Job Description

About Boots

We are the UK\'s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2500 stores in the UK, our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they thought possible. For almost 170 years, we have used our expertise to help improve the health and wellbeing of local communities. Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance.

What you can expect:

As a Pharmacist with us, it goes without saying that you\'ll be providing excellent customer and patient care it\'s more than just dispensing medicine, it\'s listening to and inspiring others whilst giving them your expert advice and reassurance.

• Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
• Building pharmacy capability of store teams
• Conducting continual review through audit, observations and risk assessment to ensure customer and patient safety is paramount
• Delivering a range of professional pharmacy services

What\'s in it for you?

Pharmacists are at the heart of our business and have been since we opened our first pharmacy 170 years ago. We know how important it is to reward the great work they do. We have a range of benefits that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit individual needs. These include:

• Competitive base salary
• Market leading pension contributions
• Annual performance based bonus
• 33 days including bank holidays with the option to buy more
• Bespoke location benefits that could include relocation support, location allowance, location honorarium (dependent on location)
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Boots staff discount
• GPHC fees paid
• Contribution towards RPS fees
• Access to our benefits platform such as cycle to work, child care vouchers, additional holiday purchase, gym discount, dental insurance, life insurance, critical illness insurance to name a few!

What\'s next for you?

Career Progression:You will be able to develop your career with a wide variety of opportunities. From continuing your professional development in clinical services, to becoming one of over 2,200 Macmillan Information Pharmacists, or progressing into store management, we\'ll give you all the training and support you need from our award winning L&D team.

Variety: With the opportunity to work in the community, in local health centres, care services and hospitals, to busy retail stores and airports, you will be able to do what you love, in a store that you love. You\'ll be working in a fast paced, inspiring environment that allows you to deliver genuine care and build great relationships with your patients, customers, and your team.

What you need: To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help others feel good. In addition you will:

• Be registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)
• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, patients, customers and external local professionals
• Have a passion for community pharmacy and providing the best care for our customers.
• Have a love of working collaboratively with a team-centred approach
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
• Role model communication skills; you will hold excellent face to face interactions to effectively meet the varied needs of customers and patients in pharmacy

We offer a number of flexible working options to suit our colleagues needs including job share and part time working. Our website shows examples of colleagues enjoying different working patterns. If this interests you, please talk to us about it.

This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check, Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.

Vacancy Reference Number

213402BR

Job Code

AGD_05101 Relief Pharmacist

Area

195 - East Somerset and Dorset

Company

UK Stores

Hours per week

8 to 16 hours per week, 16 to 24 hours per week, 25 to 34 hours per week, Over 35 hours per week

Office use only

No

Region

9 - South West

Store

444 - ILMINSTER

Full or Part time

Full-time, Part-time

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Contract Type

Permanent

Need To Know

Become a Relief Pharmacist at Boots.

We are seeking a patient-focused Relief Pharmacist to join our pharmacy relief team and support this busy Boots pharmacy and surrounding stores, you will be supported by a team of experienced ACT\'s, pharmacy advisors and dispensers as well as a strong retail management team and a dedicated area manager.

This pharmacy is situated in East Devon, there is free parking locally and you have close links to the university town of Exeter. You will be working within the area which is likely to include Lyme Regis, Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster.

For this location, we can offer an enhanced, bespoke reward package to suit your personal circumstances.

As a Relief Pharmacist for Boots, you will:

- Gain confidence quickly.
- Experience different stores and different challenges.
- Receive flexible work patterns.
- Learn best practice to share with other stores.
- Receive paid transportation at 45 pence per mile

We have a strong, dedicated planning team who will present your Rota to you at least 4-6 weeks in advance.

We will consider newly qualified pharmacists for this position.

Although this is advertised as a full time position, part time and any working days and hours will be considered.

Boots offer a strong base salary, PLUS a generous location honorarium, paid every year, and a substantial, performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched retirement savings plan and sizeable employee discount!

Please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Maria Noble on Maria.noble@boots.co.uk / 07890915418 to find out more.

Immediate Interviews Available!

Office use only

Pharmacist, healthcare, pharmacy,regional pharmacist, support pharmaicst, relief pharmacist, Medicine, Medicines

Office use only

50.926687720,-2.909202537

Function

Pharmacist

Business Area

Pharmacy

Shift Pattern

Daytime - weekdays, Middle of the day, Mornings, Weekends and evenings

Office use only

No

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