Pre- Registration Pharmacy Technician Apprentice
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
London, Sutton
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 August 2025
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Summary
This post is a great opportunity to train as an Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician. This programme will equip learners with the clinical knowledge, practical and professional skills to practise as pharmacy technicians. Full support will be given to the candidate during their training to become a qualified pharmacy technician.
- Wage
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£24,937 a year
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Agenda for change; Band 3 £24,937 annual salary , -but there will be the addition of London Weighting. This will vary, depending on location.
- Training course
- Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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4
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
- The rotational training programme will cover ward-based medicines management, the in-patient dispensary, aseptics, clinical trials, the outpatient dispensary, stores, and procurement.
- This hands-on experience will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacy technician role.
- This will include labelling and dispensing, supplying discharge medicine, and patient counselling. Additional duties include taking drug histories, assisting in medication reconciliation, and audits.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ
- Downs Road, Sutton, SM2 5PT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BUTTERCUPS TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
- Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
- Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
- Accurately assemble prescribed items
- Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
- Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
- Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
- Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
- Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
- Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
- Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
- Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
- Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
- Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
- Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
- Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
- Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
- Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
- Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
- Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
- Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
- Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
- Check and review their own and others work effectively
- Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
- Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
- Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
- Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
- Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
- Respond to medical emergencies
- Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
- Effectively supervise other members of the team
- Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
- Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
- Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
- Accurately assemble prescribed items
- Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
- Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
- Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
- Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
- Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
- Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
- Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
- Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
- Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
- Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
- Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
- Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
- Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
- Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
- Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
- Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
- Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
- Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
- Check and review their own and others work effectively
- Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
- Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
- Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
- Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
- Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
- Respond to medical emergencies
- Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
- Effectively supervise other members of the team
Training schedule
Training will take place at the workplace- no need to travel to a college.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade Grade A*-C/9-4)
- Science (grade Grade A*-C/9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Time- management
- Determination
Other requirements
As a student pharmacy technician, you will engage in work-based activities for four days each week, acquiring the relevant work experience and fulfilling the competencies necessary to complete the Level 3 qualification. One day per week will be allocated to virtual classroom sessions, focusing on learning the foundational knowledge. Good organisational skills are needed to manage studying and working full-time.
About this employer
The Royal Marsden is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies. The Royal Marsden has two centres, in Chelsea and Sutton, and a Medical Daycare Unit at Kingston Hospital. Each week our outpatient department sees aound 3,400 patients – 1,450 in Chelsea and 1,950 in Sutton. With dedicated units for all cancer types, The Royal Marsden provides care during diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
After completion of this training the student pharmacy technician will be eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). As a pharmacy technician there are many career options;- working in a hospital pharmacy, a GP practice, in the community, in a pharmaceutical company, etc.Within the hospital pharmacy there are opportunities for career progression to a Band 6 pharmacy technician role with increased responsibilities within a specific clinical team/pharmacy department.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BUTTERCUPS TRAINING LIMITED
Apprenticeship Onboarding Team
Apprentice.Enquiries@buttercups.co.uk
01159374936
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335425.
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Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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