Relief Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy provider is seeking a Relief Pharmacist in Bournemouth. This role involves providing excellent customer care, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and supporting multiple pharmacy locations. Ideal candidates will possess a professional pharmacy qualification, strong communication skills, and a passion for community pharmacy. Benefits include a solid salary, annual performance bonuses, and various employee perks such as retirement savings and discounts.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Learning and development resources

GPHC fees reimbursement

Indemnity insurance cover

Qualifications

• Must be registered with GPhC, PSNI, or PSI.
• Demonstrated professional expertise and respect from stakeholders.
• Ability to provide best care and build cohesive teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and reassure customers.
• Ensure compliance with legal and ethical pharmacy standards.
• Deliver professional pharmacy services to multiple locations.

Skills

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator

High levels of professional expertise

Passion for community pharmacy

Team-centered approach

Excellent communication

Education

Professional pharmacy qualification

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

Need To Know : We are seeking a full-time relief pharmacist to support our teams across the Bournemouth area.

• Gain confidence quickly.
• Experience different stores and different challenges.
• Receive flexible work patterns.
• Learn best practice to share with other stores.
• Build experience in delivering varied services.
• Experience different stores that work with care homes, GP’s etc.
• Encounter different management styles and staffing structures.
• Receive paid transportation at 45 pence per mile

You will be stationed across 2-3 store maximum, and we have a strong, dedicated planning team that will present your rota to you at least 6 weeks in advance.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to work within busy service lead stores; you will have the support of experienced ACT's, dispensers, and pharmacy advisors, as well as strong retail management support teams and a committed Line Manager and Director of Stores.

This role offers a strong base salary, and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement savings plan, GPhC fees reimbursed, indemnity insurance cover, social, financial, healthcare and dental benefits, our sizeable employee discount and much, much more!

For further information, please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan on [e-mail] or simply text 07811 770080. Immediate Interviews are available!

Business Area

Pharmacy

Function

Pharmacist

Keywords

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

Hours per week

40

Latitude,longitude 1

50.720033029,-1.881462706

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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

8 - South

Area

182 - Bournemouth

Store

930 - BOURNEMOUTH

Req Posted Date

14-May-2025

County

Dorset

Country

UK

Address 1

18-20 Commercial Road

Address 2

Bournemouth

Address 3

Dorset

Post Code

BH2 5NL

Source

Boots