Relief Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Bathgate; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Relief Pharmacist to provide expert services across multiple locations including West Lothian. You will be responsible for delivering excellent patient care, ensuring compliance with pharmacy regulations, and fostering collaborative teamwork. The role offers flexibility in hours, supporting both full-time and part-time options, and includes a variety of benefits to support your career development.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced parental leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning resources

Full reimbursement for GPHC/GOC fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator.
• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise.
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer and patient care.
• Deliver pharmacy strategy through expert care.
• Ensure customer and patient safety through audits and assessments.

Skills

Excellent customer care

Strong communication

Team-centered approach

Pharmacy knowledge

Ethical decision making

Community involvement

Education

Registered with GPhC/PSNI/PSI

Job description

Job Description

About the role

As a Relief Pharmacist with us you’ll be providing excellent customer and patient care, it’s more than dispensing medicine, it’s listening and providing your expert advice and reassurance. You won't be based from one pharmacy, but provide service to customers and patients across a range of pharmacies. Your main areas of responsibility will be:

• Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
• Building the pharmacy capability of store teams
• Conducting continual review through audit, observations and risk assessment to ensure customer and patient safety is paramount
• Delivering a range of professional pharmacy services

What you’ll need to have

To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help us change for the better. In addition you will:

• Be registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)
• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, patients, customers and external local professionals
• Have a passion for community pharmacy and providing the best care for our customers.
• Be collaborative with a team-centered approach
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
• Be a great communicator; able to put people at ease and effectively meet the varied needs of our customers and patients

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes
• Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees in full
• Contribution towards RPS fees
• Professional indemnity insurance with the option of selecting further free cover if you also work in Primary Care settings up to 3 days per week (subject to terms).

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, we change for the better.

What's next

If successful on application, a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to find a time to discuss your application.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. 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.

You will 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.

Need To Know

Are you a passionate and skilled pharmacist looking for a flexible, rewarding opportunity? Boots is looking for an experienced Relief Pharmacist to join our team across multiple locations in West Lothian. Whether you’re seeking full‑time or part‑time hours, we offer a range of flexible options to fit your lifestyle.

As a Relief Pharmacist with Boots, you’ll be stepping into a key role, providing expert pharmacy services and support to our patients while helping maintain the high standards of care we’re known for.

If you would like some more information contact [e-mail]

Business Area

Pharmacy

Function

Pharmacist

Keywords

Newly qualified Pharmacist, Newly qualified, Pharmacist, healthcare, pharmacy, in store pharmacist, Medicine, Medicines,

Hours per week

Various Hours Available

Latitude,longitude 1

55.874738333,-3.623183703

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Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

8 to 16 hours per week, 16 to 24 hours per week, 25 to 34 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

1 - Scotland

Area

108 - North Lanarkshire and West Lothian

Store

5707 - BLACKBURN SCOTLND AP

Req Posted Date

25-Nov-2025

County

Forth Valley

Country

UK

Address 1

7/9 Sycamore Walk

Address 2

Blackburn

Address 3

Lothian

Post Code

EH47 7LG

Source

Boots