Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician – Advanced Apprenticeship
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7583390/214-CSTO-7583390 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Join Our Team as a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician!
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Pharmacy Department is excited to announce an opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our first-year Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician cohort. This unique training program offers hands-on experience in various areas, including Dispensary and ward-based services across all four divisions: Admissions, General Medicine, Healthcare of the Older Person, and Surgery, at Kings Mill Hospital.
Why Join Us?
• Comprehensive Training: Gain valuable experience in an acute hospital pharmacy setting.
• Diverse Learning Opportunities: Work across multiple divisions, enhancing your skills and knowledge.
• Collaborative Environment: Liaise with clinicians and work within multi-disciplinary teams to provide exceptional patient care.
Role Details:
• Patient-Centred Care: Ensure patients receive the right medicine at the right time.
• Two-Year Placement: Includes day release once a week for virtual college attendance and on-the-job learning.
• Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Integrated Apprenticeship: Achieve this qualification through a blend of practical experience and academic study.
• Home Study: Dedicate a minimum of 20 hours per month to coursework at home.
If you are passionate about patient care and eager to develop your skills in a dynamic hospital environment, we would love to hear from you!
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
Join Our Team as a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician!
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Pharmacy Department is excited to announce an opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our first-year Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician cohort. This unique training program offers hands-on experience in various areas, including Dispensary and ward-based services across all four divisions: Admissions, General Medicine, Healthcare of the Older Person, and Surgery, at Kings Mill Hospital.
Why Join Us?
• Comprehensive Training: Gain valuable experience in an acute hospital pharmacy setting.
• Diverse Learning Opportunities: Work across multiple divisions, enhancing your skills and knowledge.
• Collaborative Environment: Liaise with clinicians and work within multi-disciplinary teams to provide exceptional patient care.
Role Details:
• Patient-Centred Care: Ensure patients receive the right medicine at the right time.
• Two-Year Placement: Includes day release once a week for virtual college attendance and on-the-job learning.
• Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Integrated Apprenticeship: Achieve this qualification through a blend of practical experience and academic study.
• Home Study: Dedicate a minimum of 20 hours per month to coursework at home.
If you are passionate about patient care and eager to develop your skills in a dynamic hospital environment, we would love to hear from you!
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
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