Pharmacy Dispenser – Patient Care & Career Growth

Boots; Redruth; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment

Generous staff discount

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Flexible benefits scheme

24/7 counselling via TELUS Health

Job summary

Boots in-store Dispenser role supporting pharmacists and healthcare professionals to safely and efficiently deliver pharmacy services across the UK. You will dispense prescriptions, counsel patients, and follow SOPs to ensure safe medicines supply.

As part of the store pharmacy team, you’ll build relationships with patients, provide medicine advice, participate in service delivery, and explore career development opportunities including training as a Pharmacy Technician or store leadership track.

Qualifications

• Completed the Pharmacy Advisor qualification NVQ2 (or equivalent) or are currently working towards and have completed the first year of an MPharm qualification.
• Current and valid UK right to work. This role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa.

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.

Skills

Prescription dispensing

Patient counselling

SOP compliance

Education

NVQ2 Pharmacy Advisor

MPharm in progress

Tools

None

Job description

Boots in-store Dispenser role supporting pharmacists and healthcare professionals to safely and efficiently deliver pharmacy services across the UK. You will dispense prescriptions, counsel patients, and follow SOPs to ensure safe medicines supply.

As part of the store pharmacy team, you’ll build relationships with patients, provide medicine advice, participate in service delivery, and explore career development opportunities including training as a Pharmacy Technician or store leadership track.