Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Ottery St Mary; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Boots Opticians is looking for a part-time Pharmacist in Ottery St Mary, enhancing customer care through professional pharmacy services. Benefit from a supportive pharmacy team and diverse professional development opportunities, including funding for independent prescribing qualifications. Join us to make a positive impact in community healthcare.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Learning and development resources

GPHC/GOC fees reimbursement

Indemnity insurance cover

Qualifications

• Must be registered with GPhC, PSNI, or PSI.
• Demonstrate high levels of expertise and respect among stakeholders.
• Passion for community pharmacy and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert care and advice, ensuring patient safety.
• Accountable for legal and ethical pharmacy decisions.
• Conduct audits and assessments to maintain service quality.

Skills

Communication

Team Collaboration

Professional Expertise

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Job description

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

Boots are seeking a PART-TIME Pharmacist, to join our dedicated Pharmacy team on Broad Street, Ottery St Mary, Devon.

Working hours - Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. 9am to 6pm.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to work within a busy, service lead 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.

This position comes with the opportunity to complete your independent prescribing qualification, fully funded by Boots!

Newly qualified pharmacists are very welcome to apply for this position.

Full Pharmacy Opening Times For This Store are:

Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday - 9am - 5pm
Sunday - Closed

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 07811 770080.

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

24

Latitude,longitude 1

50.751288999,-3.279497295

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Weekends

Airport

No

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

185 - Northeast Devon

Store

6256 - OTTERY ST MARY AP

Req Posted Date

23-Apr-2025

County

Devon

Country

UK

Address 1

3-5 Broad Street

Address 2

Ottery Saint Mary