In-Store Pharmacy Dispenser - Patient Care & Medicines

Boots.com; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment

Generous staff discount

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free, 24/7 counselling and E

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Dispenser to join our store-based pharmacy team in the UK. You will support the pharmacist in dispensing prescriptions, advising patients, and delivering safe, patient-centred pharmacy services.

This in-store role focuses on building relationships with customers and ensuring safe medicine use, with career development opportunities including Pharmacy Technician training. The role is UK-based, with no remote applicants accepted.

Qualifications

• Required: Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2 (or equivalent) or working towards and first year of MPharm.
• Required: current and valid UK right to work; not sponsorship eligible.
• Desirable: experience in community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Prescription dispensing whilst ensuring the safe supply of medicines e.g. ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing and collection of prescriptions.
• Work with the other healthcare professionals in your store to assist in the management and delivery of pharmacy services
• Provide care and advice to patients about medicines and to refer queries to the Pharmacist as appropriate.
• Following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to support the safe and legal dispensing of prescriptions
• Keeping up to date with new innovations in store and comply with operational processes.
• Support patients to manage their prescriptions their way with reliable repeats and manage their medicines effectively to promote adherence and reduce waste.
• Working with evolving technologies within store, you will have the opportunity to work with new systems, which helps to develop the traditional dispensing processes to further improve patient safety and release your time to spend more time with patients. You will be provided with regular updates and training to develop your healthcare knowledge, as well as plenty of career development options including the opportunity to train as a Pharmacy Technician or as part of the store leadership team.

Skills

UK right to work

Education

Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2 (or equivalent)

First year of MPharm

Job description

Boots is seeking a Dispenser to join our store-based pharmacy team in the UK. You will support the pharmacist in dispensing prescriptions, advising patients, and delivering safe, patient-centred pharmacy services.

This in-store role focuses on building relationships with customers and ensuring safe medicine use, with career development opportunities including Pharmacy Technician training. The role is UK-based, with no remote applicants accepted.