Overview
Tesco UK • Bedworth • Permanent • Apply by 06-Oct-2025
Availability Window
Days From time To time Mon 11:00:00 19:00:00 Tue 11:00:00 19:00:00 Wed 11:00:00 19:00:00 Thu 09:00:00 17:30:00
Pharmacy Dispenser pay starts from £12.87 per hour; this increases to £14.08 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may apply depending on location.
It's our policy to offer new colleagues a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week. If you’d prefer to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12), we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.
The availability windows show the periods during the week we would like you to be available to work. We will schedule your contracted hours within these times and you will have 3 weeks’ notice of exactly when your shifts will be. We are happy to support flexibility, so if the times you are available match closely but not exactly, we’d still love to hear from you.
Customers are at the heart of everything we do. Read more about working in a fast-paced environment where colleagues deliver a gold standard of service and patient care. You’ll help customers with new medicines, provide vaccinations, review medicine use, and check blood pressure or glucose levels. This role supports communities by making healthcare choices available and convenient for local people.
Working alongside experienced Pharmacists and managers, you will receive local management and leadership support in whichever store you are based. The management team comes from diverse backgrounds, providing opportunities to learn.
We are looking for talented and driven Pharmacy professionals who can deliver high-quality healthcare service. In return, we offer a supportive team, detailed industry training, and a varied working environment where no two days are the same.
Note If you are successful, your offer will be conditional upon providing your bank details before your start date.
What is in it for you
* Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
* Request flexible working from day one
* 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends with a Colleague Clubcard (additional card to share with family)
* Access to free wellbeing services and resources
* Life cover of five times your pay and a pension with employer matching up to 7.5%
* Benefits to suit you, from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
* Uniform provided and policies to support you for life’s moments
* Access to colleague networks for diverse backgrounds
* More information about benefits can be read here
You will be responsible for
Pharmacy Assistants are integral to the running of our Pharmacies. We are looking for a team player who can:
* Support the operation of one of our new modern Pharmacies
* Apply technical skills and strong customer focus to accurately dispense medication
* Dispense prescription medicines with attention to detail and accuracy
* Talk to customers in a confident, friendly and professional manner
* Offer information on common ailments, symptoms and products
* Understand customer needs and explain product benefits clearly
* Advise on available Pharmacy services
* Support and deliver Pharmacy services and dispensing processes according to SOPs
* Assess the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions
* Deal with clinical and legal queries from Healthcare practitioners
* Respond to customer queries about prescription medicines and inform Pharmacist of complaints
* Ensure dispensary routines and SOPs are followed
* Keep dispensary and consulting rooms clean and tidy
* Ensure prescription administration is accurate and timely
* Carry out promotional activities and company initiatives within the team
* Complete corporate and departmental training
* Stay up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy
You will need
* Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment
* A desire to train and develop into the Pharmacy field
About us
Our vision at Tesco is to be every customer's favourite way to shop. Our core purpose is "Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day". Serving means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, communities, and the planet.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means everyone should feel represented and able to be themselves at work. We are a place where Everyone's Welcome. We welcome chats about flexible working and will discuss support during application.
We are accredited Disability Confident Leader and committed to an inclusive recruitment process. For accessibility information, please request details.
Please note: Tesco will recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. See the school leavers age for your country in the application process. Some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage applications, and feedback is provided only to interviewed candidates. For more information, visit www.tescoplc.com
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