Pharmacy Technician

TN United Kingdom; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pharmacy retailer where your role is crucial in ensuring safe and effective pharmacy operations. You'll lead a team, manage dispensary tasks, and provide exceptional patient care while pursuing your pharmacy career. With comprehensive training and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this position offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a difference.

Benefits

Competitive holiday allowance

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Enhanced parental leave pay

Generous staff discount

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent required.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Completion of Medicines Counter Assistant qualification is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the dispensary.
• Ensure legal and ethical decision-making in pharmacy.
• Engage with customers for informed healthcare needs.

Skills

Customer care

Leadership

Technical knowledge of medicine supply

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2)

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The importance of your role.

Be part of our ambition to be the world’s leading Pharmacy-led retailer. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re proud to offer legendary care every day; it’s what sets us apart from other UK Pharmacy chains.

This is a great opportunity to develop your Pharmacy career and make a difference to the lives of our patients.

How will you do it?

With a technical yet personable approach, you’ll inspire the pharmacy team around you, ensuring our standards reflect our care for patients. We aim to provide the very best service legally and ethically.

Accuracy and care are central to this role. You will oversee the safe and effective operation of the pharmacy and healthcare business, managing the dispensary daily. You’ll be an expert in the technical aspects of medicine supply while delivering excellent patient care.

Guiding and supporting your pharmacy team and collaborating closely with the Pharmacist and Store Leader, you’ll play a key role in growing our business.

What you’ll be doing day to day.

You will help deliver the safe and effective running of the pharmacy and healthcare business, and lead the day-to-day running of the dispensary.

Your duties will include:

• Responsibility for legal, safe & ethical decision-making in the pharmacy.
• Delivering on-target delivery of items and services income.
• Complying with legal and professional requirements and accepted guidance on professional practice in Boots.
• Engaging with customers to ensure they leave informed and confident about their healthcare needs, and coaching team members to do the same.
• Seeking opportunities to engage external stakeholders for locally commissioned services and to drive services and items.
• Ensuring efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.
• Ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and checking prescriptions.

What you’ll need to have.

We offer an exciting career opportunity to continue your pharmacy journey. You will need an NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent), and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Beyond experience, we seek individuals with a genuine passion for customer care, leadership in the dispensary team, and the ability to support pharmacy strategy.

Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is required to work within our dispensaries.

You may wish to become an Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT); we provide training and support for this. Developing your healthcare knowledge through these qualifications will be reflected in your pay and benefits.

This is just one of several career paths within Boots!

Click here to 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, embracing diversity and providing a positive, inclusive environment. We offer 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 considers applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis, with prior discussion possible.

Our Benefits.

We offer a range of benefits that go beyond salary and support your flexibility:

• Competitive holiday allowance (with options to buy more days)
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby
• Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including financial wellbeing, gym membership, holiday buying, dental, life assurance, and more
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, 24/7
• Generous staff discount, with enhanced discounts for Boots brands and services
• Access to third-party discounts on retail, cinema, holidays, etc.
• Support through the Boots Benevolent Fund during financial hardship

*Rewards and benefits are subject to change and eligibility.