Pharmacy Service Assistant Apprenticeship L2

LEYLAND LATE NIGHT LIMITED

LEYLAND (PR25 2SD)

Closes in 31 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 March 2026

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Summary

Exciting opportunity for a Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprentice. Candidate will have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, good communication skills, & a professional approach. Duties include ordering, receiving, storing, returning and disposing of medicines, while supporting healthy lifestyle advice & screening services.

Wage

£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Sunday 10 May 2026

Duration

1 year

Positions available

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

  • Provide a variety of pharmacy and medicines services to patients, the public and other professional healthcare teams
  • Support the delivery of pharmacy services in a variety of pharmacy environments
  • Supply, preparation and assembly of medicines
  • Ordering and receiving medicines, as well as their storage, disposal and return
  • Understanding of healthy lifestyle choices and relevant screening services
  • Understand and work to standard operating procedures

Where you'll work

6 HOUGH LANE
LEYLAND
PR25 2SD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

GET SET ACADEMY LIMITED

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

Training schedule

The candidate will achieve a Pharmacy Services Assistant Level 2 qualification. This training will be conducted primarily at the employer’s site.

Functional skills, if required.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths, English (grade C/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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Patience

About this employer

We pride ourselves in our commitment to provide a professional and speedy service, whilst maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of customer personal health care information.

After this apprenticeship

Potential of leading to full time employment or progression onto Level 3 qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GET SET ACADEMY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020204.

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Closes in 31 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)