The hourly rate for this role is £11.64, and up to £12.88 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 help patients feel good by providing clear advice and a wide range of dispensing services.
You will work across the healthcare counter and dispensary, focusing on 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.
Providing health advice through focused conversations with patients, delivering accurate answers.
Your duties will include:
* Tailoring conversations to ensure customers leave feeling informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
* Handling technical dispensary tasks such as ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and prescription collection, ensuring safety and compliance.
* Adhering to legal and professional standards in line with Boots' guidance.
* Engaging with GPs and practice teams to promote services and products.
* Ensuring efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.
What you’ll need to have.
To join us, you should have an NVQ Level 2 equivalent 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 training within 6 months.
We also offer opportunities to pursue NVQ Level 3 (QCF) in Pharmacy Services, leading towards registration with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician and potential progression to an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) role. Your pay and benefits will reflect your professional development.
This is one of many career pathways within Boots.
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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 beyond salary, including:
* Competitive holiday allowance (with buy more days option)
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Enhanced parental leave pay
* £100 gift card for expecting/adopting colleagues
* Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, discounts, activity passes, and more
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme with confidential support 24/7
* Generous staff discounts and third-party retail discounts
* Support from the Boots Benevolent Fund during financial hardship
*All benefits are subject to change and eligibility.
About the company
Boots Opticians Ltd. operates ophthalmic and dispensing optician stores across the UK.
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