Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant Apprenticeship
Pharmacy X-Press
Oldbury (B69 3BH)
Closes on Monday 1 September 2025
Posted on 3 July 2025
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Summary
Pharmacy X-Press are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Pharmacy apprentice. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain training and employment as a Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant. If you have a genuine interest in pharmacy and are looking for an entry route into this profession, then please apply!
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed, Pharmacy operates between 9.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday and 9.00am- 1.00pm Saturday.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
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
- Servicing customers - selling over the counter medicines
- Taking and handing out prescriptions, dispensing prescriptions
- Promoting services
- Cash handling
- Ensuring tidiness of branch
- Using dispensary computer system to generate stock orders and labels
- Receiving, loading unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere
- Offering advice and guidance to customers on products and services
- Assisting the pharmacict with any other duties in line with the job role
Where you'll work
Fountain Lane
Oldbury
B69 3BH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WALSALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
- Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant Standard qualification
- Weekly release at our Walsall Campus - 1 day per week (term time only)
- Full-time apprentices will typically spend 15 months on-programme (before the gateway) working towards the occupational standard, with off the-job training
The purpose of the end point assessment (EPA) is to test that an apprentice is fully capable of doing their job before they receive their apprenticeship certificate. It also helps to demonstrate that what an apprentice has learned can be applied in the real world.
The focus is now on the outcome of an apprenticeship and apprentices have to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours that employers have identified they need.
Requirements
Essential 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
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
Other requirements
Although this is a Community Pharmacy, this pharmacy operates their services online rather than a shopfront.
About this company
Pharmacy-Xpress is a full-service provider of quality and innovative pharmacy to care organisations. With an embedded culture of safety and trust, with a personal touch, we act as an extension to our care clients which range from independent providers to national operators. Successfully providing pharmacy services for over 10 years, we fully understand the challenges that our clients face on a daily basis. Our experience and infrastructure enables us to be able to provide a partnering relationship with our clients and an ability to tailor our services to their individual needs. At Pharmacy-Xpress, we do not just deliver medicine (although we do this very well), but through our in-depth understanding of CQC regulations, we also aid our clients with compliance, audits and training.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility to gain full-time employment and up-skill to level 3 advanced apprenticeship (Pharmacy Technician)
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALSALL COLLEGE
Kerry Hall
khall@walsallcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329683.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 1 September 2025
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