Relief Pharmacist

About the role:

Our community pharmacies play a key part in caring for the health and wellbeing of our customers and members. As the largest Co-operative Pharmacy group, our pharmacies offer so much more than just exceptional customer service From prescriptions and flu vaccines to podiatry, we’re passionate about looking after the health needs of our patients.

There to cover and support to these helpful and inspiring teams are our Relief Pharmacists. An essential role in our wider Pharmacy team, you’ll be a key figure in helping us to continue to provide fantastic pharmacy services to our communities. Working alongside our friendly and hardworking teams, you’ll making a real difference to the health and wellbeing of your customers and members. Duties will include, but are not limited to: 

Leading your pharmacy team to ensure an efficient and friendly service, excelling in delivering a range of enhanced services Checking prescriptions for accuracy and safety, assisting with dispensing medications and advising patients on routes of administration and dosages Supporting branch management; maintaining records, tracking inventory, controlling stock levels and securing controlled drugs to maintain compliance.  We’re committed to your wellbeing with flexible hours to suit your needs. This role offers part-time or full-time options between 24 and 43 hours per week, so you can find the perfect work-life balance.

About You

We are looking for a professional and driven pharmacist who has a genuine passion about health care and who is keen to develop in their role and career. Additionally, you’ll need to have:

Essential: A master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) and you’ll also need to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Confidence in providing expert health advice, and the full range of advanced and enhanced services A professional and approachable manner to build and maintain dependable working relationships Excellent communication skills, able to be a role model for your team in delivering face-to-face interactions to a high standard Enthusiasm and drive to champion your own learning and development, and grow a continuous learning culture within your team to support their career growth Experience of leading and developing a team, with drive and ambition to ensure your pharmacy meets its targets.

For this role we are looking for someone to cover each of the following areas: 

- Boston & South Lincolnshire - North Lincolnshire - Lincoln and surrounding villages

Benefits:

This is a great opportunity to develop your Pharmacy career and make a difference to the lives of our communities. In addition to working for a growing co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:

Up to 34 days annual leave (pro-rata) including bank holidays Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions) Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses Annual discretionary colleague bonuses to reward you for your hard work Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work Wellbeing initiatives and community engagement opportunities

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