Job Description
The importance of your role.
Be part of our ambition to be the world’s leading Pharmacy-led retailer. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re proud to offer legendary care every day; it’s what sets us apart from other UK Pharmacy chains.
This is a great opportunity to develop your Pharmacy career and make a difference to the lives of our patients.
How will you do it?
With a technical yet personable approach, you’ll inspire the pharmacy team around you, making sure that our standards reflect that we care about our patients. Legally and ethically we want to give them the very best service.
Accuracy and care is what this role is all about. You will deliver the safe and effective running of the pharmacy and healthcare business, and lead the day-to-day running of the dispensary. You will be an expert in the technical aspects of the supply of medicines, whilst delivering excellent patient care.
Guiding and supporting your pharmacy team and working closely with the Pharmacist and Store Leader you’ll be influential in growing our business.
What you’ll be doing day to day.
You will help deliver the safe and effective running of the pharmacy and healthcare business, and lead the day-to-day running of the dispensary.
Your duties will include:
* Responsibility for legal, safe & ethical decision-making in the pharmacy.
* Delivering on-target delivery of items and services income.
* Complying with legal and professional requirements and accepted guidance on professional practice in Boots.
* Tailoring conversations with every customer to ensure they leave your pharmacy feeling informed and confident about their healthcare needs and coaching other pharmacy team members to do the same.
* Seeking opportunities to engage external stakeholders to secure locally commissioned services and drive services and items.
* Delivering efficient dispensary operations and ensuring dispensing losses are minimized.
* Ordering medicines, labeling, dispensing, endorsing, and checking of prescriptions.
What you’ll need to have.
We’re offering you an exciting career opportunity. It’s a chance to continue your professional and pharmacy journey. You will need to have an NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent), and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council to join us.
But it isn’t just about experience, we’re looking for people with a genuine passion for customer care, who will support and lead the dispensary team, and deliver pharmacy strategy in partnership with the team.
To work within our dispensaries you also need to have completed a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent.
You may wish to become an Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT) with us; we can give you the training and support you need in order to achieve this. As you continue to develop your healthcare knowledge through these qualifications and roles, this will be reflected in your pay and benefits.
Need To Know
We are seeking a part-time Pharmacy Technician / Accuracy Checking Technician to join our dedicated pharmacy team at our Boots pharmacy on Gillingham High Street.
The days requiring cover are Friday's and Saturday's, every week, 9am - 5:30pm.
Your role will be to support Pharmacists to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of pharmaceutical services.
As the face of the dispensary, you are key to helping us change for the better in the local community!
You will be conducting the crucial final accuracy checks on dispensed medication, checking drug names, and quantities match the label.
You are the last person to see medicines or products before they are used by a patient or customer!
Pharmacy Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday - 9:00am - 5:30pm
Sunday - Closed
Boots can offer a competitive base salary + enrollment into our performance-based annual bonus & heaps of other benefits & rewards such as our sizeable employee discount on Boots brands, Opticians & Hearingcare, double-matched retirement savings plan, GPhC registration fees reimbursed, Competitive holiday entitlement + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) & the option to buy a further 5 days, & Enhanced Mat/Pat/Adoption leave. The list goes on...
***Boots can accept minimum NVQ level 3 in pharmacy services and you must be registered on the GPhC register to be eligible for this role***
Business Area
Pharmacy
Function
Pharmacy Support Colleagues
Keywords
Dispenser, ACT, Pharmacy Support, Pharmacy Technician, Medicine, Medicines, customer, assistant, Advisor
Hours per week
16
Company
UK Stores
Division
16 - United Kingdom
Region
8 - South
Area
174 - North and West Kent
Store
882 - GILLINGHAM
Req Posted Date
10-Dec-2024
County
Kent
Country
UK
Address 1
125-127 High Street
Address 2
Gillingham
Address 3
Kent
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