Job overview

We are looking for extremely motivated individuals to join our dynamic team to train to become Pharmacy Technicians registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). These highly sought after posts will start on 22nd September 2025 and successful candidates will work full time, gaining all necessary practical skills as well as being released for weekly study sessions and committing own time to study.

This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with Pharmacy experience to progress their career, or people who may want to start or change their career and who have a passion for helping others to manage their health conditions with medicines.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician Apprentice you will be trained with the knowledge and skills to optimise patients’ use of medicines:

In the dispensary to dispense medication including controlled drugs, receive and validate prescriptions, communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals and accuracy check prescriptions before release.

In the ward setting:  Work as part of a multi-professional team to check patients own drugs and supply medications for individuals, take patient drug histories, undertake medicines reconciliation, counsel patients on the use of their medicines as required under supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician.

In other Pharmacy areas: to gain knowledge and understanding of the full range of duties undertaken by Pharmacy staff.

You will be expected to develop leadership skills that reflect the regulatory requirements of the profession.

You will complete study days, assignments and assessments through the University of East Anglia to provide you with the knowledge required for the role and will be trained in person on the job and be assessed regularly by experienced work based assessors in order to build up your skills in all the required areas through a structured timetable. 

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. 

Our Values 

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both 

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care 

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.