Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprentice

EARLSDON PHARMA LTD

COVENTRY, CV5 6GX

Closes in 9 days (Monday 14 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 September 2024

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Summary

A Level 3 Pharmacy Technician is responsible for managing the supply of medicines and devices in a pharmacy, and providing a range of services to patients and other healthcare professionals.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

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Training course
Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 10:00am - 6:30pm Occasional weekends

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Wednesday 30 October

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

1

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

  • Supply: Managing the supply of medicines and devices, including ordering, receiving, maintaining, and supplying them
  • Advice: Advising patients on the safe and effective use of their medicines and devices
  • Assembly: Assembling medicines for prescriptions 
    Information: Providing information to patients and other healthcare professionals
  • Supervision: Supervising other pharmacy staff
  • Training: Providing training to pharmacy and healthcare teams
  • Safety: Ensuring patient safety
  • Autonomy: Working with a high degree of autonomy, taking responsibility for the quality and accuracy of their work
    Taking the initiative in Providing new services, such as Pharmacy Frist, Blood pressure checking, Travel Vaccinations, Ear wax Removal, Phlebotomy and etc

Where you’ll work

270 EARLSDON AVENUE NORTH

COVENTRY

CV5 6GX

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

BUTTERCUPS TRAINING LIMITED

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

    Working towards a Level 3 Pharmacy technician (integrated) apprenticeship standard, including Functional Skills in English and maths if necessary

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4-9)
    • MATHS (grade 4-9)

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

    Other requirements

    You will be required to stand up for the majority of the working day

    About this company

    Small Independent Pharmacy run by a local couple and highly focused on Pharmacy services

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    The right candidate may continue to work as a Pharmacy Technician or move onto working as an Accredited Checking Technician (ACT)

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    BUTTERCUPS TRAINING LIMITED

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279359.

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    Closes in 9 days (Monday 14 October at 11:59pm)

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