Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician - Weston Site Weston-super-Mare

We have an exciting opportunity for a pre-registration pharmacy technician training position within our friendly and supportive pharmacy team at Bristol Foundation Trust (Weston Site) to undertake an innovative two-year apprenticeship on a fixed-term basis. This is a great chance to develop your career, gain new qualifications, and contribute even more to patient care across the Trust. If you're enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to take the next step, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits:

• A robust and well-structured timetable, with rotational placements in a variety of our pharmacy settings, including clinical services, dispensaries, purchasing, clinical trials, Warfarin clinic and pharmacy informatics, and external placements across the local area.
• Flexible working, with the majority of our students now on a flexible working pattern.
• Being part of an experienced and supportive team within the pharmacy department.
• Upon successful completion of the 2-year apprenticeship, you will be eligible to register with the professional pharmacy body, the GPhC.

Please note, this vacancy is based at Weston General Hospital, please ensure you can commute prior to applying.

Main duties of the job:

• Training to achieve competencies in dispensing and accuracy checking.
• Ordering and receiving pharmaceutical stock (stock management).
• Working in a clinical patient environment including carrying out Medicines Reconciliation and checking patients' own medication.
• Supporting other pharmacy services within the department.

Alongside this day-to-day work, you will also get off-the-job training time to develop the additional skills required to be a pharmacy technician, including understanding medicines regulations and law, increasing but not limited to clinical knowledge on the use of medicines and their mechanism of actions and principles of aseptic manufacture.

Please note there are minimum academic requirements for access to this apprenticeship of 4 GCSE's (or equivalent) A*-C/9-4, which must include Maths, English and Science (certificates will ideally be seen at interview). Candidates must be available to start the post by September 2026.

About Us:

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Person Specification:

Qualifications and Training:

• Essential: 4 GCSE passes at grade C or 4 and above including Maths, English and Science (note you must have the necessary certificates available as evidence).
• Desirable: Qualifications at A level or above, NVQ Level 2 certificate in pharmacy service skills.

Aptitudes:

• Essential: Supportive, Respectful, Innovative, Collaborative.

Public Sector Language Competency:

• Essential: Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Essential: Good standard of literacy and numeracy, Computer literate.
• Desirable: Previous experience of working in pharmacy, A good understanding of the role of a pharmacy technician, Understanding of the GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals.

Skills and Abilities:

• Essential: Enthusiasm and motivation, Excellent communication and team working skills, Show an understanding of confidentiality, Organisational and time management skills required for planning own work/self-development, Ability to use initiative, Ability to identify and present evidence of knowledge, achievement and competence, Knowledge and understanding of career pathway, Flexibility and ability to work under pressure, Excellent attention to detail.

Additional Information:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.