reconciliation.
• Counselling patients about medicines under supervision.
• Support medicines management across healthcare settings.
• Develop professional judgement and accountability with increasing responsibility.

Formação

GCSEs A*-C (4+ 9-4)

English language evidence

Maths GCSE (4+)

Science GCSE

Functional Skills Level 2

Descrição da vaga

Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £24,853 (role is a proportion of Band 4 in line with annex 21 of AfC)

We have an exciting opportunity for adynamic & enthusiastic individualto join our Pharmacy team as aPre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT).

If you are interested in medicines & healthcare, have excellent attention to detail & want to develop a rewarding career supporting patient care, this could be the opportunity for you.

This is afull-time paid apprenticeship, combining workplace training with atwo-year education programme with the University of East Anglia (UEA), leading towards professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.

You will gain practical experience across pharmacy services while completing academic learning, assignments & a training portfolio. You will be supported by experienced pharmacy colleagues throughout your development.

Use of AI:We want to hear about you & your motivation for becoming a Pharmacy Technician. AI may support your application, but your responses should reflect your own knowledge, experiences & interests. You should be prepared to discuss these at interview.

PLEASE NOTE:Sponsorship is not available. Appointment is subject to UEA programme & apprenticeship funding eligibility, including assessment of previous qualifications & prior learning.

Previous qualifications & prior learning will be assessed to determine eligibility for apprenticeship funding & whether any recognition of prior learning applies.

You will work alongside pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals, undertaking duties appropriate to your stage of training and competence,under appropriate supervision, with increasing responsibility as you progress.

Your duties will include:

• Dispensary: receiving and processing prescriptions, accurately dispensing medicines, communicating with patients and healthcare professionals, and supporting the safe management of medicines and pharmacy stock, including controlled drugs.
• Ward and clinical services: working within multidisciplinary teams to check patients' own medicines, obtain medication histories, undertake medicines reconciliation and support the supply of medicines for individual patients.
• Patient care: communicating with and counselling patients about their medicines, appropriate to your competence and under supervision.
• Medicines management: supporting the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines across different healthcare settings.
• Developing professional judgement, accountability, communication, teamwork, organisation and leadership skills while working within your level of competence.
• As your skills develop, you will demonstrate increasing initiative and responsibility for thequality and accuracy of your work, while recognising when advice or supervision is required.

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

You will work within the pharmacy environment while studying for the Certificate of Higher Education in Pharmacy Technician Practice through the University of East Anglia. The next cohort begins in February 2027 and we are looking for the successful candidate to be in post for that time.

The programme will combine some or all of the following elements: work-based learning, distance learning, classroom learning (face-to-face or video), residential study days, network study days, private study and completion of assignments. It willrequire a very strong commitment to private study in your own time.

You will require a minimum of 4 GCSEs grade A* - C (new grades 9 - 4) or equivalent including:

• GCSE English at Grade C/Level 4 or above, Scottish National 5 or above, or equivalent English language evidence which can include Functional Skills Level 2*
• GCSE Maths at Grade C/Level 4, Scottish National 5 or above, or equivalent evidence of numeracy which can include Functional Skills Level 2
• GCSE Science x 1 at Grade C/Level 4 or above, or Scottish National 5 or equivalent

In place of English and maths GCSEs, we may be able to consider Functional Skills L2.

For applicants whose first language is not English, we may require evidence of proficiency in English (including reading, writing, speaking and listening) at the following level:

IELTS: 7.0 overall (minimum 6.0 in all components)

We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications and recognise some applicants might take a mixture of different qualifications. If you hold or are working towards any alternative qualifications at a similar level, including any qualifications taken outside of the UK, we will work with your employer/prospective employer to establish eligibility for entry to the course. For more information, contact:[e-mail].

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of entry requirements for this post.

The training post is based initially at our pharmacy in Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3AG, working 37.5 hours per week (may include weekend, bank holiday, early and late working rotas, as required) but will require working in our clinical locations across the EPUT Region which spans the whole county. As such a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential as many of the locations are not accessible by public transport.

We are looking for candidates who can start in time for the February 2027 Cohort for the University of East Anglia (UEA).

PLEASE NOTE:We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post. Appointment to this role is subject to applicants meeting the eligibility requirements for apprenticeship funding and the University of East Anglia (UEA) Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship programme. Applicants who already hold pharmacy-related qualifications, including qualifications obtained overseas, will be required to declare these as part of the application and eligibility process.Previous qualifications and prior learning will be assessed to determine eligibility for apprenticeship funding and whether any recognition of prior learning applies.

For further details / informal visits please contact:Adam Jones - Pharmacy Operational Business Manager on 07581050355.

This advert closes on Sunday 15 Nov 2026