Job Description

About the role
As a 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. 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 - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. 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 to help you to be at your best.
You will complete a 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.
Vacancy Reference Number
255193BR
Area
220 - Hospitals South
Company
UK Stores
Hours per week
Over 35 hours per week
County
Devon
Airport
No
Region
17 - Hospitals
Store
2266 - Plymouth Hospital
Full or Part time
Full-time
Division
16 - United Kingdom
Contract Type
Permanent
Need To Know
Are you a customer-focused pharmacist looking for a new challenge? Do you have hospital experience, or would you like to further develop your clinical skills and work in a hospital environment?
We are seeking a brilliant Hospital Pharmacist to join our dedicated Boots pharmacy team at the purpose built premises, including robot technology, at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
Full time opportunity. Rota will include 1 in 4 Saturdays
Store Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri 8.30am to 6pm
Sat 9am to 2pm
Sun Closed
anna.jones@boots.co.uk
Keywords
Newly qualified Pharmacist, Newly qualified, Pharmacist, healthcare, pharmacy, in store pharmacist, Medicine, Medicines,
Latitude,longitude 1
50.4171872121704, -4.113580757767669
Function
Pharmacist
Business Area
Pharmacy
Shift Pattern to display to candidates (displayed externally). Please select one:
Weekdays and Weekends
Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?
No
Hours per week
40
Req Posted Date
09-Jun-2025