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Opportunity with Links Pharmacy
You will be taking in and handing out prescriptions, dispensing and selling over-the-counter medicines. You will work towards a Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (integrated) apprenticeship standard.
Wage
- £15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training Course
- Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
Hours
- Shifts to be confirmed, with four days based in the pharmacy and one paid day at college. 37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start Date
- Saturday 1 August 2026
Duration
- 2 years
Positions Available
- 2
What You'll Do at Work
- Taking in and handing out prescriptions
- Receiving and ordering stock
- Selling over-the-counter medicines
- Dispensing
- Advising patients about medications
- Undertaking final checks on the prescriptions
Where You'll Work
129 East End Road London N2 0SZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
- Training provider: INSPIRE MIDDLESEX COLLEGE LTD
- Training course: Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)
What You'll Learn
- 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
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Training Schedule
- Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (integrated) Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
- The successful candidate will be working in the community pharmacy close to their home and attending college one day a week
- The candidate will also be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council Level 3 qualification
- On and off-the-job training and location to be confirmed
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Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Pharmacy Experience
Other Requirements
- Prior Pharmacy experience
About Us
Our reputation is built on our commitment to prompt professional, personal service and attention to detail, which is reflected in the services we offer and the time we take to get to know our clientele and how to best service their needs.
Career Progression
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
Can progress to working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital, community pharmacy, air force and pharmaceutical industries. In a hospital setting, there are several grades for pharmacy technicians. They can, for example, specialise in areas such as quality control, staff training, information technology, supplies procurement, clinical trials or medicines information services. Other roles may include managing a section of the pharmacy department.
Contact Information
- Contact for this apprenticeship: INSPIRE MIDDLESEX COLLEGE LTD
- Name: Andy Gill
- Email: info@inspiremiddlesexcollege.org
- Phone: 073 9876 0786
- Reference code: VAC2000010152
Closing Date
- Closes in 16 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
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