Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship — Timperley
About the role:
As a Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, you'll train towards becoming a registered healthcare professional, working alongside pharmacists to ensure the safe, accurate and lawful supply of medicines. This is a genuinely demanding apprenticeship that will stretch you academically and professionally — you'll develop deep clinical knowledge, sharp technical skills, and real responsibility for patient safety.
Key responsibilities:
- Preparing, assembling and supplying prescription medicines accurately and safely, in line with legal and clinical standards.
- Providing clear, person-centred advice on prescription and over-the-counter medicines, and referring appropriately to pharmacists or other healthcare professionals.
- Supporting the day-to-day running of the pharmacy, including stock control, ordering, business processes and clinical governance.
Using pharmacy systems to process prescriptions, orders and patient records accurately.
- Supporting and helping to train pharmacy support staff as you progress.
- Contributing to audits, service evaluations and continuous improvement.
- Maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, confidentiality and patient safety at all times.Qualification:
- Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship (equivalent to A-level).
- On successful completion, you'll be eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician.
- Training delivered through blended learning alongside your role.
What we're looking for:
- A strong academic background and a quick, curious mind.
- Excellent numeracy and confidence with detailed, technical information.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a genuine commitment to patient safety.
- Clear communication skills and a professional, calm manner.
- Ability to work accurately in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to commit fully to the length and demands of the apprenticeship.
Why apply?
- Train towards a regulated healthcare profession with long-term career security.
- Earn a competitive salary while gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
- Progress into more senior clinical, managerial or specialist roles within pharmacy.
Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline if a suitable candidate is found — so don't wait to apply!
Where you'll work
72 WOOD LANE
TIMPERLEY
WA15 7PL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
I & F LIMITED
Training course
Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
- Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
- Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
- Accurately assemble prescribed items
- Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
- Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
- Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
- Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
- Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
- Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
- Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
- Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
- Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
- Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
- Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
- Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
- Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
- Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
- Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
- Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
- Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
- Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
- Check and review their own and others work effectively
- Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
- Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
- Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
- Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
- Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
- Respond to medical emergencies
- Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
- Effectively supervise other members of the team
- Recognise and work within their scope of practice and skills,
- Use relevant data and information to make effective decisions
- Accurately retrieve and reconcile information about a person’s medicines
- Accurately assemble prescribed items
- Issue prescribed items safely and effectively and take action to deal with discrepancies carry out an accuracy check of dispensed medicines and products
- Accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure the safety of people
- Apply the principles of clinical governance and ensure person’s confidentiality
- Assess a person’s present supply of medicines and order appropriate medicines and products.
- Receive requests for medicines, including prescriptions, and check for their validity, safety and clarity, taking action to deal with any problems with the person directly
- Demonstrate operational skills within their scope of practice
- Provide a safe, effective and responsive pharmacy service
- Take personal responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply of medicines
- Apply the principles of governance to pharmacy operational processes
- Ensure the confidentiality of patient data.
- Communicate and work effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
- Explain the impact of audit and evaluation on the quality of pharmacy operations and services
- Engage others in the improvement of processes and systems
- Effectively use systems to support the safe and effective management and supply of medicines
- Listen to a person, understand their needs and interpret what matters to them.
- Give the person all relevant information and advice in a way they can understand, so they can make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing
- Optimise a person’s medicines to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Obtain relevant information from people – including patients, carers and other healthcare professionals – and use it to optimise care appropriately
- Adapt information and communication to meet the needs of particular audiences
- Check and review their own and others work effectively
- Suggest and implement personal goals and methods of improvement
- Maintain CPD outcomes that meet with regulatory requirements
- Identify and respond effectively to errors and near misses
- Ensure effective safeguards are in place particularly for children and vulnerable adults
- Prioritise time and resources effectively to achieve local and national objectives
- Respond to medical emergencies
- Ensure that health and safety controls are embedded and working
- Effectively supervise other members of the team
Training schedule
Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) Level 3.
RequirementsEssential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths and English and Science (grade 5-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to pass an enhanced DBS check before starting the role. A full UK driving licence and access to own transport is preferred. Given the nature of the work, a professional attitude, strict respect for patient confidentiality, and the ability to handle sensitive information responsibly are essential.
About this employer
High Speed Pharmacy is a friendly pharmacy based in Timperley, combining the personal care of a traditional community pharmacy with the convenience of modern digital services — all delivered by a small, caring and supportive team.
http://www.highspeedpharmacy.co.uk
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
On successful completion, you'll be a qualified, GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician — a regulated healthcare professional with excellent long-term career prospects. Progression routes include Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT), medicines management, clinical or specialist technician roles and pharmacy team leadership.
Pay: £22,880.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
