Healthcare Clinic Specialist

**Previous experience is not required and full training will be provided**

**About the opportunity**

Are you passionate about customer care and delivering Healthcare services? We are looking for team members who are passionate about Healthcare that are keen to learn a new skill and play a key role in delivering our new earwax removal service to the local community..

You will go through specialist training to understand how to complete the ear wax removal process, including how to talk to customers about the process and using a camera to look inside the ear(s) before proceeding to remove the ear wax. You will also complete our healthcare training programme to enable you to advise on the healthcare counter customers with their healthcare needs.

Your role will be to greet customers, verify their details, complete an ear health questionnaire with the customer, look inside the ear(s) using a camera, and then to use specialist microsuction equipment to gently remove ear wax from the customer’s ear(s) to improve their hearing.

**Your main duties will include**:

- Greeting customers and verifying their details
- Clerical duties such as management of appointment booking process for the earwax removal service
- Explaining the earwax removal procedure to customers
- Removing earwax in line with current guidelines
- Recording clear and accurate medical notes
- Maintaining quality of service delivery by following Standard Operating Procedures and adhering to health and safety standards
- Ordering and maintaining adequate stock of requisite materials needed to deliver service
- Working with wider healthcare professionals (e.g. audiologists and GPs) to escalate queries and signposting into other healthcare services
- You will go on the Healthcare Advisor Programme and support future Pharmacy Services in-store

**What you’ll need to have**
- Five GCSEs or equivalent.
- It would be great if you had Healthcare experience however this isn’t mandatory
- Motivated to complete theoretical training
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to communicate with customers and other healthcare professionals
- Confident, Empathetic, approachable and able to interact sensitively
- Digitally savvy and comfortable using a smartphone
- A passion for customer care and working in Healthcare
- Prepared to learn and be comfortable in completing a Healthcare training programme at NVQ2 or equivalent

**Benefits**
- Competitive holiday allowance (with the option to buy more)
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment
- Generous staff discount

**Why Boots**

We're always looking for people who care; people who go the extra mile to change things for the better. You'll be joining a company that is evolving and always looking to improve. 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 can change for the better.

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**What’s next**

**Business Area**
- Retail

**Keywords**
- Healthcare,clinic,specialist,customer,retail,vaccinations,services, assistant,nhs,pharmacy,pharmacist

**Hours per week**
- 37.5

**Latitude,longitude 1**
- 51.453654889,-0.971328646
- Weekdays, Weekends, Weekdays and Weekends

**Airport**
- No

**Hours per week**
- 8 to 16 hours per week, 16 to 24 hours per week, 25 to 34 hours per week, Over 35 hours per week

**Company**
- UK Stores

**Division**
- 16 - United Kingdom

**Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?**
- No

**Region**
- 5 - Wales and West

**Area**
- 149 - Oxfordshire and Berkshire

**Store**
- 2092 - READING

**Req Posted Date**
- 06-Dec-2024

**County**
- Berkshire

**Country**
- UK

**Address 1**
- Unit 5 Upper Grnd Level

**Address 2**
- Reading

**Address 3**
- Berkshire