# Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician - Weston Site > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-pharmacy-technician-weston-site/befd57e8-cd1a-4a54-8e3c-a63d4c63e1fe - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-pharmacy-technician-weston-site/befd57e8-cd1a-4a54-8e3c-a63d4c63e1fe.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Salary:** £25,272 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 24 months (September 2028) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (20% off the job study time provided) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T15:12:31.331Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/WestonsuperMare/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8154648 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8154648?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview "Being an apprentice in the pharmacy team at Bristol Foundation Trust has been a great experience! It has given me the opportunity to learn new skills to be able to deliver safe and effective patient care to support people in their healthcare journeys" - 2nd year pre-registration pharmacy technician We have an exciting opportunity for a pre-registration pharmacy technician training position within our friendly and supportive pharmacy team at Bristol Foundation Trust (Weston Site) to undertake an innovative two-year apprenticeship on a fixed-term basis This is a great chance to develop your career, gain new qualifications, and contribute even more to patient care across the Trust. If you’re enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to take the next step, we’d love to hear from you! Benefits: - A robust and well structured timetable, with rotational placements in a variety of our pharmacy settings,  including clinical services, dispensaries, purchasing, clinical trials, Warfarin clinic and pharmacy informatics, and external placements across the local area, to experience all areas of pharmacy. - We offer flexible working, with the majority of our students now on a flexible working pattern - Being part of an experienced and supportive team within the pharmacy department - Upon successful completion of the 2-year apprenticeship, you will be eligible to register with the professional pharmacy body, the GPhC. ### Main duties of the job Main duties will include training to achieve competencies in the following areas: - Dispensing and accuracy checking - Ordering and receiving pharmaceutical stock (stock management) - Working in a clinical patient environment including carrying out Medicines Reconciliation and checking patients own medication - Supporting other pharmacy services within the department Alongside this day to day work you will also get off the job training time to develop the additional skills required to be a pharmacy technician, including understanding medicines regulations and law, increasing but not limited to clinical knowledge on the use of medicines and their mechanism of actions and principals of aseptic manufacture. Please note there are minimum academic requirements for access to this apprenticeship of 4 GCSE’s (or equivalent) A*-C/9-4, which must include Maths, English and Science (certificates will ideally be seen at interview) Candidates must be available to start the post by September 2026 If you want to find out more before submitting your application, contact \[email protected\] ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ## Person Specification ### Aptitudes **Essential** - Supportive - Respectful - Innovative - Collaborative ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Enthusiasm and motivation - Excellent communication and team working skills - Show an understanding of confidentiality - Organisational and time management skills required for planning own work/self-development - Ability to use initiative - Ability to identify and present evidence of knowledge, achievement and competence - Knowledge and understanding of career pathway - Flexibility and ability to work under pressure - Excellent attention to detail ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Good standard of literacy and numeracy - Computer literate **Desirable** - Previous experience of working in pharmacy - A good understanding of the role of a pharmacy technician - Understanding of the GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - 4 GCSE passes at grade C or 4 and above including Maths, English and Science (note you must have the necessary certificates available as evidence) **Desirable** - Qualifications at A level or above - NVQ Level 2 certificate in pharmacy service skills ### Public Sector Language Competency **Essential** - Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard ## Documents - [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3005) - [uhbw staff benefits book (pdf, 12.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2131) - [uhbw behaviours and values (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2476) - [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667) - [pre-registration pharmacy technician jd (pdf, 936.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463082) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.