Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Pharmacist in Oxford, where you'll provide exceptional care and advice to customers. This role emphasizes the importance of patient safety and ethical decision-making in pharmacy practice. You'll collaborate with a dedicated team, ensuring the best service and support for the community. With a competitive salary, substantial performance-based bonuses, and a range of benefits, this is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact in healthcare while enjoying a fulfilling career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Learning and development resources

Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees

Contribution towards RPS fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with a passion for community pharmacy.
• High levels of professional expertise and stakeholder respect.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert care and advice while ensuring patient safety.
• Conduct audits and risk assessments in pharmacy operations.

Skills

Customer Care

Pharmacy Knowledge

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered with GPhC, PSNI, PSI

Job description

Job Description

About the role

As a Pharmacist with us, you’ll be providing excellent customer and patient care; it’s more than dispensing medicine, it’s listening and providing your expert advice and reassurance. Your main areas of responsibility will be:

• Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
• Building the 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 you’ll need to have

To be successful in this role, you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help us change for the better. 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
• Be collaborative with a team-centered approach
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
• Be a great communicator; able to put people at ease and effectively meet the varied needs of our customers and patients

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes
• Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees in full
• 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)

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If successful on application, a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to find a time to discuss your application.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

You will complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location, you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups), or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Need To Know

This is a great opportunity to join our growing Boots business in our Oxford Cowley Road store on a full-time basis as a Pharmacist!

This role offers a competitive base salary and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits.

These include our double matched retirement savings plan, indemnity insurance cover, social, financial, healthcare, and dental benefits, our sizeable employee discount, and much, much more!

This is a permanent, 40-hour position and will include some weekends.

Please get in touch with our Recruitment Partner, Amy Mackley, for more information at [e-mail].

Business Area

Pharmacy

Function

Pharmacist

Keywords

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

Hours per week

40

Latitude,longitude 1

51.747427317,-1.235079770

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Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

5 - Wales and West

Area

149 - Oxfordshire and Berkshire

Store

361 - OXFORD

Req Posted Date

12-Sep-2024

County

Oxfordshire

Country

UK

Address 1

151a Cowley Road

Address 2

Oxford

Address 3

Oxfordshire