Apprenticeship-Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Apprenticeship-Trainee Pharmacy Technician

NHS AfC:
Band 4

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 2 years (End Date: September 2028) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £21,113 - £22,622 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 12/03/2026

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

We are recruiting for an Apprenticeship - Trainee Pharmacy Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We can offer you a fantastic chance to ‘EARN WHILE YOU LEARN’ within our friendly Pharmacy Department.

The work is interesting and varied and you will gain skills in all areas of pharmacy including dispensing prescriptions, medicines reconciliation and counselling patients. You will work towards completing an accuracy checking of prescribed items competency as well as ward-based competencies.

The successful candidate will be employed on a 2 year fixed term contract and will be sponsored to work towards the Level 4 Higher Education Certificate in Pharmacy Technician Practice provided by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Salary (based on 2026 pay rates) year 1 = £21,113, year 2 = £22,622.

You will need a minimum of 5 GCSEs grade 4 or above (or equivalent) which must include Maths, English, Chemistry and Biology (double science accepted).

* Applicants must meet apprenticeship funding requirements. Proof of GCSEs/equivalent will need to be shown in interview*

* Please note post will not start until September 2026*

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:
Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

You will be required to attend network study days approximately every 5 weeks. Successful completion of the qualification will enable you to work as a qualified registered Pharmacy Technician.

To undertake Level 4 Higher Education Certificate in Pharmacy Technician Practice to become a qualified registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) ensuring all deadlines are met.

Prepare and dispense medicinal products.

Assist in the pharmacy ‘Topping up’ service supplying medicinal products to wards and departments.

Complete the accuracy checking accreditation to final check prescription items once qualified and registered with the GPhC.

To complete medicines reconciliation competencies: checking patient’s own medications for suitability, ordering patient specific medications, providing patient counselling and confirming patient’s drug history.

To participate in the Saturday, Sunday, late night and Bank Holiday rotas.

* Please note course provider may be subject to change due to current changes in legislation*

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New…