Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Winchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy service provider in Winchester is seeking an experienced Pharmacist to provide expert customer care. Responsibilities include delivering professional pharmacy services, ensuring ethical practices, and supporting a collaborative team environment. The role demands registration with the pharmacy regulator and a passion for community care. This full-time position involves over 40 hours per week with weekends.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• High levels of professional expertise and respect from peers and stakeholders.
• Passion for community pharmacy.
• Excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations.

Responsibilities

• Delivering expert care and advice in the pharmacy.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions.
• Conducting audits and risk assessments.

Skills

Customer care

Expert advice

Communication

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator

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 expert advice and reassurance.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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 recruiting for an experienced Pharmacist in our Winchester store, SO23 9BL.

You will be joining one of our larger health and beauty stores where they do a mixture of care home services and a busy walk-in pharmacy. The team consists of 2 Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician, Care Service Partner, Assistant Manager, Store Manager and 7 dispensers. The Pharmacy does key NHS services which include: HPV, Chicken Pox, Travel, Flu, Pharmacist First, Hypertension to name a few.

This is a full-time position over 40 hours per week and includes alternate Saturdays. The store is open every day apart from Christmas Day and Easter Sunday.

We are open to having conversations with Newly Qualified Pharmacists; however, details will be discussed with each application first.

For more information, please reach out to our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan, at [e-mail] or text 07811 770080.

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

51.062349409,-1.3143886

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Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Region

8 - South

Area

180 - Hampshire and Wiltshire

Store

916 - WINCHESTER

Req Posted Date

23-Jul-2025

County

Hampshire

Country

UK

Address 1

35-39 High Street

Address 2

Winchester

Address 3

Hampshire

Post Code

SO23 9BL

Source

Boots