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Role Details
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, care, and a wide range of dispensing services.
You'll work across the healthcare counter and dispensary to meet patients' needs. This role offers 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 and delivering accurate answers.
Your duties will include:
1. Tailoring conversations to ensure customers leave informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
2. Handling technical dispensary tasks such as ordering medicines, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and collecting prescriptions.
3. Ensuring compliance with legal, professional, and guidance standards.
4. Engaging with GPs and practice teams to promote services and products.
5. Ensuring efficient dispensary operations and minimizing dispensing losses.
What you’ll need to have
Applicants should have an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services and previous experience as a Pharmacy Dispenser. Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is required; training will be supported if not already completed.
Opportunities for further development include achieving NVQ Level 3 (QCF) in Pharmacy Services and registering with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician, potentially progressing to an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) role. Salary and benefits will reflect your professional development.
This is one of several career paths within Boots. Explore your pharmacy career progression with us.
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. The role may require a DBS/PVG check in certain locations. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider applicants with criminal convictions case-by-case, with prior discussion encouraged.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits beyond salary, including:
* Competitive holiday allowance (with option to buy more days)
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
* £100 gift card for colleagues expecting or adopting a baby
* Flexible benefits scheme via salary sacrifice (e.g., wellbeing support, gym membership, dental cover, etc.)
* Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential counselling
* Generous staff discount, including for Boots brands and services
* Access to third-party discounts on retail, cinema, holidays, and more
* Support from the Boots Benevolent Fund for financial hardship
*All benefits are subject to change and eligibility.
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