Pharmacy Dispenser Trainee | NVQ2 Training + Career Growth

Boots UK; Kirkwall; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment

Generous staff discount

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free 24/7 counselling

Job summary

Boots UK is looking for a Trainee Dispenser to join our store pharmacy team. You will support the pharmacist and healthcare professionals, dispensing prescriptions and advising patients under supervision while you complete your NVQ2 Dispenser training.

This in-store role offers hands-on training, a clear development path to Pharmacy Technician or store leadership, and the chance to work with evolving technology to improve patient safety.

Qualifications

• Desire to start NVQ2 Dispenser training.
• Current UK right to work, no visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Complete your training for the Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2 programme
• 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

Desire to learn

Right to work UK

Education

NVQ2 in Dispenser training

Job description

Boots UK is looking for a Trainee Dispenser to join our store pharmacy team. You will support the pharmacist and healthcare professionals, dispensing prescriptions and advising patients under supervision while you complete your NVQ2 Dispenser training.

This in-store role offers hands-on training, a clear development path to Pharmacy Technician or store leadership, and the chance to work with evolving technology to improve patient safety.