Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in Maidenhead is seeking a dedicated Pharmacist to provide expert patient care and advice. The successful candidate will support a team-centered environment, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards. This role requires strong communication skills and a genuine desire to enhance community health. Various employee benefits are available, including a retirement savings plan and generous discounts.

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

• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise.
• Have a passion for community pharmacy.
• Be collaborative with a team-centered approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the pharmacy strategy through expert care and advice.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy.
• Conduct continual review to ensure customer safety.

Skills

Customer and patient care

Communication

Pharmacy operations

Education

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

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\'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

Are you IP qualified or part way through your IP training? Are you thinking about starting your training to be IP qualified? We have exciting opportunities for service-driven Pharmacists to join our teams and have a major impact on the delivery of key services, including prescribing and vaccination services (such as HPV, Chicken Pox, Travel Vaccination), supporting the wider business with remote service opportunities and much more. This is a fantastic role that will enable Pharmacists to develop their professional skills and operate in a clinical, and service-led environment

Business Area Pharmacy

Function Pharmacist

Hours per week 16

Latitude,longitude 1 51.523004505,-0.721239871

Airport No

Hours per week 16 to 24 hours per week

Company UK Stores

Division 16 - United Kingdom

Region 6 - East

Area 162 - East Berkshire

Store 240 - MAIDENHEAD

Address 54-58 High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire

Country UK