Retail Assistant

**About The Role**:
**About the Role**

You will become part of the retail team in one of our community pharmacies or supermarket stores and be given the opportunity to gain valuable experience whilst working towards a Level 2 or equivalent Healthcare Assistant and Dispenser qualification.

This thorough on the job training qualification will allow you to dispense medications, provide pharmacy services and advice and recommend products and services. You will develop knowledge of our extensive range of health and well-being products and services to ensure our customers receive the best experience that community pharmacy has to offer.**Why LloydsPharmacy?**
- There’s a lot to discover at LloydsPharmacy. We don’t believe in standing still, which is why we are investing in our future. We have enhanced our IT capabilities, implemented a new pharmacy dispensing system and developed a number of HR tools to make your life easier. You’ll have access to training and development programmes at all stages of your career through one of our many pathways.
- In addition, we offer:
- 25 days Holiday (including bank holidays)
- Up to 50% staff discount at LloydsPharmacy in store and online
- Our Care Rewards - Cash back offers on high street retailers
- Full support from our employee assistance programme including a health and wellbeing app
- Company Pension

**About You**:
We’re looking for someone who’s eager to share their expertise, inspire their team and drive a continuous learning culture to constantly improve your pharmacy and put our customers first.

This is a great opportunity for an individual looking to progress their career in Retail. To be successful in this role you must have the work ethic and determination to take advantage of the ‘on the job’ training provided, as well as being approachable, hands on and have a professional personality to enable you to thrive. This entry level role is an excellent opportunity to join a company who really do take pride in their internal promotion opportunities, that are readily available across the Lloyd's Pharmacy network.

As a Healthcare Partner, you must hold Level 2 or equivalent Healthcare Assistant and Dispenser qualification. There is natural progression from this role into a Pharmacy Technician position, with full support on offer to complete the necessary qualifications.

**About Us**: LloydsPharmacy is a household name, part of the wider McKesson UK family, with over 1,400 stores nationwide; accessibly located within local communities, health centres and online. Working as a key partner to the NHS, we dispense more than 150 million prescription items per year supported by over 19,000 colleagues.

We are defined by our ICARE values, and ILEAD behaviours. These guide our decision making and help to make sure we stay focussed on what really matters. Together, ICARE and ILEAD build our shared value system and are the key pillars of McKesson’s culture.

At McKesson UK, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we encourage it for the benefit of our colleagues, our services, and our communities. You’ll have access to our diversity networks, inclusion groups and feel supported and comfortable in yourself at all times.

We want you to bring your whole self to work
- so, wherever possible, we will look to accommodate a flexible approach to your hours and location as well as job share opportunities, to ensure that our roles work not only to support our patients lives, but yours too.

McKesson UK prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity & inclusion, taking a person-centred approach to our interview process that is fair and free from both discrimination and bias. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.