Skills 4 Pharmacy

Skills 4 Pharmacy is an experienced Pharmacy Apprenticeship Training Provider dedicated to initiating and developing the careers of Pharmacy support staff and technicians. They manage the recruitment of apprentices, as well as their enrolment and training.

The company is owned and managed by pharmacists ensuring its training courses are perfectly tailored to meet industry needs. They have a team of experienced tutors on hand ready to guide and assist with any queries that may occur during the apprenticeship and to make the student’s learning journey a rewarding experience.

Skills 4 Pharmacy is a trusted provider of apprentices to some of the UK’s leading pharmacy employers – with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Day Lewis Pharmacy, Barts Health NHS Trust and Cohens chemist among them.

Level 2 Apprenticeship – Pharmacy Support Worker

Skills 4 Pharmacy has taken the Level 2 apprenticeship standard and looked at ways to ensure it meets the needs of pharmacy employers and provides flexibility and adaptability.

What the GPhC accredited course includes:

Learners will undertake a blended course which:

• includes medicines counter assistant and dispensing responsibilities
• consists of live tutorials delivered by video conferencing, recorded sessions and self-directed study
• includes work-based learning in the pharmacy under the guidance and supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacist technician
• collecting evidence of learning and building a portfolio, which will be put forward during end point assessments to demonstrate their competence.

On successful completion of the course, the learner will meet the apprenticeship standard at Level 2.

Course duration: 12 months + 3 months independent end point assessment

Level 3 Apprenticeship – Pharmacy technician

The level 3 programme includes an integrated qualification. Learners will be enrolled on the Level 3 diploma in the principles and practice for pharmacy technicians, which meets the GPhC education requirement to register as a pharmacy technician. Students will become a qualified Accuracy checking technician (ACT) as part of this course.

Pharmacists need to be able to delegate to colleagues they know have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to cope with the tasks they are given. The pharmacy technician apprenticeship will develop the role of the pharmacy technician, so that they can deal with routine queries and take added responsibility to enable the pharmacist to spend more time with patients or doing services.

Learners will undertake a blended course which includes similar learning formats to those mentioned above in Level 2.

On successful completion of the course, the learner will meet the apprenticeship standard at Level 3.

Course duration: 24 months + independent 3 months end point assessment

Apprenticeships resources

Apprenticeship Brochure and Course Costs:
You can read more about the new apprenticeship package and the course costs by downloading the Skills 4 Pharmacy brochure here

Pharmacy Success Stories:
Read how community pharmacies have benefited from an apprentice here.

Apprenticeship Webinar:
view the webinar from 22nd November, 2022 on demand here.

Off-the-job Training:
To find out more about what can be counted in the off the job training rule for apprenticeships, view the NPA’s infographic.