Level 2 Intermediate Pharmacy Apprentice
A fantastic opportunity for someone with an interest in science and an ability to learn quickly, to develop an exciting career in pharmacy. You will be taking in and handing out prescriptions, ordering items for use within a department, plus much more, detailed below.
Role
- Taking in and handing out prescriptions
- Dispensing prescriptions under supervision
- Using dispensary and stores computer systems to generate stock lists and labels
- Helping to maintain reasonable dispensary stock levels
- Ordering items for use within a department
- Receiving, loading, unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere
- Selling over the counter medicines
- Answering queries on the supply and availability of medicines, where this is within their competence
- Responding to telephone and face to face enquiries of a routine nature from patients, their representatives, members of the public and a wide range of staff groups, either in a pharmacy or in a ward and referring queries to the relevant member of the pharmacy team when necessary
- Drawing any problems identified or queries raised to the attention of pharmacists or pharmacy technicians
- Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines
- Ensuring that health and safety requirements are met
Training
Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship standard.
- Weekly release at our Walsall Campus - 1 day per week (term time only)
- Full-time apprentices will typically spend 15 months on-programme (before the gateway) working towards the occupational standard, with off the-job training
The purpose of the end point assessment (EPA) is to test that an apprentice is fully capable of doing their job before they receive their apprenticeship certificate. It also helps to demonstrate that what an apprentice has learned can be applied in the real world.
The focus is now on the outcome of an apprenticeship and apprentices have to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours that employers have identified they need.
- A successful apprenticeship will possibly lead to a full-time permanent contract
- Level 3 progressions (Pharmacy Technician) are also available
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)
- Training Provider
- WALSALL COLLEGE
- Working Week
- Specific days and shifts are to be confirmed with the pharmacy upon interview.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 6 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Tuesday, 25th August 2026
- Start Date
- Wednesday, 26th August 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- maths GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)