Availability Window
Availability windows: Monday 14:00‑21:00, Tuesday 14:00‑19:00, Thursday 10:00‑16:00, Friday 12:00‑19:15. We schedule your contracted hours within these times, and you’ll have three weeks' notice of your exact shifts. We are happy to support flexibility if the times you’re available closely match but not exactly the desired windows.
Our Pharmacy Technician rate of pay starts from £14.21 an hour; this increases to £15.48 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may also apply depending on location.
It's our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, but if you'd like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.
Customers are at the heart of everything we do. Every day you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference for customers in all sorts of ways, such as support for giving up smoking, reviewing customers’ use of medicines, checking blood pressure or testing for blood glucose levels. It’s very much about supporting our communities by making the best healthcare choices available and convenient for local people.
Working alongside industry experts, you will receive local management and leadership support in whatever store you are based. Our management team comes from a variety of backgrounds so there is always a chance to learn.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the management of one of our new modern Pharmacies.
* Applying your technical skills and strong customer focus to accurately dispense medication for our customers.
* Dispensing prescription medicines, ensuring attention to detail and accuracy are maintained at all times.
* Talking to customers and offering information in a confident, friendly and professional manner, providing our customers with a great service and making them want to visit our Pharmacy again.
* Offering appropriate information to customers on common ailments, symptoms and products.
* Taking time to understand the customers’ needs, explaining the benefits of the products in a way they understand and only selling products that are right for the customer.
* Advising customers on the range of Pharmacy services available.
* Supporting and delivering Pharmacy services and the dispensing process according to the Standard Operating Procedures.
* Assessing the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions.
* Dealing with clinical and legal queries from Healthcare practitioners within area of competence.
* Responding to customer queries in relation to prescription medicines, informing the Pharmacist of any complaints.
* Ensuring all dispensary routines and Standard Operating Procedures are followed.
* Ensuring dispensary and consulting rooms are clean, tidy and free of clutter.
* Ensuring all prescription administration is accurate and completed on time.
* Bringing promotional activities and company initiatives within the team to life.
* Carrying out all procedures accurately to protect profit and ensure we trade safely and legally.
* Supporting the Pharmacy Manager and Duty Pharmacy Manager with the supervision and development of other members of the pharmacy team through coaching and feedback.
* Maintaining a personal development record with the GPhC and completing corporate and departmental training.
* Keeping up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy.
* Maintaining annual registration with GPhC.
Qualifications
* A pharmacy technician/accuracy checking technician NVQ (or similar) qualification.
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician/Accuracy Checking Technician.
* Proof of completion of a recognised training course for an Accuracy Checking Technician/Pharmacy Technician.
* Proof of completing your annual Continuing Professional Development requirements.
We are looking for talented and driven professionals who can deliver the highest quality healthcare service to our customers, and in return we’ll provide a supportive team, detailed industry training and a varied working environment where no two days are the same.
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life‑changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please contact our recruitment team.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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