Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Ashford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in Ashford is seeking a passionate Pharmacist to provide exceptional customer and patient care. Your responsibilities include delivering expert advice while ensuring safety and compliance. A registered pharmacist with strong communication skills and community pharmacy passion is essential. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning resources

Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Professional, caring character dedicated to patient care.
• Passion for community pharmacy and quality care.
• Ability to navigate pharmacy operations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer and patient care beyond dispensing.
• Deliver pharmacy strategy by giving expert advice.
• Accountable for ethical and legal decisions.
• Ensure customer safety through audits and assessments.
• Deliver professional pharmacy services.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer care

Team collaboration

Professional expertise

Knowledge of pharmacy operations

Education

Registered pharmacist with GPhC, PSNI, or PSI

Job description

Overview

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).

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

We are looking for a passionate, driven and hard-working Pharmacist to join our store in Ashford, TN24 0SG. You will be joining a very experienced team leader and a key store in the local area. The team is made up of 4 Dispensers, Pharmacy Technician with Checking Capability and supported by a Retail Manager and Assistant Retail Manager who are both very active within the Pharmacy. The store is open Monday to Sunday, however there is a permanent Sunday pharmacist. The Pharmacy offers NMS, Pharmacy First, PCS, Hypertension, flu and pneumonia services. Regarding the location, it is situated in a Retail park and Ashford is quite accessible. However, due to limited public transport links to the Retail Park, ideally you will need to drive. Ashford is a lovely area, very social with various shopping and leisure outlets, close to the seaside and not far from the lovely city of Canterbury. For further information, please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan on 07811 770080 or [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

51.129788278,0.9054100281

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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

8 - South

Area

175 - South and East Kent

Store

6585 - ASHFORD

Req Posted Date

24-Jun-2025

County

Kent

Country

UK

Address 1

Unit 4, Ashford Retail Park

Address 2

Sevington Road, Willesborough

Address 3

Ashford

Post Code

TN24 0SG

Source

Boots