Relief Pharmacist

Boots Opticians; Lingfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Relief Pharmacist to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll provide exceptional customer and patient care, delivering expert advice while working across multiple pharmacies. You'll be accountable for legal and ethical decisions, ensuring the safety and well-being of customers. This position offers flexible working patterns, a strong base salary, and a range of benefits including a generous employee discount and retirement savings plan. If you are passionate about community pharmacy and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Paid transportation at 45 pence per mile

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with a passion for community pharmacy.
• High levels of professional expertise and respected by peers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert care and advice across various pharmacies.
• Ensure legal and ethical standards are upheld in pharmacy operations.

Skills

Customer Care

Pharmacy Operations Knowledge

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Professional Expertise

Education

Registration with GPhC, PSNI, or 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).

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 an 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.

Need To Know

Weekend vacancy

We are seeking a weekend pharmacist to work on relief supporting our welcoming team across the East Surrey and Sussex area. This opportunity is to work both Saturday's & Sunday's (Sunday's are paid at time and a half)

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.
• 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 stores maximum, and we have a strong, dedicated planning team that will present your rota to you at least 12 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, Maria Noble on [e-mail] or simply text 07890915418.

Business Area

Pharmacy

Function

Pharmacist

Keywords

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

Hours per week

14

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Region

8 - South

Area

177 - East Surrey and Sussex

Store

5138 - LINGFIELD AP

Req Posted Date

11-Dec-2024

County

Surrey

Country

UK

Address 1

6/8 East Grinstead Road

Address 2

Lingfield

Address 3

Surrey