Job Title: Pharmacy Dispenser
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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 help patients feel good by providing clear advice and a wide range of dispensing services. You will work across the healthcare counter and dispensary to meet patients' needs, offering an excellent 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, ensuring they leave feeling informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
Your duties will include:
1. Tailoring conversations with customers to ensure they are well-informed about their healthcare.
2. Handling technical dispensary tasks such as ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and collecting prescriptions, while ensuring safety and compliance.
3. Adhering to legal, professional, and company guidelines and requirements.
4. Engaging with GPs and practice teams to promote pharmacy services and products.
5. Maintaining efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.
What you’ll need to have
We offer an exciting career path. You should have an NVQ Level 2 equivalent in Pharmacy Services and experience as a Pharmacy Dispenser. Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is also required, with support available to complete training within 6 months if needed.
If interested in advancing your career, we support achieving NVQ Level 3 (QCF) in Pharmacy Services to register with GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician, potentially leading to an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) role. Your pay and benefits will reflect your professional development.
This is one of many career routes within Boots.
Our Diversity and Inclusion commitment
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, embracing diversity and providing a positive, inclusive workplace. Flexible working patterns are available to support work-life balance. This role may require a DBS/PVG check in certain locations, and we consider applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits beyond salary, including:
* Competitive holiday allowance (with options to buy more days)
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme
* Discretionary annual bonus scheme
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
* £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby
* Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, and more
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential counselling, 24/7
* Generous staff discounts, including Boots brands, Boots Opticians, and Boots Hearingcare
* Access to third-party discounts on retail, cinema, holidays, and more (UK only)
* Support through the Boots Benevolent Fund for colleagues and their immediate family in times of hardship
*All benefits are subject to change and eligibility.
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