Pharmacy Technician Apprentice
The Pharmacist Carlisle
Carlisle, CA1 1DU
Closes in 23 days (Sunday 19 January)
Posted on 13 December 2024
Contents
Summary
We are looking for someone who has experience in a pharmacy or retail, good communication and customer service skills, smartly dressed with excellent command of the English language and organisation skills. This is because you will be talking to a variety of patients who will each have individual needs.
- Annual wage
- £11,700 a year
- Training course
- Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed - 30 hours between Monday- Saturday (If working Saturday you will get a day off during the week) - 6 hours you will get training time, this is included in the 30 hours.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 20 January
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Dispensing medicine (with ongoing training)
- General admin
- Dealing with over the counter and phone enquiries
- Use of the computer and the pharmacy specific software
- Checking off and unpacking orders
- Stock management
- Date checking of stock
- Processing NHS prescriptions
Where you’ll work
76 Warwick Road
Carlisle
CA1 1DU
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
WOODSPEEN 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
Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Standard, which includes:
- Senior role within the pharmacy
- In-house training
- Opportunity to register with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician once qualified
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English/Maths/Science (grade 4/c)
- Science Biology, Chemistry or Applied Science (grade 4 or C or above)
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
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Honest
- friendly
Other requirements
All training is delivered by Woodspeen remotely to the workplace via Teams. There is no travelling involved for training. This is a two year course. After first year of apprenticeship wage will go to minimum wage for age.
About this company
76 WARWICK ROAD CARLISLE CUMBRIA CA1 1DU
After this apprenticeship
- Full-time permanent role for the right person
- Opportunity to register with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician once qualified
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED
Sham Singh
sham.singh@woodspeentraining.co.uk
07483 413718
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000291922.
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Closes in 23 days (Sunday 19 January)
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