Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship
Delite Chemist
RICKMANSWORTH (WD3 7BQ)
Closes in 15 days (Thursday 16 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 September 2025
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Summary
Apprenticeship would allow you to gain a wage, gain valuable work experience become competence, skills that are invaluable in the wider world of work. Potential for full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£13,741 a year
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While on the Apprenticeship route the wages are fixed but after completing and qualifying the wages offered would be in line of qualified Pharmacy Technician
- Training course
- Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am - 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 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
- Achieve best outcome through a person’s medicine by managing, ordering, receiving, supporting, and supplying medicines safely, legacy and effectively, whilst meeting the regulatory standards
- Give person-centred health advice to all patients, over the counter or on prescription, refer them to healthcare professional when appropriate
- Support the management of the day-to-day operation of the pharmacy, such as clinal governance, business operation, and processes, and supervise other pharmacy staff
- Maintain quality service through auditing and evaluating the service and processes and respond to feedback
- On completion of the apprenticeship gain recognised qualification at Level 3, a registered GPhC Pharmacy Technician
Where you'll work
4 MONEYHILL PARADE
RICKMANSWORTH
WD3 7BQ
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
- Pharmacy Technician (integrated) Level 3
- Training will take place at the workplace - no need to travel to a college
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Work independently
- Interest in Pharmacy
- Dedicated commitment
- Willingness to learn
- Keen to develop skills
- Develop knowledge
Other requirements
A motivated, committed, responsible individual to apply for the position as the course is a demanding journey.
About this employer
We are a busy independent community pharmacy, the first point of call for patient seeking advice on acute conditions.
After this apprenticeship
On completion of Apprenticeship, GPhC accredited Pharmacy technician course would enable to work in Pharmacy dispensary, deliver services, working with other multidisciplinary team in healthcare.
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 VAC1000344183.
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Closes in 15 days (Thursday 16 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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