Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship
LOOE PHARMACY LTD
Looe (PL13 1DT)
Closes in 18 days (Saturday 13 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Looe Pharmacy is looking for an apprentice to work, study and gain the apprenticeship Pharmacy Technician qualification over the next 2 years. Successful completion of the GPhC accredited Pharmacy Technician course will lead to the ability to register as a professional Pharmacy Technician.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
- Hours
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Alternate Mondays 9am- 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am- 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am- 5:30pm
Thursday 9am- 5:30pm (off site study day)
Fridays 9am- 5:30pm
Alternate Saturdays 9am- 5:30pm
Half an hour lunch break each day
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
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 job will involve:
- Working in the dispensary- preparing and dispensing medicines
- Working in the pharmacy retail area- serving at the counter and providing general pharmaceutical healthcare advice
This role will also provide clinical services, after specific training is undertaken, such as becoming a vaccinator.
Where you'll work
Looe Pharmacy
Fore Street
Looe
PL13 1DT
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
The training course is a distance learning course with regular contact with your course tutor.
There is one day of paid study leave a week which can be done at home or in the pharmacy (if required) to enable completion of the course tasks and requirements.
More training information
Candidates must have:
- Must have a right to work and abode in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years
- Additional eligibility rules apply to EEA nationals and non-UK nationals
- Must be aged 16 years old or above
- Must hold a contract of employment for a minimum of 21 hours a week
- Must work under the supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician for the duration of the apprenticeship
- Must work alongside a pharmacy registrant for a minimum of 14 hours per week
- Must meet the pre-screening criteria in relation to: health and character, current ability and current level of maths, English and science knowledge
- Cannot be in full time education or enrolled onto another government funded programme
- Cannot hold an equivalent qualification at the same level
- Cannot hold a level 4 qualification or above, unless the qualification is "materially different" from the apprenticeship
- Queries in relation to prior qualifications will be individually assessed by our specialist tutors
The successful candidate will be subject to enrolment and acceptance onto the following course, subject to meeting the criteria above: please see link below for further details:
https://www.buttercupstraining.co.uk/course/pharmacy-technician-training-programme-apprenticeship-pathway
The apprenticeship training costs are covered by Looe Pharmacy Ltd via the NHS Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship funding scheme
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- Science (grade 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
A requirement that the successful applicant passes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All learners are required to undertake the following: Initial assessment in science, maths and English during the enrolment process Functional Skills in Maths and English at level 2 as a mandatory part of this programme, unless acceptable exemption evidence is provided during the enrolment process Additional foundation learning in science / maths / English depending on the outcome of the initial assessment. It is a requirement of the NVQ Level 3 to meet this academic level by the end of the course.
About this employer
Looe Pharmacy Ltd owns and operates Looe Pharmacy. Looe Pharmacy is an NHS community pharmacy in East Looe. The pharmacy provides full range of NHS and Private pharmacy services in the local community. The company is a small family owned company.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the GPhC accredited Pharmacy Technician course will lead to the ability to register as a professional Pharmacy Technician.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOOE PHARMACY LTD
Fiona Mullins
fiona.mullins@wringtons.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338689.
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Closes in 18 days (Saturday 13 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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