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Salary
The hourly rate for this role is £12.69 and up to £14.05 across selected locations within London.
The importance of your role
Exceptional patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. As a Pharmacy Dispenser, you'll be part of helping patients feel good. This involves providing clear advice and care, along with a wide range of dispensing services.
You will work across the healthcare counter and dispensary to meet patients' needs. This role offers a great opportunity to develop your pharmacy career and make a difference in patients' lives.
What you’ll be doing day to day
Your role focuses on providing health advice through focused conversations with patients, ensuring clear and accurate responses.
Your duties will include:
1. Tailoring conversations to ensure customers leave feeling informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
2. Handling technical dispensary tasks such as ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and collecting prescriptions.
3. Complying with legal and professional standards in Boots.
4. Engaging with GPs and practice teams to promote services and products.
5. Ensuring efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.
What you’ll need to have
We offer an exciting career opportunity. You should have an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services and previous experience as a Pharmacy Dispenser.
Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is required. If not completed, we will support your development to finish training within 6 months.
We also support career progression towards NVQ Level 3 (QCF) in Pharmacy Services, enabling registration with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician, potentially leading to an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) role. Your pay and benefits will reflect your qualifications and roles as you progress.
This is one of several career paths within Boots.
Our Diversity and Inclusion commitment
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, offering flexible working patterns to support work-life balance. This role may require a DBS/PVG check in certain locations. Boots is a 'Ban the Box' employer and considers applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis, with prior discussion encouraged.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits that go beyond salary, including:
* Competitive holiday allowance (with options to buy more days)
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Enhanced parental leave pay
* £100 gift card for colleagues expecting or adopting a baby
* Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including wellbeing support, gym membership, dental cover, and more
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential support
* Staff discounts on Boots products and brands
* Third-party discounts on retail, cinema, holidays, etc.
* Support from the Boots Benevolent Fund for colleagues in financial hardship
*All benefits are subject to change and eligibility.
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