Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant
INTRAHEALTH PHARMACY LIMITED
County Durham, DL17 0HQ
Closes in 13 days (Sunday 6 October)
Posted on 20 September 2024
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Summary
An Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant is required at our branch in Chilton. Your main responsibilities will be ensuring the smooth running of the dispensary, dispensing medication effectively and safely, managing stock levels and be another expert for our customers to talk to, providing healthcare advice and services at the counter.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 a year
- Training course
- Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm
1 hour lunch 1-2pm
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 8 October
- Duration
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1 Year 3 Months
- 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
- Delivery of customer service
- Dispensing of medication to patients
- Over counter sales of non-prescription medication
- Check and monitor prescription slips
- Health & Safety responsibility
- Observing COVID restrictions and guidelines
- Use of patient record systems and use of smart card
- Data entry relating to medication
- Labelling and dispensing
- Working within a team environment
- Liaison with doctors' surgery and health professionals
Where you’ll work
Dale Street
Chilton
County Durham
DL17 0HQ
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 services assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship Standard, which includes:
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- In-house training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Science (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
A pharmacy based in Chilton are hoping to recruit a hardworking and determined candidate to work within their team of qualified professionals, as an Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant.
After this apprenticeship
- Full-time role for the right person
- Further potential for other training such as a Level 3 Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED
Lesley Miller
lesley.miller@woodspeentraining.co.uk
07518909857
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278339.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Sunday 6 October)
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