Pharmacy Colleague
Category: Pharmacy (RLD), Retail Healthcare, Retail Hourly Colleagues
Location: Portsmouth
Employment Type: Part time
Contract Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Work Shift: Afternoons
Hours per Week: 20
Pay Rate: £12.60
Closing Date: 19 November 2025
About the Role
To be employed in this role you must pass an enhanced safeguarding check. Our stores operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, providing a wide variety of shift patterns – if you’re looking for flexible working to fit around your lifestyle, then look no further! We’ll work with you on your shifts, but weekend working is a requirement of the role, and we may need to be flexible with your work pattern.
Our in-store Pharmacies are hugely popular with customers, who expect the same warmth and friendliness they get elsewhere in the store – along with confidence and a relaxed approach to discussing personal health issues, quickly resolving customer problems and guiding them to the right products.
You will also be responsible for accurately assembling and processing prescriptions and for driving awareness of all the extra services we offer in Pharmacy (e.g., Prescription Collection Service, Medicines Use Reviews). You will support the Pharmacist with delivering patient services and maintaining effective records (blood pressure checks, stop‑smoking schemes, etc.), and will develop an understanding of the strict Standard Operating Procedures.
Additionally, you will collect customers’ prescriptions from their doctor’s surgery and bring them to the store ready for collection. We will help you become a star Pharmacy colleague – you’ll complete an accredited course to become a qualified Medicine Counter Assistant within six months, then move on to train as a Dispensing Assistant to complete your pharmacy training. Each step of the way you’ll add value to our service and advance your career.
About You
You’ll be naturally friendly, highly organised, and eager to work with your team to deliver great results. You have good computer skills, attention to detail, and you communicate well with customers. You love problem‑solving and are passionate about helping people, ensuring they receive a great healthcare experience and a friendly chat along the way.
Everything you’ll love
* Colleague discount: 15% off your shopping at Asda from day 1 for you and a nominated user
* Discounted rates and special offers on Asda services such as Mobile, Pharmacy, Opticians, Personal Loan, Pet Insurance, Travel Insurance, Travel Money, Tyres, Breakdown Cover
* Stream: access to flexible pay, income tracker, financial coaching, exclusive savings account and much more
* Company pension
* Wellbeing: 24/7 virtual GP, 24/7 EAP service, and free counselling, legal, mortgage, cancer and bereavement support
* Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – fostering inclusion and celebrating differences
* Excellent parental leave policies (maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, fertility treatment support)
* Colleague recognition programme
* Special offers and discounts across services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas
Seniority level
Internship
Employment type
Part‑time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Retail
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