Junior Pharmacist

ZAVA; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ZAVA is seeking a Pharmacist to work in a dynamic digital pharmacy environment in Milton Keynes. The role involves ensuring medication dispatch meets best practice, alongside delivering key performance indicators. Offering a collaborative culture and comprehensive benefits, including flexible working options, this position is key to providing accessible healthcare.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Wellness Cloud access

20% off ZAVA products

Flexible bank holidays

£500 training budget

Vitality Private Health Insurance

Cash vouchers after service milestones

Opportunity to work from overseas

Qualifications

• Qualified UK Pharmacist with experience in digital healthcare.
• Knowledge of process mapping and efficiency.
• Experience in data manipulation and basic Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure correct and safe medication dispatch.
• Deliver KPIs related to prescription delivery.
• Work with data teams for reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Process mapping

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified and GPhC registered UK Pharmacist

Tools

Excel

Job description

Pharmacist or Junior Pharmacist

Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm or 8am-5pm with one hour lunch break

Weekend shifts available

Onsite daily in Milton Keynes MK12 - Digital Pharmacy Hub/Warehouse Environment

Permanent, full-time

About ZAVA

We're on a mission to provide our patients with healthcare that is accessible and dependable at a fraction of today's cost.

Our team of Doctors, Engineers, Customer Support Advisors, Marketers, Product Managers, UX Designers, Pharmacists, and Commercial & Operations Specialists work collaboratively, to develop and maintain a digital healthcare platform that provides our patients with healthcare that suits their needs & schedules.

The pandemic changed our lives, requiring us to find flexible, remote and innovative healthcare solutions to meet our needs during challenging and changeable periods. Many of our patients turned to telemedicine as a convenient solution to getting their healthcare online from the comfort of their homes. Through delivering a safe and efficient digital healthcare service, we've provided over 12 million consultations across the UK, Germany, France, and Ireland, enabling millions of people with essential access to healthcare when they need it most.

It's our motivation to continue fulfilling their needs and to expand further to meet the needs of others, ensuring we're always there with the latest tech, treatments and advice. Because we're doing more than providing healthcare, we're enabling & empowering people by making healthcare work for them.

We’re here because we care about healthcare, and we plan to be the largest digital primary healthcare platform for people across Europe.

Dimensions & Stakeholders

• Working closely with the medical and pharmacy teams to ensure that all delivery of medication and that it meets best practice guidance.
• Help to build and work with a team to ensure dispatch of medication follows good pharmacy practice and provides the best possible service to our patients.
• Responding and reacting to changes in requirements including allocation of prescriptions to pharmacies when there are Bank Holidays or delivery problems.
• Developing a deep understanding of all of the processes that occur with external parties that impact our operations, including, but not limited to Royal Mail, DPD, and our partner lab amongst others.
• Understanding, Developing, Mapping and evaluating all of our clinical and customer support processes and exploring ways with stakeholders that these operational processes can be improved.
• Working closely with the data team to provide regular reports on the day to day processes and successes of the pharmacy. This role will require the ability to provide detailed feedback on a regular basis, through the manipulation of data through spreadsheets and other media.

Key Accountabilities

• You will be responsible for ensuring SOPs are followed and medication is dispatched legally, safely and appropriately for patient reception.
• You will be responsible for delivering the KPIs related to the delivery and supply of prescriptions and medications from the UK locale and partners where required.

Skills & experience

• Qualified and GPhC registered UK Pharmacist with an understanding of the digital healthcare landscape.
• Knowledge of process mapping and efficiency processing.
• Experience in data analysis and manipulation, including basic Excel skills (essential).

Personal qualities:

• Ability to work across teams as well as working alone.
• To be an excellent communicator
• Inquisitive; you question the status quo, dare to do things differently and explore the possibilities.
• Resilient; you embrace change and face challenges.
• Macher; you are innovative and rise above the rest to use your initiative to improve, develop and deliver.
• Collaborative; you actively share ideas, and work together to drive goals as a team.

Benefits from the day you join:

33 days per annum pro-rata (inclusive of public and bank holidays) + birthday off

️ Free access to Wellness Cloud, advice, counselling, and corporate discounts

20% off all ZAVA products & services for you and your friends and family

Remote, hybrid, and flexible working (role dependent)

MacBook Pro (role dependent)

Flexible bank holidays - take the ones that matter the most to you.

Additional benefits following the probation period:

£500 training budget per year

️Vitality Private Health Insurance + Vitality discounts inc headspace membership

???? Healthcare cash back plan through SimplyHealth

️ Company sabbatical after 2 years

Opportunity to work from overseas for 2 months each year (role dependent)

Cash vouchers after 3, 5, and 10 years of service

We are working hard to try and level the playing field wherever we can. We know from research that men are happy to apply for positions where they fit just 60% of the requirements, whereas women and underrepresented groups often will not apply unless they feel they are a super close match. If you don't think you meet all the requirements that you see above, we encourage you to apply and tell us what we can do to give you your best shot - if you want. Just so you know, certain positions will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.