Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant

Pharmacy Plus Health – Windmill

Leeds (LS14 5BD)

Closes in 22 days (Monday 7 April)

Posted on 7 March 2025


Summary

We are seeking to recruit a new member to join our pharmacy family in our innovative small team of qualified professionals, as an Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant. For the right person, there is the opportunity to secure full-time employment and progress to higher level qualification such as the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician.

Training course
Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday between hours of 9.00am - 6.00pm

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 8 April

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Dispensing of medication to patients
  • Over counter sales of non-prescription medication
  • Check and monitor prescription slips
  • Health & Safety responsibility
  • Rotation of stock
  • Use of pharmacy software
  • Data entry relating to medication
  • Labelling and dispensing
  • Working within a team environment
  • Completion of apprenticeship work on time

Where you’ll work

83B Whinmoor Way
Seacroft
Leeds
LS14 5BD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • receive and log prescriptions
  • assemble prescribed items, undertake an in-process accuracy check and issue prescribed items
  • work according to legislative requirements, and organisational policies
  • order, receive, maintain and issue pharmaceutical stock
  • provide appropriate advice when authorised on supplied medicines and products, their storage and disposal
  • work within the parameters of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the pharmacy
  • act in accordance with systems and organisational governance
  • recognise and act within the pharmacy regulatory, legal and ethical standards
  • support the team in the development of others
  • maintain and further develop your own skills and knowledge through development activities; maintain evidence of your personal development and actively prepare for and participate in appraisal
  • communicate effectively with the public, carers and other health and social care professionals using a range of techniques to determine their needs, and keep information confidential
  • handle information (record, report and store information) related to individuals and/or patients in line with local and national policies
  • use pharmacy IT systems and other IT resources according to legislative requirements and organisational policies
  • demonstrate person centred care and support within a pharmacy setting
  • make pharmacy patients and patient safety your first concern
  • use judgement and refer service user as appropriate to another member of the team, GP, healthcare worker, manufacturer etc
  • maintain the interests of patients and the health of the public
  • promote and advocate equality, diversity and inclusion
  • promote healthy lifestyles to customers
  • work safely within the parameters of your role using Standard Operating Procedures
  • apply policies which relate to health and safety at work
  • act appropriately in situations to prevent harm to yourself and others

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

  • Pharmacy Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
    Medicine Counter Assistant Course accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council [GPhc]
  • Dispensing Assistant Course accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council [GPhc]
  • End-Point Assessment (EPA)
  • In-house training

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Pharmacy Plus Health are dedicated to ensuring safe supply of prescription medicines, our community pharmacies are focused on providing our patients, with useful clinical health services. We turn conveniently-located community branches into the destination of choice for patients seeking on-demand consultations and treatment for everyday health conditions. Our friendly, pharmacy teams of qualified professionals are based in the heart of their communities and have long standing relationships with their patients. We want to offer those communities access to much more than just dispensing and over-the-counter remedies so we can provide them with the services they need within their community.

After this apprenticeship

  • Pharmacy Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship
  • A permanent position within the organisation

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED

lucy.booth@woodspeentraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000308318.

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Closes in 22 days (Monday 7 April)

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