Relief Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Eastbourne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain is seeking a full-time Relief Pharmacist in Eastbourne. You will provide exceptional customer care across multiple pharmacies, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards. The ideal candidate should be registered with the pharmacy regulator and have a passion for community care. The role offers flexible hours, professional development, and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Generous employee discounts

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI).
• High levels of professional expertise respected by stakeholders.
• Passion for community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and advice across various pharmacies.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy.
• Deliver a range of professional pharmacy services.

Skills

Professional expertise

Excellent communication

Collaborative teamwork

Pharmacy operations knowledge

Education

Registration with GPhC/PSNI/PSI

Job description

Overview

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

Boots are seeking a full-time relief pharmacist to join our established team across the Brighton & East Sussex area. As a Relief Pharmacist for Boots, you will 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, and experience different stores that work with care homes, GP’s etc. You will be stationed across 2-3 stores 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 to work within busy service led stores with support from experienced ACTs, 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 competitive base salary, and a substantial performance-based annual bonus, along with Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement savings plan, GPhC fees reimbursed, indemnity insurance cover, and an extensive employee discount. For further information, please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan, at [e-mail] or 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

50.769059077,0.2846523593

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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

176 - Brighton and East Sussex

Store

956 - EASTBOURNE

Req Posted Date

23-Apr-2025

County

East Sussex

Country

UK

Address 1

15 Eastbourne Arndale Centre

Address 2

Eastbourne

Address 3

East Sussex

Post Code

BN21 3NL

Source

Boots