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Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship

Level 2 - Intermediate

Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship

The Pharmacy Assistant (PA) works under the supervision of a Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, or other accountable healthcare professional. The PA provides a variety of pharmacy and medicines services to patients, the public and other professional healthcare teams. The PA supports the delivery of pharmacy services in a variety of pharmacy environments.

If you are looking to apply for this apprenticeship and are available to start immediately, please follow this link where you will find our current apprenticeship vacancies.

A PA will be involved in supporting the supply, preparation and assembly of medicines and products; issuing them to patients and other healthcare professionals and assisting in providing advice to patients to help them to make effective use of their medicines. They will be responsible for ordering and receiving medicines, as well as their storage, disposal and return. They will have an understanding of healthy lifestyle choices and relevant screening services. They will understand and work to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by their organisation to help staff carry out routine operations. SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality output and uniformity of performance, while reducing miscommunication and failure to comply with pharmacy regulations.

For any other information about this particular apprenticeship please contact us via apprenticeships@bmet.ac.uk.

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Applicants must have 4 GCSE’s Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English. Applicants looking to progress onto the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) Standard will require as a minimum (upon entry at Level 2) 4 GCSE’s at grade C/4 and above including Maths, English and Science.

Of equal importance are skills like motivation and work ethic, good interpersonal skills, good communication skills and a willingness to learn.

Classroom knowledge delivery, feedback professional discussion, action planning and skills development/CPD in the workplace.

End point Assessment will be carried out towards the end of the programme by an external organisation chosen by the employer.

Mandatory Qualification: Level 2 diploma in principles and practice for pharmacy support staff. This qualification is recognised by the general pharmacy council (GPhC)

On completion of this apprenticeship, you could work in a pharmacy as a Dispensing Assistant, Counter Assistant, Assistant Technical Officer (ATO), Aseptic Services Assistant

  • Person centred care and communication
  • Principles of health and safety
  • Effective teamwork within pharmacy services
  • Personal development for pharmacy support staff
  • Principles of safe manufacturing
  • Dispensing and supply of prescribed medicines and medicinal product
  • Managing pharmaceutical stock
  • Selling over the counter medicines and medicinal products

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