# Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician Apprentice > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-trainee-pharmacy-technician-apprentice/77bee523-c78d-42b2-98d6-71b6dfe8fe00 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-trainee-pharmacy-technician-apprentice/77bee523-c78d-42b2-98d6-71b6dfe8fe00.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trinity House (Trust Headquarters) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** 2 years (Fixed Term - Apprenticeship) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. 1 One day per week for off the job learning for apprenticeship) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T18:01:16.099Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Ashford_Trust_sites_Kentwide/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8271225 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8271225?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician to join our expanding and friendly pharmacy team on a 2-year fixed term training post, starting in February 2027. Learn while you earn! This an apprenticeship training post where you will be working towards the skills and competencies required to become a registered Pharmacy Technician whilst being a core member of the team. You will complete a Level 4 Certificate in the Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Technicians as your underpinning knowledge course. Learning is through a hybrid-delivered course run by the University of East Anglia. You will be working towards all elements outlined in the job description below throughout your 2-year training programme. You will be expected to travel across the Trust and will also undertake part of your learning at one of our training partner organisations. The Pharmacy Team supports safe and effective medicines use for patients across the Trust in a variety of settings which include community hospitals, patient homes and clinics. ### Main duties of the job Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician, your daily activities will include: - To accurately dispense and accuracy check clinically screened prescriptions for patients in accordance with the KCHFT or partner organisation training sites Standard Operating Procedure. - To develop skills around reconciling patients’ medicines and checking patients own drugs as part of the Medicines Optimisation process. - Support person-centred care by involving patients and carers in decisions relating to medicines and medicines optimisation activities appropriate to your level of training. - One day per week to complete the required underpinning knowledge learning for the apprenticeship which enables completion of all related competencies and evidence collection required. - To participate fully in the development of own learning and proactively seek learning opportunities, meeting deadlines as agreed. Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further. The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a team. - Able to manage time, prioritise and organise work in order to meet deadlines. - You will need have good IT skills as well as sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Some knowledge of KCHFT, its mission and values. **Desirable** - Awareness of NHS priorities, medicines optimisation and patient safety principles. ### Experience **Essential** - Customer service experience or working with people **Desirable** - Ability to demonstrate initiatives ### Qualifications **Essential** - Minimum of 4 GCSEs at Grade C / 4 and above, including English language, maths and at least one science subject. **Desirable** - A level 2 pharmacy course and / or some pharmacy experience ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 411.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10594856) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## 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.