Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
This 24 month apprenticeship role starting September 2025 offers the opportunity to earn as you learn. Successful candidates will be enrolled on an integrated Pharmacy apprenticeship with a day release to attend college. Apprentices take on a hybrid learning format of underpinning knowledge of Pharmacy and sciences as well as the on the job skills of a pharmacy technician, assessed by assignments and evidence collection to an e-portfolio in order to register with the General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician by the end of the course.
Apprentices will spend their time split between our Basingstoke and Winchester sites rotating through the different areas of the pharmacy department, including :
- Inpatient dispensary
- Aseptic unit
- Clinical Trials
- Medicines Information
- Medicines Management
- Outpatients
- Pharmacy Stores
- Medicines Safety & Governance
- Homecare
Applicants must be a UK resident for the last 3+ years
Applicants must have GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications converted to match GCSE grading and have proof of these qualifications available.
Main duties of the job- To work through the integrated Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship programme and complete all assignments and educational tasks to deadlines in order to satisfy the requirements for qualification and registration as a Pharmacy Technician.
- To gain practical experience and collect evidence in the tasks required of Pharmacy Technicians in various sections of the Pharmacy department under supervision of a registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria- Maths GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- English Language GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- Double Science award GCSE/2 Science subjects GCSE grade C/4 or above
- At least one additional GCSE grade C/4 or above
- Pharmacy Level 2 or equivalent GPhC accredited qulification
- IT qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Able to articulate the importance of patient confidentiality in the healthcare setting.
- Can demonstrate comprehension of the various roles of a pharmacy technician
- Previous experience of working and communicating within a team
- Previous role in pharmacy in the UK (within the last 3 years)
- Experience in working in a patient and/or customer orientated healthcare setting
- Previous experience of stock management
- Previous experience of working with medicines in a pharmacy or healthcare setting
- To know the professional standards set by the GPhC for pharmacy professionals
- To be aware of the GPhC ‘Code of Conduct for Trainee Pharmacy Technicians’.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria- Ability to work to and keep deadlines
- Can maintain high levels of accuracy and sustain concentration in a busy environment
- Be IT literate
- Ability to manage workloads effectively
- Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Act in a professional manner
- Ability to be punctual and reliable
- Evidence of attention to detail.
- Evidence of effective customer service skills.
- Be able to manage own professional and personal development
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria- Must be prepared to travel and work on any hospital site within HHFT.
- Willing and able to commit own time to study
- Eligibility to register as a Pharmacy Technician in accordance with GPhC requirements and standards.
- UK resident for the past 3+ years
- Evidence of recent commitment to study / course undertaken.
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.