Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; West Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Pharmacist in Chipping Norton, where your expertise will enhance community health. This role emphasizes excellent customer service, ethical decision-making, and team collaboration. You'll be part of a supportive environment that values inclusivity and professional growth. Enjoy a competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, and a range of benefits designed to support your well-being. If you're passionate about pharmacy and community care, this is the perfect opportunity to make a difference.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Contribution towards RPS fees

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC or equivalent pharmacy regulator.
• Strong knowledge of pharmacy operations and community care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and advice to customers and patients.
• Conduct audits and risk assessments for safety.

Skills

Pharmacy Operations

Customer Care

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

Pharmacy Degree

GPhC Registration

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 driven Pharmacist to work within our fantastic store in Chipping Norton!

Community means everything to this store! From helping each other day to day, to having a great relationship with all, welcoming tourists and seeing familiar faces from across the world.

A Pharmacist who is genuinely passionate about succeeding in the role, uplifting the team, community and bringing a friendly and approachable manor and attitude to patients would be a great fit for this position.

As a team we strive on customer care and for our patients to trust us in all aspects of the store. The team have great relationships with the patients, customers and fellow businesses. The store is always keen to grow to be at the very best for the customers.

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm to grow the stores items business as well as offer all services applied to what the store are able to offer without hesitation, a Pharmacist who our patients can come to for care, advice and to be listened too.

This is a lovely store located in the heart of the community. You will be working alongside a very experienced dispensing Store Manager and a committed team.

This role offers a competitive base salary and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits. These include our double matched retirement savings plan, indemnity insurance cover, social, financial, healthcare and dental benefits, our sizeable employee discount and much, much more!

Please get in touch with our Recruitment Partner, Amy Mackley, for more information on [e-mail] or 07827980580.

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

51.941926213,-1.544635463

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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

5 - Wales and West

Area

146 - Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

Store

453 - CHIPPING NORTON

Req Posted Date

01-May-2025

County

Oxfordshire

Country

UK

Address 1

17-18 High Street

Address 2

Chipping Norton

Address 3

Oxfordshire