Relief Dispenser

The Boots Company PLC; Bristol; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Relief Dispenser to join their dynamic pharmacy team. In this role, you will be pivotal in ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of pharmacy services while building strong relationships with patients. Your responsibilities will include dispensing prescriptions, providing expert advice, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. With opportunities for career development and training, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact on patient health and wellness. Join a company that values inclusivity and personal growth, and be part of a team that strives to improve healthcare every day.

Benefits

Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment

Generous staff discount

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

24/7 counselling and support through Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Completed NVQ2 in Pharmacy Advisor or equivalent.
• Flexibility to travel across defined geography.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing prescriptions and ensuring safe supply of medicines.
• Providing care and advice to patients about their medications.
• Supporting pharmacy services and managing patient prescriptions.

Skills

Pharmacy Advisor qualification NVQ2

Community pharmacy experience

Patient care and advice

Education

Pharmacy Advisor qualification NVQ2

Job description

The hourly rate for this role is £13.32 and up to £15.05 across selected locations within London.

About the opportunity

As a Relief Dispenser, you will work across different stores within a defined geographical area. You will be a key member of our pharmacy team as you support the pharmacist and other healthcare professionals in our stores to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of pharmacy and healthcare services.
Working within the healthcare department of the store, you will spend your time building great relationships with patients by listening and understanding their needs. From greeting customers, dispensing prescriptions and ensuring the safe sale of medicines, to providing advice using your healthcare knowledge to support patients in making informed decisions about their health and wellness – you’ll get to make a difference every day.

Key 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.
• Communicating with the store teams to ensure continuity of care.

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.

What you’ll need to have:

• Completed the Pharmacy Advisor qualification NVQ2 (or equivalent).
• Ability to travel across the defined geography with full flexibility.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience working in community pharmacy.

Our benefits:

• Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment.
• Generous staff discount.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
• Flexible benefits scheme.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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.

Why Boots:
We're always looking for people who care; people who go the extra mile to change things for the better. You'll be joining a company that is evolving and always looking to improve. 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, and we are passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues by providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What’s next:
Your application will be reviewed by our team, and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.
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 to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

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