Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Sandown; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy is looking for a dedicated Pharmacist to provide customer care and lead a busy pharmacy team in Sandown. This role requires a caring approach and collaboration with a team to ensure the quality of pharmacy services. As part of an organized team, you will manage various patient-related activities, ensuring a high standard of care and safety.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Qualifications

• Passionate about community pharmacy.
• High levels of professional expertise.
• Ability to manage the varied needs of customers.

Responsibilities

• Delivering expert care and advice.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions.
• Conducting continual review for customer safety.

Skills

Team collaboration

Excellent communication

Customer care

Education

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator

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

We are looking for a passionate, driven and patient oriented Pharmacist to join our store in Sandown, Isle of Wight.

You will be joining a very organised team, made up of 3 dispensers, a retail manager, and 1 counter assistant. The store is very busy on services such as, Pharmacy First, EHC, Contraceptive, Flu, Hypertension & NMS, and can be compared to as a drop in clinic and does approx. 800 items per week.

The day to day role involves pharmacy checking and relatively busy in the consultation room. You will be dealing with many patients on a day to day basis and required to adapt to various needs.

This role offers an enhanced package which includes, enhanced based salary, location honorariums (up to £8,000) and a relocation package to support with moving costs. Additionally, you will have access to all our company benefits.

For more information or to apply for this role, get in contact with the 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

50.653833501,-1.155322583

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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

181 - Southampton and Islands

Store

1482 - SANDOWN

Req Posted Date

23-Jun-2025

County

Isle of Wight

Country

UK

Address 1

15 High Street

Address 2

Sandown

Address 3

Isle Of Wight