Pharmacy Dispenser: Patient Care & Career Growth

Boots.com; Altofts; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Christmas Gift

Staff Discount

Parental Leave

Flexible Benefits

Counselling Support

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Pharmacy Dispenser to join our store-based pharmacy team in the UK. You will assist the pharmacist, dispense prescriptions, offer medicines advice and ensure safe sale of medicines while building strong patient relationships.

You’ll follow SOPs, support repeat management, and explore training opportunities including progression to Pharmacy Technician or leadership roles within the store.

Qualifications

• Completed the Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2 or pursuing and have completed the first year of an MPharm.
• Current and valid UK right to work.
• Experience in community pharmacy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prescription dispensing whilst ensuring the safe supply of medicines e.g. ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing and collection of prescriptions.
• Work with the other healthcare professionals in your store to assist in the management and delivery of pharmacy services
• Provide care and advice to patients about medicines and to refer queries to the Pharmacist as appropriate.
• Following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to support the safe and legal dispensing of prescriptions
• Keeping up to date with new innovations in store and comply with operational processes.
• Support patients to manage their prescriptions their way with reliable repeats and manage their medicines effectively to promote adherence and reduce waste.
• Working with evolving technologies within store, you will have the opportunity to work with new systems, which helps to develop the traditional dispensing processes to further improve patient safety and release your time to spend more time with patients. You will be provided with regular updates and training to develop your healthcare knowledge, as well as plenty of career development options including the opportunity to train as a Pharmacy Technician or as part of the store leadership team.

Skills

NVQ2 in Pharmacy

MPharm in progress

Right to work in UK

Community pharmacy experience

Education

Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2

MPharm (first year completed)

Job description

Boots is seeking a Pharmacy Dispenser to join our store-based pharmacy team in the UK. You will assist the pharmacist, dispense prescriptions, offer medicines advice and ensure safe sale of medicines while building strong patient relationships.

You’ll follow SOPs, support repeat management, and explore training opportunities including progression to Pharmacy Technician or leadership roles within the store.