Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprentice

Servicing customers – selling over-the-counter medicines Taking and handing out prescriptions, dispensing prescriptions Promoting services Cash handling Ensuring tidiness of branch Using the dispensary's 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).

Please note, additional college day will be required if maths and English functional skills are required.

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 learnt 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:

Possibility to secure full-time employment with the pharmacy and up-skill to Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship (Pharmacy Technician).

Employer Description:
Our aim is to provide a professional service of the highest quality to our customers. We are an independent pharmacy, with a mission of caring for your health. Our pharmacy can help with all of your prescription requirements, as well as providing a range of NHS and private services, some of which you may not expect to find at your local pharmacy.

Working Hours :
Hours to be confirmed throughout the week but 9am until 1pm required every Saturday.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Customer care skills,Administrative skills,Team working,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience,Reliable,Good Time Keeping