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
• Professional indemnity insurance with the option of selecting further free cover if you also work in Primary Care settings up to 3 days per week (subject to terms).
• 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

213023BR

Job Code

AGD_05101 Relief Pharmacist

Area

220 - Hospitals

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

17 - Specialist Pharmacy

Store

2236 - Swindon Western Hospital

Full or Part time

Full-time, Part-time

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Contract Type

Permanent

Need To Know

Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge? Do you have current hospital experience, or would you like to further develop your clinical skills and work in a unique mixed clinical and community role?

Are you full-time or part-time? We can be flexible.

We are seeking a patient focused Relief Pharmacist to join our dedicated Boots pharmacy teams in a mixed position where you would be working at Swindon Western Hospital and neighboring Boots stores.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your clinical skills working in our hospital out-patient pharmacy, and to work collaboratively with the NHS Trust whilst occasionally spending time in our Boots stores within our community to widen your career portfolio.

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.
- Work within a mix of clinical and community pharmacy.
- Receive paid transportation at 45 pence per mile

We have a strong, dedicated planning team that will provide you with your Rota\'s at least 4-6 weeks in advance.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to work within busy, service lead stores; you will have the support of teams of experienced ACT\'s, dispensers and pharmacy advisors, as well as string retail management support teams and a dedicated Area Manager.

This position comes with the opportunity to complete your independent prescribing qualification, fully funded by Boots! And, the Trust can support you with providing a DPP for the course.

We will also consider newly qualified pharmacists for this position.

Pharmacy Opening Times for This Store are:

Monday to Friday 9am - 7:30pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday - 9am - 1pm
(Flexible working, part-time and full-time hours are always considered)

This position offers a competitive salary, PLUS a generous location honorarium and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement Savings Plan and our significant employee discount!

Immediate Interviews Available!

Office use only

Newly qualified Pharmacist, Newly qualified, Pharmacist, healthcare, pharmacy, in store pharmacist, Medicine, Medicines,

Office use only

51.540691,-1.722380

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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