Pharmacy Apprentice

TOTLEY PHARMACY LTD

SHEFFIELD, S17 4DR

Closes in 26 days (Friday 18 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 20 September 2024

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Summary

An excellent opportunity to join this established community pharmacy in Totley, Sheffield. Duties may vary depending on the needs of the pharmacy, but may include selling over the counter medicines, dispensing prescriptions, generating labels, ordering and storing pharmaceutical stock and providing information on symptoms and products to patients.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
Hours
9.00am - 6.00pm, Monday - Friday.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 28 October

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

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Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • An understanding of the rules, processes and regulations behind pharmaceutical service
  • Selling over the counter medicines
  • Dispensing prescriptions
  • Generating labels
  • Ordering and storing pharmaceutical stock
  • Provide information on symptoms and products to patients

Where you’ll work

158 BASLOW ROAD

SHEFFIELD

S17 4DR

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE

Your training course

Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
  • Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
  • Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
  • Accurately assemble prescribed items
  • Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
  • Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
  • Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
  • Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
  • Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
  • Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
  • Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
  • Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
  • Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
  • Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
  • Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
  • Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
  • Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
  • Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
  • Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
  • Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
  • Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
  • Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
  • Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
  • Check and review their own and others work effectively
  • Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
  • Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
  • Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
  • Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
  • Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
  • Respond to medical emergencies
  • Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
  • Effectively supervise other members of the team
  • Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
  • Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
  • Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
  • Accurately assemble prescribed items
  • Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
  • Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
  • Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
  • Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
  • Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
  • Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
  • Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
  • Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
  • Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
  • Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
  • Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
  • Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
  • Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
  • Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
  • Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
  • Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
  • Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
  • Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
  • Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
  • Check and review their own and others work effectively
  • Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
  • Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
  • Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
  • Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
  • Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
  • Respond to medical emergencies
  • Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
  • Effectively supervise other members of the team

    • Your training plan

    • The Apprentice will attend day release at The Sheffield College City Campus

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Double Science (grade 4/C+)
    • English (grade 4/C+)
    • Maths (grade 4/C+)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    About this company

    Totley Pharmacy is a local pharmacy, providing prescriptions and healthcare products for Totley, Sheffield & the South Yorkshire area. We also provide an online pharmacy service, including repeat prescriptions. Being a local pharmacy, we understand the needs of the Totley community, whilst providing the convenience of an online chemist service. This service has over 8,000 health and beauty products and prescription medicines. Totley Pharmacy's online service is supervised by fully qualified pharmacists and all medicine sales are authorised and checked before they are dispatched to you. If necessary we may contact you to ask further questions and ensure that the medicine is suitable for you. Our online customer service team are available to give professional healthcare advice in a confidential environment either by email or telephone.

    After this apprenticeship

    • After review of performance the candidate will be considered for progression to a full time position with the company.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000218284.

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    Closes in 26 days (Friday 18 October at 11:59pm)

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