Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant

The range of duties is broad and varies depending on the post, but may include the following:

• Taking in and handing out prescriptions and dispensing prescriptions
• Using computer systems to generate stock lists and labels
• Helping to maintain stock levels
• Ordering items for use within a department
• Receiving, loading, and unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere
• Delivering pharmaceuticals and other goods to sites within a pharmacy department, and wards/departments/clinical areas
• Selling over-the-counter medicines
• Answering queries on the supply and availability of medicines
• Responding to telephone and face-to-face enquiries of a routine nature from patients and customers
• Bringing any problems identified or queries raised to the attention of pharmacists or pharmacy technicians
• Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines
• Assisting with the manufacture of medicines 
• Preparing medicines ‘aseptically’ (preparing medicines in a very clean environment using special techniques)
• Ensuring that health and safety requirements are met 

Most common daily duties are as follows:

• Scanning and labelling prescriptions 
• Bagging patient prescriptions
• Stock replenishment
• Stock rotation
• Serving customers
• General housekeeping

• Level 2 Pharmacy Assistant Apprenticeship Standard qualification
• How training will be delivered is to be confirmed 

• Full-time position may be available for the right candidate
• The opportunity to progress onto your Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship may also be available