Pharmacy Technician

Boots Opticians; Wantage; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy retailer in Wantage is seeking a passionate Pharmacy Technician to enhance patient care by providing expert advice, coaching pharmacy teams, and ensuring legal compliance. Join a close-knit team while enjoying competitive benefits, including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Fully funded services training

Generous staff discount

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for coaching and leading a dispensary team.
• Ability to conduct accuracy checks on dispensed medication.
• Registered on the GPhC register.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to patients about medicines.
• Deliver various pharmacy services based on store needs.
• Assure legal, safe, and ethical decision-making.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Coaching

Technical advice

Education

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC

NVQ Level 3 or 4

Job description

Overview

Our Pharmacy Technicians make a real difference by delivering outstanding patient-centred service to the communities we serve; from triaging patients, to coaching the healthcare team, and providing expert technical advice on the supply of medicines.

About the opportunity: At Boots we are at the forefront of innovation in community pharmacy, working in partnership with the NHS, the Government and local communities. As a Boots Pharmacy Technician with checking capability, you will have opportunities to develop your career or continue to offer a brilliant service to your local community with ongoing CPD.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing expert, tailored advice to patients about available medicines, products or Macmillan Cancer Support.
• Delivering various services depending on store needs.
• Building strong relationships with your pharmacy team; coaching and inspiring them to deliver the highest standard of care.
• Assisting with the triage of patients and distributing prescription handouts.
• Taking ownership for legal, safe and ethical decision-making in the pharmacy.
• Managing operational tasks including replenishing stock, workload management, order fulfilment, receiving and handling controlled drugs while ensuring patient safety.
• Evidence of successful completion from a recognised training provider (e.g., Buttercups). If you do not already hold a formal qualification in accuracy checking, you are required to complete the Boots 6-week Accuracy Checking Programme.

What you’ll need to have

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC and willing to complete the 6-week training course to become qualified to check prescriptions.
• A passion for coaching and leading a dispensary team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Motivation to change things for the better for our teams, customers and patients.
• A desire to deliver services and outstanding patient care.
• Ability to use pharmacy systems and technology.

It would be great if you also have

• Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician with checking capability – however this is not essential as training will be given.

Our benefits

• Fully funded services training
• GPhC fees reimbursed
• Indemnity insurance cover
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• CPD days and protected learning time
• Development opportunities to enhance your career
• Generous staff discount
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption leave pay
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, life assurance, family activity passes and much more

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you. Find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you that we change for the better.

What’s next

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and answer any initial questions. If you have been unsuccessful, we are unfortunately unable to personally contact you, but you will be notified by email.

This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check in certain locations.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Need To Know

We are seeking a passionate and committed Pharmacy Technician to join our dedicated team in Boots, Wantage. You will be joining a small, local community high street store in a lovely market town. We have a great dispensary team with over 30 years' experience and strong relationships with local GP practice and other pharmacies. Your role will be to support Pharmacists to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of pharmaceutical services. You will be conducting the crucial final accuracy checks on dispensed medication, checking drug names and quantities match the label. You are the last person to see medicines or products before they are used by a patient or customer. Boots can offer a competitive base salary and enrolment into our performance-based annual bonus and heaps of other benefits and rewards. This includes our sizeable employee discount on Boots brands, Opticians & Hearingcare, a double-matched retirement savings plan, GPhC registration fees reimbursed, competitive holiday entitlement and bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to buy a further 5 days, and enhanced Mat/Pat/Adoption leave.

To hear more about this great opportunity, contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Amy Mackley on 07827980580 / [e-mail]. You must be registered on the GPhC register to be eligible for this role. Boots can accept minimum NVQ level 3, and we offer Boots ACT training – 6 weeks. Or, completion of an Accuracy in Dispensing (AID) course, accredited by the GPhC or ACT qualified candidates hold an NVQ Level 4.

Business Area

Pharmacy

Function

Pharmacy Support Colleagues

Keywords

Dispenser, ACT, Pharmacy Support, Pharmacy Technician, Medicine, Medicines, customer, assistant, Advisor

Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

51.588982451,-1.426199447

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Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

5 - Wales and West

Area

149 - Oxfordshire and Berkshire

Store

901 - WANTAGE

Req Posted Date

17-Sep-2025

County

Oxfordshire

Country

UK

Address 1

50-51 Market Place

Address 2

Wantage

Address 3

Oxfordshire