Lead Pharmacist (DHA-registered) – Al Barsha, Dubai
We are a dynamic, tech-enabled pharmacy focused on health and longevity, offering real ambition to bring a pharmacist who wants to build and grow alongside us. The pharmacy is modern and fast-moving, providing in-store, online, and clinical services under one roof. Everything we do focuses on the patient, with ease of access, fair pricing, reliable delivery, and service that brings patients back. We need a pharmacist who builds real relationships with patients and who wants to grow their own career in a supportive environment.
You will lead the pharmacy day-to-day as our primary pharmacist, backed by full management support to optimize the product range and patient offering. We will invest in you and the business in return for your clinical judgement and drive. The role offers ownership and progression, with the chance to build and lead your own team. Full visa sponsorship and transfer are handled by us.
Salary: AED 5,500 to 10,000 per month (based on experience and fit).
Work location: In person.
Working Hours
This is a full-time, on-site role in a busy, growing pharmacy. Pharmacists work long hours, six days a week, on a shift pattern shared with the secondary pharmacist, which can include late-night and weekend shifts. Typical shifts run around 10 to 12 hours.
Minimum Requirements
- Currently living in Dubai; this is not a relocation role.
- Currently hold a valid Emirates ID and UAE residence.
- DHA-registered and licensed to practise in Dubai.
- 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in Dubai-based pharmacies (minimum 3 years).
- Direct Dubai pharmacy experience with verifiable, checkable references from your employers.
- A genuinely service-focused approach, with a track record of looking after patients well and building loyalty.
- Strong, current product knowledge across OTC, supplements and wellness, and the confidence to recommend products and guide patients, not simply dispense.
- A strong commercial and clinical sense, grounded in what patients actually need and want (demand, advice and sales, range and pricing, procurement).
- Relationships: established working relationships with other pharmacists and suppliers that you can draw on.
- Experience leading and developing pharmacy technicians, including running or supporting the hiring of pharmacists and technicians.
- Confident with pharmacy software, POS and dispensing systems.
- Solid grounding in dispensing, DHA compliance and SOPs, with experience working to standard.
- Strong, patient-facing communication with excellent spoken English.
- Experience managing a pharmacy floor and the people on it.
What you will do
- Run the pharmacy day to day as our lead, primary pharmacist.
- Serve patients directly: advise, guide and build real relationships.
- Own the patient experience, from ease of access and advice in store to easy, reliable delivery of products.
- Dispense accurately and keep us fully DHA-compliant, working closely with the manager and quality experts on SOPs and standards.
- Recommend the right products across OTC, supplements and wellness, with real knowledge behind every suggestion.
- Help shape the pharmacy’s product range, stock and supplier relationships based on patient needs.
- Support our weight management and GLP-1 programmes and work alongside our clinic partners.
- Build supplier and insurance relationships and help shape the product offering.
- Mentor technicians, and lead the hiring and building of the team as we grow.
Desirable
- Familiarity with online and e-pharmacy models.
- Experience with supplements, wellness and longevity, and guiding patients on them.
- Experience with GLP-1 and weight-loss programmes and clinic partnerships.
- Existing relationships with suppliers and insurance providers you can bring with you.
- A network you can tap to help us hire strong pharmacists and technicians.
- Experience in a growing or multi-channel pharmacy rather than traditional retail only.
- Arabic is a strong advantage given our patient base.
- Urdu and Hindi speakers are also welcomed.
The person we are after
Energetic, professional, savvy and genuinely patient-focused. Someone who understands the needs of the business, wants progression in a high-growth environment, and wants to help build something rather than simply maintain it.
Hiring Process
- Screening: eligibility and credentials checked, including DHA registration, Dubai residency, experience and references.
- Remote interview.
- In-person interview with our General Manager.