Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is offering a fixed 2-year Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship in Maidstone. The post includes completing a Level 3 qualification with a community placement and one study day per week.

You will support pharmacists in safe medicines management, dispensing and patient information, learning across hospital and community settings within a 2-year training programme.

Qualifications

• Undertake the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician programme at the University of East Anglia.
• Supporting registered Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists in the delivery of safe and effective medicines management.
• Structured community pharmacy placement to develop core technical and professional skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive medicines service including medicines optimisation and dispensing.
• Support medicines procurement and distribution.
• Deliver patient counselling and information in line with legal, ethical and professional guidelines.

Skills

Medicines management

Patient counselling

Teamwork

Education

Pharmacy Technician Level 3 apprenticeship

Job description

Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Company: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 Band 4 - 70% of maximum (Annex 21)

Hours: Full-time

Location: Maidstone, ME16 9PH

Job type: Apprenticeship

Posting date: 11 Nov 2026

Closing date: 11 Dec 2026

A fixed 2-year training and development programme across sectors to learn and perform duties of a pharmacy technician in accordance with legal, ethical and professional guidelines. This training post involves providing a comprehensive and high-quality pharmaceutical service in medicines optimisation, patient counselling, in-patient and outpatient dispensing, pharmacy procurement and distribution.

To undertake a structured and comprehensive Level 3 apprenticeship programme, including a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) approved pharmacy technician qualification. One study day per week will be provided.

The post holder will be expected to promote safe, cost effective and timely provisions of medicines and information to all service users.

• Undertake the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician programme at the University of East Anglia.

• Supporting registered Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists in the delivery of safe and effective medicines management

• The trainee will undertake a structured community pharmacy placement with Rowlands Pharmacy to develop core technical and professional skills.

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.

- To work within the GPhC standards

- Work according to KMMHT policies

- Work according to Trust Values

- Full job description attached

This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Nov 2026

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