Start Your Career in Healthcare with York’s Leading Independent Pharmacy

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a recognised qualification whilst developing practical skills in a busy, modern community pharmacy, working alongside experienced pharmacists & dispensers to support patients with medication & healthcare advice.

During your apprenticeship, you will gain hands-on experience in all aspects of community pharmacy, including:

• Supporting the dispensing of prescriptions
• Preparing and labelling medication
• Assisting patients at the pharmacy counter
• Ordering, receiving and managing stock
• Using pharmacy computer systems
• Supporting NHS and private healthcare services
• Learning about medicines and patient care
• Working safely and accurately within pharmacy procedures

You’ll become an important part of a friendly and supportive healthcare team.

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Course Contents

• Receive and log prescriptions
• Assemble prescribed items, undertake an in-process accuracy check and issue prescribed items
• Work according to legislative requirements, and organisational policies
• Order, receive, maintain and issue pharmaceutical stock
• Provide appropriate advice when authorised on supplied medicines and products, their storage and disposal
• Work within the parameters of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the pharmacy
• Act in accordance with systems and organisational governance
• Recognise and act within the pharmacy regulatory, legal and ethical standards
• Support the team in the development of others
• Maintain and further develop your own skills and knowledge through development activities; maintain evidence of your personal development and actively prepare for and participate in appraisal
• Communicate effectively with the public, carers and other health and social care professionals using a range of techniques to determine their needs, and keep information confidential
• Handle information (record, report and store information) related to individuals and/or patients in line with local and national policies
• Use pharmacy IT systems and other IT resources according to legislative requirements and organisational policies
• Demonstrate person-centred care and support within a pharmacy setting
• Make pharmacy patients and patient safety your first concern
• Use judgement and refer service user as appropriate to another member of the team, GP, healthcare worker, manufacturer etc
• Maintain the interests of patients and the health of the public
• Promote and advocate equality, diversity and inclusion
• Promote healthy lifestyles to customers
• Work safely within the parameters of your role using Standard Operating Procedures
• Apply policies which relate to health and safety at work
• Act appropriately in situations to prevent harm to yourself and others