Boots Opticians
Pharmacy Technician
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Job Description
- Req#: 255436BR
- Providing expert, tailored advice to patients about available medicines, products or Macmillan Cancer Support.
- Delivering various services dependant on the store needs.
- Building great relationships with your pharmacy team; coaching and inspiring them to deliver the highest standard of care.
- Assisting with the triage of patients and distributing prescription handouts.
- Taking ownership for legal, safe and ethical decision-making in the pharmacy.
- Manage operational tasks including replenishing stock, workload management, order fulfilment, receiving and handling controlled drugs whilst ensuring patient safety.
- Registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)
- A genuine excitement for coaching and leading a dispensary team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Motivation to change things for the better for our teams, customers and patients
- A desire to deliver services and outstanding patient care.
- Ability to use pharmacy systems and technology
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous employee discounts
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
- Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
Job Description
What you’ll be doing
Our Pharmacy Technicians make a real difference by delivering outstanding patient-centred service to the communities we serve; from triaging patients, to inspiring and coaching the healthcare team, and providing expert technical advice on the supply of medicines.
Key responsibilities
What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)
It would be great if you also have
Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician with checking capability - however this is not essential as training will be given.
Where your brilliance can take you
There are endless possibilities here at Boots. As a Boots Pharmacy Technician you will have plenty of opportunities to develop yourself and progress your Pharmacy Technician career, explore store leadership or even join our Support Office. Wherever you want to go, we’ll help get you there.
Rewards designed for youNeed To Know
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our store in Newtown as a Pharmacy Technician!
Newtown is one of our smaller stores that sits on the High Street. We work together to support our customers and patients with their every day needs in the local community.
You will be joining a dedicated, passionate team that have recently won the Store of the Year for the region!
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week.
Feel free to drop in for a chat and see what we are all about.
Please get in touch with our Regional Recruitment Partner on 07827980580 or email amy.mackley@boots.co.uk.Business Area
Pharmacy
Function
Healthcare Support
Keywords
Dispenser, ACT, Pharmacy Support, Pharmacy Technician, Medicine, Medicines, customer, assistant, Advisor
Hours per week
37.5
Latitude,longitude 1
52.514929842,-3.316051759
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Weekdays and Weekends
Airport
No
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
143 - Central and Southwest Wales
Store
366 - NEWTOWN
Req Posted Date
19-Jun-2025
County
Powys
Country
UK
Address 1
20-21 High Street
Address 2
Newtown
Address 3
Powys
Post Code
SY16 2NU
Source
Boots
About the company
Boots Opticians Ltd. operates a chain of ophthalmic and dispensing optician stores in the United Kingdom.
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