Relief Pharmacist

Boots UK; Ryde; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy retailer in the UK is seeking a Relief Pharmacist to deliver excellent customer and patient care across multiple locations. The role involves accountability for legal decisions, providing expert advice, and ensuring compliance with standards. Candidates should be registered pharmacists with strong communication skills and a passion for community service. This position offers competitive benefits including a retirement savings plan and employee discounts.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Generous employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Be registered with relevant pharmacy regulator.
• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise.
• Have passion for community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care and advice to customers.
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions.
• Deliver a range of professional pharmacy services.

Skills

Customer care

Expert advice

Communication

Team collaboration

Pharmacy operations knowledge

Education

Registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)

Job description

Overview

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.

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

Requirements / Qualifications

• 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)

Notes

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. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Equal Opportunity

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.

What’s next

If successful on application, a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to discuss your application. We are always open to flexible working options, 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 location you will be asked to submit a DBS, PVG or Access NI Check.

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