Pharmacy Technician
Job description: Dispense medication, provide pharmaceutical advice and order medical supplies at RAF stations and on deployed operations
Pay after one year: £17,980
Joining age: 16 – 29
Category: Airmen/airwomen
Usual service: 9 years
Open to: men or women
Similar civilian jobs:
- Hospital pharmacy technician
- Community pharmacy technician
- Pharmaceutical representative
- Pathology technician
Qualifications you need: Four GCSEs/SCEs at Grade C/3 minimum or equivalent, including English language, maths and two approved science subjects
Qualifications you can gain: NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical services
Nationality: Citizen of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth citizen since birth
The job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you’ll provide professional pharmacy support and advice at medical centres on RAF stations and at Defence Secondary Care Agency hospital units in the UK and Cyprus. As in the civilian sector, your main roles will be dispensing medication, giving pharmaceutical advice and providing logistical support by ordering and looking after medical supplies. Pharmacy Technicians in the RAF can expect a greater range of responsibility, tasks and working locations than in civilian life, including the opportunity to take part in operational deployments.
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