Pharmacist

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

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in Guildford is seeking a dedicated Weekend Pharmacist to provide exceptional customer and patient care. This role involves delivering expert pharmaceutical services, ensuring safety, and supporting a collaborative team environment. The ideal candidate will have passion for community pharmacy and be registered with an appropriate pharmacy regulator. This position offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Professional, caring character with a desire to help.
• High levels of professional expertise widely respected by stakeholders.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and advice in the pharmacy.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy.
• Conduct audits and risk assessments to ensure safety.

Skills

Patient-focused

Collaboration

Communication

Pharmacy operations knowledge

Education

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, 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).

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at https://www.boots.jobs/why-boots/rewards-benefits/ boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

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\u2019s 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

WEEKEND VACANCY

We are seeking a patient-focused, weekend Pharmacist, to join our dedicated Pharmacy team on the High Street in Guilford. This is a Permanent contract for a weekend pharmacist (Saturday 9am - 5:50pm & Sunday 11am - 5pm. Sundays are paid at time and a half)

This store offers Our Future Health clinics and all Travel services. This is an exciting opportunity for you to work within a busy, service led store; you will have the support of a team of experienced ACT\'s, dispensers and pharmacy advisors, as well as a strong retail management support team and a dedicated Area Manager and Director of Stores. Newly qualified pharmacists are very welcome to apply for this position.

Pharmacy Opening Times For This Store are: Monday to Saturday, 9am - 5:30pm; Sunday - 11am - 5pm. This role offers a competitive base salary, and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement savings plan, GPhC fees reimbursed, indemnity insurance cover, social, financial, healthcare and dental benefits, our sizeable employee discount and much, much more!

For further information, please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan on [e-mail] or simply text 07811770080. Immediate Interviews are available!

Business Area Pharmacy

Function Pharmacist

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

Hours per week Various Hours Available

Latitude,longitude 1 51.235623932,-0.574061026

Shift Pattern to display to candidates (displayed externally). Please select one: Weekends, Weekdays and Weekends

Airport No

Hours per week 8 to 16 hours per week, 16 to 24 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 178 - Surrey and South Downs

Store 950 - GUILDFORD

Req Posted Date 23-Apr-2025

County Surrey

Country UK

Address 1 85-89 High Street

Address 2 Guildford

Address 3 Surrey

Post Code GU1 3DS

Source Boots