Pharmacy Apprenticeship Technician Overcomes the Odds

Pharmacy technician Kiera Dwyer has proven willpower, dedication and dedication to attain a sequence of {qualifications} to assist the group pharmacy the place she works in Abercynon.

Kiera, 24, from Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, who has Asperger’s and Irlen Syndrome, which is often known as visible stress, has taken on further duty to permit pharmacists at Sheppards Pharmacy, a part of the Avicenna group, extra time to take care of entrance line sufferers. This has resulted within the pharmacy receiving a score of as much as 100% from sufferers.

Kiera Dwyer has overcome the impediment to attain an apprenticeship.

She has accomplished a Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician Coaching Programme Apprenticeship which included a BTEC Stage 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science via awarding physique Pearson and a Metropolis & Guilds Stage 3 in Pharmacy Service Abilities.

The apprenticeship was delivered by Well being Schooling and Enchancment Wales (HEIW) with assist from ALS Coaching.

In recognition of her dedication to studying, Kiera has been shortlisted for the Apprentice of the Yr Award on the prestigious Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2022. The winners can be introduced at a digital awards ceremony on November 10.

The awards spotlight the excellent achievements, throughout unprecedented occasions, of employers, apprentices and work-based studying practitioners.

Spotlight of the 12 months for apprentices, employers and work-based studying suppliers and practitioners, the awards are organised by the Welsh Authorities and supported by the Nationwide Coaching Federation for Wales (NTfW). Headline sponsor for the third 12 months is Openreach.

To beat the visible stress attributable to studying textual content on white paper, Kiera invested in a purple Irlen Pukka pad and rewrote important items of knowledge that she wanted to revise. This allowed her to cease work at cheap time as a substitute of staying as much as 3am.

She started her apprenticeship shortly earlier than the pandemic started and remained engaged on the NHS frontline on the pharmacy to make sure that sufferers acquired important treatment.

Apart from dealing with the pandemic, Kiera additionally needed to take care of a sequence of traumatic household occasions, together with the lack of her beloved grandfather. Regardless of these occasions, she didn’t miss a deadline for her {qualifications}.

Kiera defined,

“I needed an apprenticeship to have the ability to apply information that I study, together with how medical circumstances can have an effect on sufferers and the way totally different drug lessons in remedies work in several methods.”

“I overcame a number of obstacles to finish my apprenticeship as the chances had been stacked towards me from the beginning. Regardless of this, I managed to make it to the opposite facet and never solely accomplished my apprenticeship but additionally my BTEC and NVQ {qualifications}.”

Rhiannon Burke, supervisor at Sheppards Pharmacy, stated,

“Kiera has been a continuing assist within the pharmacy by taking the strain off the pharmacists and supporting with their workload as a main level of referral.”

“She deserves to be recognised for her willpower, dedication, dedication, and excessive degree of ability in reaching her qualification.”

Congratulating Kiera and all the opposite shortlisted finalists, Financial system Minister Vaughan Gething stated:

 “Apprenticeships make an enormous contribution to our financial system and can be essential as Wales continues to bounce again from the pandemic.”

“They can assist futureproof, inspire and diversify a workforce, providing individuals the prospect to achieve high-quality vocational abilities.”

“As a part of our Younger Particular person’s Assure, the Welsh Authorities can be investing £366 million over the following three years to ship 125,000 all-age apprenticeships throughout Wales throughout the present time period of presidency.”

“We wish to improve alternatives for individuals of all ages and backgrounds to develop transferable abilities within the office and enhance their lives. The funding may also assist sort out abilities shortages and gaps in precedence sectors important to drive productiveness and financial development, supporting our web zero ambitions, the every-day foundational financial system and public providers.”

The Apprenticeship Programme is funded by the Welsh Authorities with assist from the European Social Fund. For extra details about recruiting an apprentice, go to: https://gov.wales/apprenticeships-genius-decision or name 03000 603000.

Mae technegydd fferyllol o’r enw Kiera Dwyer wedi dangos penderfyniad, ymroddiad ac ymrwymiad wrth sicrhau cyfres o gymwysterau i gefnogi ei gwaith mewn fferyllfa gymunedol yn Abercynon.

Mae Kiera, 24, o Rydyfelin, Pontypridd, sydd â Syndrom Asperger ac Irlen, a elwir hefyd yn straen gweledol, wedi cymryd cyfrifoldeb ychwanegol er mwyn rhoi mwy o amser i fferyllwyr yn Fferyllfa Sheppards, sy’n rhan o grŵp Avicenna, i ymdrin â chleifion. O ganlyniad i hyn, mae’r fferyllfa wedi cael sgôr o hyd at 100% gan gleifion.

Mae wedi cwblhau Prentisiaeth Rhaglen Hyfforddi Technegwyr Fferylliaeth Cyn-gofrestru a oedd yn cynnwys Diploma BTEC Lefel 3 mewn Gwyddor Fferyllol trwy’r corff dyfarnu Pearson, a Metropolis & Guilds Lefel 3 mewn Sgiliau Gwasanaethau Fferylliaeth.

Cyflwynwyd y brentisiaeth gan Addysg a Gwella Iechyd Cymru (AaGIC) gyda chefnogaeth ALS Coaching.

I gydnabod ei hymroddiad i ddysgu, mae Kiera wedi cyrraedd rhestr fer gwobr Prentis y Flwyddyn yng ngornest fawreddog Gwobrau Prentisiaethau Cymru 2022. Cyhoeddir enwau’r enillwyr mewn seremoni wobrwyo rithwir ar 10 Tachwedd.

Mae’r gwobrau’n tynnu sylw at y rhyfeddodau y mae cyflogwyr, prentisiaid ac ymarferwyr dysgu seliedig ar waith wedi’u cyflawni yn y cyfnod anodd hwn.

Y gwobrau yw uchafbwynt y flwyddyn i brentisiaid, cyflogwyr, a darparwyr ac ymarferwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith. Cânt eu trefnu gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’u cefnogi gan Ffederasiwn Hyfforddiant Cenedlaethol Cymru (NTfW). Eleni, am y drydedd flwyddyn, Openreach yw’r prif noddwr.

Er mwyn dod dros y straen gweledol a achosir wrth ddarllen testun ar bapur gwyn, buddsoddodd Kiera mewn pad Irlen Pukka porffor ac ailysgrifennu darnau hanfodol o wybodaeth yr oedd angen iddi eu hadolygu. Roedd hyn yn golygu ei bod yn gallu rhoi’r gorau i weithio ar amser rhesymol yn hytrach na bod wrth y gwaith tan 3am.

Dechreuodd ar ei phrentisiaeth ychydig cyn y pandemig a daliodd ati i weithio ar reng flaen y GIG yn y fferyllfa i sicrhau bod cleifion yn derbyn meddyginiaethau hanfodol.

Yn ogystal ag ymdopi â’r pandemig, bu’n rhaid i Kiera ddelio â nifer o ddigwyddiadau teuluol trawmatig, gan gynnwys colli ei thad-cu a oedd yn annwyl iawn ganddi. Er gwaethaf hyn, ni chollodd yr un o ddyddiadau cau ei chymwysterau.

Dywedodd Kiera,

“Roeddwn i eisiau gwneud prentisiaeth er mwyn gallu cymhwyso’r wybodaeth rydw i’n ei dysgu, yn cynnwys sut y gall cyflyrau meddygol effeithio ar gleifion a sut mae gwahanol ddosbarthiadau cyffuriau’n gweithio mewn gwahanol ffyrdd.”

“Fe wnes i oresgyn llawer o rwystrau i gwblhau fy mhrentisiaeth ac roedd anawsterau’n fy wynebu o’r cychwyn cyntaf. Er gwaethaf hyn, llwyddais i gyrraedd yr ochr draw gan gwblhau fy nghymwysterau BTEC ac NVQ yn ogystal â fy mhrentisiaeth.”

Dywedodd Rhiannon Burke, rheolwr yn Fferyllfa Sheppards,

“Mae Kiera wedi rhoi ei chefnogaeth gyson i’r fferyllfa trwy dynnu’r pwysau oddi ar y fferyllwyr a helpu i leihau eu llwyth gwaith nhw.”

“Mae hello’n haeddu cael ei chydnabod am fod yn benderfynol, yn ymroddedig a dangos ymrwymiad, ac am fod mor fedrus wrth ennill ei chymhwyster.”

Wrth longyfarch Kiera a phawb arall ar y rhestrau byrion, dywedodd Vaughan Gething, Gweinidog yr Economi,

“Mae prentisiaethau’n gwneud cyfraniad enfawr at ein heconomi a byddant yn hollbwysig wrth i Gymru barhau i ddod dros y pandemig.”

“Gallant helpu i baratoi gweithlu at y dyfodol, ei ysgogi a sicrhau amrywiaeth, gan roi cyfle i bobl ennill sgiliau galwedigaethol o safon uchel.”

“Fel rhan o’n Gwarant i Bobl Ifanc, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru’n buddsoddi £366 miliwn dros y tair blynedd nesaf i ddarparu 125,000 o brentisiaethau bob-oed ledled Cymru yn ystod tymor presennol y llywodraeth.”

“Rydyn ni’n awyddus i wella cyfleoedd i bobl o bob oed a phob cefndir i ddatblygu sgiliau trosglwyddadwy yn y gweithle a gwella’u bywydau. Yn ogystal, bydd y buddsoddiad yn helpu i fynd i’r afael â phrinder sgiliau a bylchau mewn sgiliau yn y sectorau blaenoriaeth. Mae hyn yn hollbwysig er mwyn hybu cynhyrchiant a thwf economaidd, gan gefnogi ein huchelgeisiau sero web, yr economi sylfaenol a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.”

Caiff y Rhaglen Brentisiaethau ei hariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru gyda chymorth Cronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop (ESF). Os hoffech wybod rhagor am recriwtio prentis, ewch i: https://llyw.cymru/prentisiaethau-dewis-doeth neu ffonio 03000 603000.