Pharmacy Advisor

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Salary

The hourly rate for this role is £12.69 and up to £14.05 across selected locations within London.

The importance of your role

Exceptional patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. As a Pharmacy Dispenser, you’ll help patients feel good by providing clear advice and a wide range of dispensing services. You will work across the healthcare counter and dispensary to meet patients' needs, offering an excellent opportunity to develop your pharmacy career and make a difference.

What you’ll be doing day to day

Providing health advice through focused conversations, ensuring clear and accurate answers. Your duties include:

• Tailoring conversations to ensure customers leave informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
• Delivering technical dispensary tasks such as ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and collecting prescriptions.
• Ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards in Boots.
• Engaging with GPs and practice teams to promote services and products.
• Maintaining efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.

What you’ll need to have

We offer an exciting career opportunity. You should have an NVQ Level 2 equivalent in Pharmacy Services and previous experience as a Pharmacy Dispenser. Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is required; if not completed, we will support your training within 6 months.

We also support your professional development towards NVQ Level 3 (QCF) in Pharmacy Services, enabling registration with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician, which could lead to an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician role. Your pay and benefits will reflect your ongoing development.

This is one of several career routes within Boots. Explore your pharmacy career progression with us.

Our Diversity and Inclusion commitment

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, offering flexible working patterns to support work-life balance. This role may require a DBS/PVG check in certain locations. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits beyond salary, including:

• Competitive holiday allowance (with options to buy more days)
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby
• Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including financial wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, restaurant discounts, activity passes, and more
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential counselling
• Generous staff discounts, including Boots brands, Boots Opticians, and Boots Hearingcare
• Access to third-party discounts on retail, cinema, holidays, and more
• Support from the Boots Benevolent Fund for colleagues in financial hardship

*All rewards and benefits are subject to change and eligibility.