Health Pharmacy Services - Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship

The Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship is a great opportunity for learners who want to develop their skills and knowledge managing the supply, preparation and assembly of medicines and products: issuing them to patients, and other healthcare professionals and providing advice to patients to help them make effective use of their medicines. You will be responsible for carrying out both routine and specialist services, including highly complex activities requiring professional judgement.

Topics covered can include:

• Providing safe and effective pharmacy services
• Supply medicines and devices to patients, whether on prescription or over-the-counter
• Achieving the best outcomes through a patient’s medicines
• Assemble medicines for prescriptions
• Provide information to patients and other healthcare professionals.
• Manage areas of medicines supply such as dispensaries
• Supervise other pharmacy staff
• Answering customers questions face to face or by phone
• Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines
• Referring problems or queries to the pharmacist

You will need:

• To be aged 16 or older
• To be employed in a Pre registration Pharmacy Technician post for a minimum of 30 hours per week with 20% of your normal working hours set aside for you to complete your training and study
• GCSEs at grade 4 or above in English, Maths and Science.

All applicants must have an interview and assessment in English and Maths to confirm that the apprenticeship is suitable for them.

Employers may also set additional entry requirements, as a prerequisite to working with them.

Apprentices who complete the Pharmacy Technician programme will aim to gain promotion to senior roles including Dispensary Manager, Stores and Distribution Manager, Education and Training Lead Technician, Procurement Lead Technician or Medicine Management Technician. After completing this Apprentinceship you may move onto further study for courses including a Level 4 Enhanced Practice programme, Level 4 Project Management apprenticeship programme or Level 5 Operations/Departmental Manager apprenticeship.

Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills.