Pharmacy Advisor

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Pharmacy Advisor to join our team at Boots Opticians. As a Pharmacy Advisor, you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care and providing health advice to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide health advice to customers through focused conversations, ensuring they leave the pharmacy feeling informed and confident about their healthcare needs.
• Deliver the technical aspects of the dispensary, ensuring the safe supply of medicines, including ordering, labelling, dispensing, endorsing, and collection of prescriptions.
• Comply with legal and professional requirements, as well as accepted guidance on professional practice in Boots.
• Seek opportunities to engage with GPs and practice teams to promote services and items.
• Deliver efficient dispensary operations and minimize dispensing losses.

Requirements

• You will need to have either an NVQ Level 2 equivalent in Pharmacy Services or be working towards and have completed the first year of an Mpharm course at university.
• Completion of a Medicines Counter Assistant (NVQ2) qualification or equivalent is also required. If you have not previously completed this, we will support your development to complete our training within 6 months of joining us.
• We can also support you towards achieving both competency and knowledge-based NVQ Level 3 (QCF) qualification in Pharmacy Services to become eligible to register with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician.

Benefits

• Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more days.
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme.
• Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment.
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption leave pay.
• £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby.
• Flexible benefits scheme, including financial wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, restaurant discount cards, activity passes, and more.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent, and confidential counselling and support.
• Generous staff discount, including Boots brands, Boot Opticians, and Boots Hearingcare.
• Access to corporate third-party discounts, including retail, cinema, holidays, and more.
• Access to the Boots Benevolent Fund, a registered charity that offers support to eligible current and former colleagues in the UK, as well as their immediate relatives, at times of financial hardship.

Working Arrangements

This is a relief role across the area, and you will be required to work across the healthcare counter and the dispensary to meet patients' needs.

What We Offer

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. We offer a variety of flexible working patterns to support our colleagues to achieve a good work-life balance.

This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check in certain locations. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.