Relief Pharmacist Barnstaple 2024

Boots are seeking a patient-focused, Relief Pharmacist, to join our dedicated Pharmacy team in the Barnstaple, Devon area.

What you will do

As a Relief Pharmacist for Boots, you will:

• Gain confidence quickly.
• Experience different stores and different challenges.
• Receive flexible work patterns.
• Learn best practice to share with other stores.
• Build experience in delivering varied services.
• Experience different stores that work with care homes, GP’s etc.
• Encounter different management styles & staffing structures.
• Receive paid transportation at 45 pence per mile
• You will be stationed across 2-3 store maximum, and we have a strong, dedicated planning team that will present your rota to you at least 6 weeks in advance.
• Although we are advertising a full-time position, part time hours will also be considered.
• This role offers a competitive base salary, paid every year, and a substantial performance-based annual bonus as well as many other fantastic Boots benefits including our double matched Retirement savings plan, indemnity insurance, GPhC fees reimbursed, sizeable employee discount and much, much more.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to work within busy service lead stores; you will have the support of experienced ACT's, dispensers, and pharmacy advisors, as well as strong retail management support teams and a committed Line Manger and Director of Stores.

Newly qualified pharmacists are very welcome to apply for this position. Immediate Interviews are available!

About the role

As a Relief Pharmacist with us you’ll be providing excellent customer and patient care, it’s more than dispensing medicine, it’s listening and providing your expert advice and reassurance. You won't be based from one pharmacy, but provide service to customers and patients across a range of pharmacies. Your main areas of responsibility will be:

• Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice
• Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
• Building the pharmacy capability of store teams
• Conducting continual review through audit, observations and risk assessment to ensure customer and patient safety is paramount
• Delivering a range of professional pharmacy services

What you’ll need to have

To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help us change for the better. In addition you will:

• Be registered with relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)
• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, patients, customers and external local professionals
• Have a passion for community pharmacy and providing the best care for our customers.
• Be collaborative with a team-centered approach
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
• Be a great communicator; able to put people at ease and effectively meet the varied needs of our customers and patients

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes
• Reimbursement of GPHC/GOC fees in full
• Contribution towards RPS fees
• Professional indemnity insurance with the option of selecting further free cover if you also work in Primary Care settings up to 3 days per week (subject to terms).

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots?

At Boots, 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 change for the better.

What's next?

If successful on application, a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to find a time to discuss your application.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

You will complete an Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.