Relief Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy provider in Greater London is seeking a patient-focused Relief Pharmacist to deliver exceptional care across various locations on weekends. Responsibilities include providing expert advice, ensuring safety through audits, and collaborating with pharmacy teams. The ideal candidate will be GPhC registered with strong communication skills and a passion for community care. This part-time position offers flexible working patterns, a performance-based annual bonus, and numerous employee benefits like a retirement savings plan and transportation reimbursement.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver expert advice.
• Passionate about community pharmacy and customer care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and advice across multiple pharmacies.
• Ensure legal and ethical pharmacy practices.
• Conduct audits to maintain customer safety.

Skills

Patient-focused care

Pharmacy operations knowledge

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Education

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC)

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

We are seeking a patient-focused Relief Pharmacist on a part time basis, to join our pharmacy relief team and support our stores across South London on Saturdays and Sundays. Your base store will be Hay's Galleria and you will work across our range of mainly High Street and Shopping Centre stores across South London.

We pride ourselves on our great customer offering, range of Pharmacy Services and a personal service from our friendly Pharmacy team.

You will be supported by a team of experienced Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Advisors and Dispensers as well as a strong retail management team and a dedicated Area Manager.

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.
• Receive paid transportation at 45 pence per mile

We have a strong, dedicated planning team who will present your rota to you at least 12 weeks in advance.

This position offers a substantial, performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched retirement savings plan and sizeable employee discount!