Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills & Ability
Ability to work to and keep deadlines
- Skills & Ability
Can maintain high levels of accuracy and sustain concentration in a busy environment
- Skills & Ability
Be IT literate
- Skills & Ability
Ability to manage workloads effectively
- Skills & Ability
Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Skills & Ability
Act in a professional manner
- Skills & Ability
Ability to be punctual and reliable
- Experience & Knowledge
Able to articulate the importance of patient confidentiality in the healthcare setting.
- Experience & Knowledge
Can demonstrate comprehension of the various roles of a pharmacy technician
- Experience & Knowledge
Previous experience of working and communicating within a team
- Training & Qualifications
Maths GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- Training & Qualifications
English Language GCSE or equivalent grade C/4 or above
- Training & Qualifications
Double Science award GCSE/2 Science subjects GCSE grade C/4 or above
- Training & Qualifications
At least one additional GCSE grade C/4 or above
- Other Specific Requirements
Must be prepared to travel and work on any hospital site within HHFT.
- Other Specific Requirements
Willing and able to commit own time to study
- Other Specific Requirements
Eligibility to register as a Pharmacy Technician in accordance with GPhC requirements and standards.
- Other Specific Requirements
UK resident for the past 3+ years
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills & Ability
Evidence of attention to detail.
- Skills & Ability
Evidence of effective customer service skills.
- Skills & Ability
Be able to manage own professional and personal development
- Experience & Knowledge
Previous role in pharmacy in the UK (within the last 3 years)
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience in working in a patient and/or customer orientated healthcare setting
- Experience & Knowledge
Previous experience of stock management
- Experience & Knowledge
Previous experience of working with medicines in a pharmacy or healthcare setting
- Experience & Knowledge
To know the professional standards set by the GPhC for pharmacy professionals
- Experience & Knowledge
To be aware of the GPhC ‘Code of Conduct for Trainee Pharmacy Technicians’.
- Training & Qualifications
Pharmacy Level 2 or equivalent GPhC accredited qulification
- Training & Qualifications
IT qualification.
- Other Specific Requirements
Evidence of recent commitment to study / course undertaken.
Job overview
This 24 month apprenticeship role starting February 2027 offers the opportunity to earn as you learn. Successful candidates will be enrolled on an integrated Pharmacy apprenticeship with a day release to attend college on site at RHCH. Apprentices take on a hybrid learning format of underpinning knowledge of Pharmacy and sciences alongside developing on the job skills of a pharmacy technician, assessed by assignments and evidence collection to an e-portfolio in order to register with the General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician by the end of the course.
Apprentices will spend their time split between our Basingstoke and Winchester sites rotating through the different areas of the pharmacy department, including :
- Inpatient dispensary
- Aseptic unit
- Clinical Trials
- Medicines Information
- Medicines Management
- Outpatients
- Pharmacy Stores
- Medicines Safety & Governance
- Homecare
Applicants must be a UK resident for the last 3+ years
Applicants must have GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications converted to match GCSE grading and have proof of these qualifications available.
Applicants with visa's are encouraged to apply. Your visa must cover the duration of the apprenticeship this is a requirement of all UK apprenticeships. Proof must be provided during the recruitment process.
Main duties of the job
- To work through the integrated Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship programme and complete all assignments and educational tasks to deadlines in order to satisfy the requirements for qualification and registration as a Pharmacy Technician.
- To gain practical experience and collect evidence in the tasks required of Pharmacy Technicians in various sections of the Pharmacy department under supervision of a registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Basingstoke, England. It is listed as a Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 24 months (Apprenticeship). The application deadline is 22 Nov 2026.
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