# Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician, Band 4 (Annex 21) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-trainee-pharmacy-technician-band-4-annex-21/8cff98d6-fcf5-4059-9372-48638e1720fc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-registration-trainee-pharmacy-technician-band-4-annex-21/8cff98d6-fcf5-4059-9372-48638e1720fc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cheltenham - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £24,784.50 (pa pro rata if part-time) - **Contract type:** 24 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (09:00-17:30 Monday to Friday, Providing weekend, Bank Holiday and Late cover as per rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T09:00:50.091Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8002138 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8002138?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician you’ll develop the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Working within the team  to gain hands-on experience across the pharmacy. Under supervision and through structured training and assessment, you’ll build the competence and confidence to perform a wide range of duties essential to the pharmacy service. Pharmacy Technicians provide both routine and specialist services that demand professional judgement, accuracy, and attention to detail. You’ll work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals while upholding confidentiality and professionalism. Duties include supplying medicines and medical devices, assembling and labelling prescriptions, managing stock, supporting dispensary operations, and offering advice to patients and colleagues, referring queries to pharmacists when needed. This two-year, split-site training programme alternates between Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. You’ll follow a structured plan while completing the Advanced Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) Level 3 Apprenticeship with an approved training provider. Supported by induction, ongoing training, and regular feedback, you’ll gain the skills needed to succeed. Upon completion and passing the End Point Assessment, you’ll be eligible for GPhC registration. ### Main duties of the job Dispensary Responsibilities Assist with dispensing prescriptions  ensuring accuracy and adherence to procedures. Prepare compliance aid packs and provide basic medicine information to patients, referring complex queries when needed. Process prescriptions, payments, and private sales via the pharmacy system. Support controlled drug processes including register entries, stock checks, and discrepancy reporting, and occasionally help prepare simple extemporaneous medicines. Telephone & Reception Duties Respond to calls and enquiries  handling questions about prescriptions, availability, and missing charts. Escalate complex issues to pharmacists or departments as appropriate. Take verbal orders from authorised staff, record details accurately, and prioritise urgent or discharge-related requests. Ward-Based Duties Work with Medicines Optimisation Technicians and pharmacists to deliver patient-focused care. Communicate with patients and carers, assess patients’ own medicines, reconcile medication histories, and process supply needs. Support efficient discharge planning by ensuring timely medicine provision. Distribution Duties Assist with ward stock top-ups management and storage. Promote efficient medicine use and manage returns or disposals. Support order processing, data entry, and delivery receipt checks. General & Rotational Responsibilities Attend all required training and undertake rotations across specialist areas to gain pharmacy experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Additional working pattern details: 09:00-17:30 Monday to Friday, Providing weekend, Bank Holiday and Late cover as per rota Please see the attached Job Description for further information on this role and a full person specification. ## Job Details As a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician you’ll develop the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Working within the team to gain hands-on experience across the pharmacy. Under supervision and through structured training and assessment, you’ll build the competence and confidence to perform a wide range of duties essential to the pharmacy service. Pharmacy Technicians provide both routine and specialist services that demand professional judgement, accuracy, and attention to detail. You’ll work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals while upholding confidentiality and professionalism. Duties include supplying medicines and medical devices, assembling and labelling prescriptions, managing stock, supporting dispensary operations, and offering advice to patients and colleagues, referring queries to pharmacists when needed. This two-year, split-site training programme alternates between Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. You’ll follow a structured plan while completing the Advanced Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) Level 3 Apprenticeship with an approved training provider. Supported by induction, ongoing training, and regular feedback, you’ll gain the skills needed to succeed. Upon completion and passing the End Point Assessment, you’ll be eligible for GPhC registration. ## Job Description Dispensary Responsibilities Assist with dispensing prescriptions ensuring accuracy and adherence to procedures. Prepare compliance aid packs and provide basic medicine information to patients, referring complex queries when needed. Process prescriptions, payments, and private sales via the pharmacy system. Support controlled drug processes including register entries, stock checks, and discrepancy reporting, and occasionally help prepare simple extemporaneous medicines. Telephone & Reception Duties Respond to calls and enquiries handling questions about prescriptions, availability, and missing charts. Escalate complex issues to pharmacists or departments as appropriate. Take verbal orders from authorised staff, record details accurately, and prioritise urgent or discharge-related requests. Ward-Based Duties Work with Medicines Optimisation Technicians and pharmacists to deliver patient-focused care. Communicate with patients and carers, assess patients’ own medicines, reconcile medication histories, and process supply needs. Support efficient discharge planning by ensuring timely medicine provision. Distribution Duties Assist with ward stock top-ups management and storage. Promote efficient medicine use and manage returns or disposals. Support order processing, data entry, and delivery receipt checks. General & Rotational Responsibilities Attend all required training and undertake rotations across specialist areas to gain pharmacy experience. ## Responsibilities Additional working pattern details: 09:00-17:30 Monday to Friday, Providing weekend, Bank Holiday and Late cover as per rota Please see the attached Job Description for further information on this role and a full person specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Desirable** - Experience of pharmacy-based work - Previous experience in a healthcare environment/with medicine ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills - Cheerful, friendly personality - Honesty and integrity - Professional appearance - Positive, Motivated and reliable **Desirable** - Able to perform manual handling tasks - Capacity to work calmly under pressure. - Ability to adapt working hours to suit service needs on a daily basis. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - A desire to work in a hospital environment with a focus on Pharmacy ensuring you treat people with kindness, compassion and with dignity and respect - Ability to work on own initiative, independently and as part of a team - Good interpersonal skills to convey information and work effectively with patients and colleagues, and maintain good working relations with other healthcare staff - Have responsibility for their personal development and completion of the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) Apprenticeship - Strong communication skills and able to work as part of a team **Desirable** - Ability to manage own time and prioritise workload - Further academic qualifications (eg A Levels) ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Minimum of 4 GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English Language, Mathematics, one science subject or Double Science at Grade A* to C or 9 to 4) **Desirable** - Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Word and email programmes ## Documents - [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952) - [pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician job description (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10298836) ## 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.