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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Winchester Hybrid 0-2 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 1,927 employees
PharmacyPharmaceutical SciencesPatient CareEvidence CollectionMedicines Management

Requirements

Applicants must be UK residents for the last 3+ years and have GCSE grades A-C (9-4) or equivalent qualifications. Proof of qualifications must be available during the recruitment process.

Job Description

This 24 month apprenticeship role starting September 2026 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 as well as the 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.

  • 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.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Harrison-Burrows Job title: Specialist Education and Training Pharmacy Tech Email address: Alice.Harrison-Burrows@hhft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01962 824859

Education

High School

Skills

PharmacyPharmaceutical SciencesPatient CareEvidence CollectionMedicines ManagementClinical TrialsAseptic TechniquesMedicines SafetyGovernanceHomecareTeamworkCommunicationTime ManagementProblem SolvingAttention to DetailCustomer Service

About Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patient care is at the heart of everything we do. We serve around 600,000 people and run three hospitals - Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester – as well as community services and specialist services for which we are recognised nationally and internationally. We also provide care at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice in Andover and outpatient services in Alton, Bordon and Romsey. Below is some great information about what we do at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: • In the NHS Staff Survey, our own staff recommended us as good places to work and be treated. • We hold an annual Director of Nursing Awards and monthly WOW awards for staff. • Our staff are encouraged to innovate and improve patient care – we are active in research and development. • We have some of the lowest infection rates in England. • Patients rate us better than average on privacy, respect and dignity and also praise the cleanliness of our hospitals. • Our stroke service is recognised as one of the best performing in the UK. • We are one of only two centres in the UK treating the rare abdominal cancer pseudomyxoma peritonei and we are leaders in the field of liver and colorectal cancers. • We are pioneering intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer. All of our available vacancies can be found at www.jobs.nhs.uk