Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprentice

The role will have various duties including, but not limited to:

Servicing customers - selling over the counter medicines Taking and handing out prescriptions, dispensing prescriptions Promoting services Cash handling Ensuring tidiness of branch Using a dispensary computer system to generate stock orders and labels Receiving, loading, and unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere

Training:

Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant 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

Training Outcome:
An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry-specific competence Potential for full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship Transferable skills that are invaluable in the wider world of work

Employer Description:
Stafford Health and Wellbeing (SHaW) is the new home for Browning Street Surgery. This is a well-respected practice that has been based in the north of Stafford since the NHS began. It was originally based on the Foregate before moving to Browning Street. It was the first Stafford practice to be modernised in 1991 when the practice premises were enlarged and for 6 months the practice operated from a porta-cabin. Within a few years, with the expansion of services, the practice had outgrown the building. Despite inadequate car-parking and no attached pharmacy patient numbers have remained the same whilst other practices have rebuilt and developed more modern premises. The strength of the practice is that it remains very patient focused delivering quality medical and nursing care from an experienced and well developed practice team. The building of new facilities as part of the Northfield Village development by Staffordshire County Council offers an incredible opportunity to take the skills of the practice team and place them in premises that are second to none anywhere in the area.

Working Hours :
Specific days and shifts are to be confirmed upon interview with the pharmacy.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience