Apprentice Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Apprentice Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) Split Post Advert

Salary - Band 3

Hours - minimum 30 hours/week

2 years Fixed term contract

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated, patient focused individual with excellent communication skills to join our supportive and friendly Medicines Support Team on an apprenticeship programme.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work alongside pharmacy, nursing and other health care professionals to support and deliver effective medicines optimisation within Localas intermediate care settings and out in the community. The successful candidate will be supported to gain the skills and knowledge required to register as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). They will benefit from the full support of an Educational Supervisor in each workplace and within the educational setting.

This is a split post training programme which will expose candidates to both community services and the NHS hospital environment.

The successful candidate will be providing care to patients within our bed bases and their own homes at Locala and completing rotations at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust sowill need a full driving license and access to a vehicle to travel between sites.

In view of this being a rotational post the ability to work efficiently and to be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate with a range of colleagues and integrate into multiple teams is essential.

The trainee will need to work a minimum of 30 hours a week due to apprenticeship commitments.

This is a fixed-term contract for the duration of the training programme and the candidate will be expected to commit to completing this in this timeframe. Although every effort will be made to provide a substantive position at the end of the training period, this cannot be guaranteed.

About us

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.