About the role As a Pharmacist with us you’ll be providing excellent customer and patient care, it’s more than dispensing medicine, it’s listening and providing your expert advice and reassurance. Your main areas of responsibility will be: Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy Building the pharmacy capability of store teams Conducting continual review through audit, observations and risk assessment to ensure customer and patient safety is paramount Delivering a range of professional pharmacy services What you’ll need to have To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help us change for the better. In addition you will: Be registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI) Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, patients, customers and external local professionals Have a passion for community pharmacy and providing the best care for our customers. Be collaborative with a team-centered approach Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services Be a great communicator; able to put people at ease and effectively meet the varied needs of our customers and patients Our benefits Boots Retirement Savings Plan Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay Discretionary annual bonus Generous employee discounts Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees in full Contribution towards RPS fees Professional indemnity insurance with the option of selecting further free cover if you also work in Primary Care settings up to 3 days per week (subject to terms). We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at https://www.boots.jobs/why-boots/rewards-benefits/ boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. Why Boots At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better. What's next If successful on application, a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to find a time to discuss your application. We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. You will complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. Need To Know Boots are seeking a patient-focused, store-based Pharmacist, to join our dedicated Pharmacy team on Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent. This brilliant store has a great team of 30 12 of which are dispenser trained. We offer flu, pneumonia, hypertension, contraception, NMS, travel and 111 referral services. We have a Care Home Services team that we are very proud to say, services over 100 care homes in the area. We usually operate with 3 dispensers and a pharmacist in the Care Home Services team. Our bustling walk-in pharmacy is in substantial growth, year on year in both items and services, again we operate with 3 dispensers and 1 walk in pharmacist. Our team is multi-skilled in the sense that we have dispensers and pharmacists that can slot in anywhere across our healthcare business which allows greater fluidity to deploy our team where it is needed most across the cycle. This position offers a Permanent contract with a shift pattern of: Week 1 Tues - Sat (8.30 - 17.30) Week 2 Mon - Fri (8.30 - 17.30) This position comes with the opportunity to complete your independent prescribing qualification, fully funded by Boots Newly qualified pharmacists are very welcome to apply for this position. Pharmacy Opening Times For This Store are: Monday to Saturday, 9am - 5:30pm Sunday - 10am - 4pm This role offers a competitive base salary, PLUS an ample location honorarium, paid every year, and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement savings plan, GPhC fees reimbursed, indemnity insurance cover, social, financial, healthcare and dental benefits, our sizeable employee discount and much, much more For further information, please contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Renaldo Sinanan on renaldo.sinananboots.com or simply text 07811770080. Immediate Interviews are available Keywords Newly qualified Pharmacist, Newly qualified, Pharmacist, healthcare, pharmacy, in store pharmacist, Medicine, Medicines,