Pharmacist - Lowestoft

Asda Stores Ltd.; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Lowestoft is seeking a qualified Pharmacist to oversee pharmacy operations and provide exceptional NHS and private services. You will play a key role in managing a fast-paced environment while delivering excellent customer care. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential. This position offers a discretionary bonus, pension matching, and various employee benefits including discounts, wellbeing services, and parental leave policies.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount

Access to wellbeing services

Professional indemnity insurance

GPhC fees paid

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• You must be a fully qualified pharmacist registered with the GPhC.
• You should have proven leadership skills in a fast-paced pharmacy environment.
• Ability to provide excellent customer and patient care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Dispense medications and deliver excellent services.
• Manage the pharmacy team and ensure business targets are met.
• Provide NHS and private healthcare services to customers.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Empathy

Customer care

Education

Fully qualified pharmacist registered with the GPhC

Job description

Overview

There's something unique and different about being a Pharmacist at Asda. For us it's all about always being there for our customers and providing great service.

A typical day involves dispensing, delivering services, managing your team, and delivering excellent service to all our customers. Every day is fast paced and varied so no one day is the same in an Asda pharmacy. Our supermarket pharmacies offer a wide range of opening hours from early mornings, evenings, and weekends to ensure we are always there for our customers whenever they need us.

Our pharmacists are a huge part of their local communities, helping to build great relationships providing them with expert care and advice whilst also helping the most vulnerable people in society. Our friendly pharmacies offer a range of frontline NHS services, including everything from the emergency prescriptions to Urgent Care. You will need to be able to provide both NHS and Private services, have excellent communication skills and be empathetic.

With safety of paramount importance, strong leadership skills and the ability to work as part of a team to help bring the best out in others will be key for this role. With access to our in-store, regional and home office teams you are fully supported in all aspects of your role whether your query is clinical or service based. You will also be provided with regular feedback and business updates, and opportunities to gain further accreditations for additional services funded by Asda.

Work schedule (Rota)

• Week 1: Saturday OFF, Sunday OFF, Monday 9am‑6pm, Tuesday OFF, Wednesday OFF, Thursday 9am‑9pm, Friday 9am‑9pm
• Week 2: Saturday 9am‑9pm, Sunday OFF, Monday 9am‑6pm, Tuesday OFF, Wednesday 9am‑9pm, Thursday 9am‑9pm, Friday 9am‑9pm

Qualifications

• You will be a fully qualified pharmacist registered with the GPhC.
• You will be accredited to deliver national and local services for the NHS and private healthcare.
• You will be able to provide excellent customer and patient care.
• You will have proven leadership skills in a fast-paced pharmacy environment.
• Drive and ambition to ensure the pharmacy meets business targets.

Benefits

• Discretionary company bonus.
• Company pension up to 7% matched.
• 15% colleague discount in store and online, free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Your professional indemnity insurance.
• GPhC fees paid.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated.
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.