Relief Pharmacist

Boots UK; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy chain in the UK seeks a Relief Pharmacist to provide top-notch customer and patient care across various locations. The ideal candidate is registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator and has a passion for community pharmacy. Responsibilities include delivering expert advice, managing pharmacy strategy, and ensuring customer safety. Competitive benefits package available.

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

Contribution towards RPS fees

Professional indemnity insurance

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator.
• Demonstrated high levels of professional expertise.
• Passionate about community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert care and advice.
• Ensure legal and ethical decisions are made.
• Build pharmacy capability of store teams.

Skills

Customer service excellence

Communication skills

Collaboration

Pharmacy operations knowledge

High professional expertise

Education

Registration with pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)

Job description

Overview

Job Description About the role: As a Relief Pharmacist you'll be providing excellent customer and patient care. It's more than dispensing medicine — it's listening and providing expert advice and reassurance. You won't be based from one pharmacy, but will provide service to customers and patients across a range of pharmacies.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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

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)