Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant apprenticeship -Marlow Medical Group
MARLOW MEDICAL GROUP
BUCKS (SL7 1DN)
Closes in 13 days (Friday 12 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 November 2025
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Summary
<p>To provide an accurate, timely and qualitative process for processing prescription requests for patients. To ensure duties are carried out within the practice’s guidelines and policies.</p>
- 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.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- 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
- Provide administrative support to members of the Practice team in the following areas ensuring appropriate practice records are kept up to date
- To process all incoming repeat prescription requests on the computer
- Tasking clinicians where appropriate in order to process prescription request
- Deal with any queries regarding the EPS
- To sort and file prescriptions ready for collection when returned to reception
- Process dashboard and workflow requests
- Raise required blood forms for patients and notify accordingly
- Deal with care home requests (ad-hoc)
- Produce EPS allocation spreadsheet weekly
- Complete medicines management daily (reallocation)
- Support the processing of pharmacy team clinical correspondence and action accordingly
- Deal with the medication and prescription queries
- Support the implementation of NHS initiatives, such as eRD (repeat dispensing) or long term acute prescribing
- Support the wider pharmacy team with administrative tasks
- Refer to District Nurses when required
- Adding blood test request forms to patients note
- This above list is not exhaustive and may be subject to change where there is an established business need.
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate
Where you'll work
THE DOCTORS HOUSE
VICTORIA RD
MARLOW
BUCKS
SL7 1DN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
IMPACT FUTURES TRAINING 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
Pharmacy Services Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
- Actively participate in the Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship programme in coordination with the training provider and under the guidance of the pharmacy team
- Complete all required coursework, assessments, and training modules in line with the apprenticeship framework
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9-4)
- Math's (grade 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this employer
We are a partnership practising in our purpose-built surgery in Victoria Road, Marlow and at three branch surgeries at Cherrymead (Loudwater), Lane End and Hambleden.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the Level 2 you can move onto the Level 3 Pharmacy technician
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IMPACT FUTURES TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002932.
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Closes in 13 days (Friday 12 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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