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Pharmacy Technician Role
What You’ll Be Doing
Our Pharmacy Technicians make a real difference by delivering outstanding patient-centred service to the communities we serve. Key tasks include:
- Triaging patients
- Inspiring and coaching healthcare teams
- Providing expert technical advice on medicine supply
Key Responsibilities
- Offering expert, tailored advice to patients about medicines, products, or Macmillan Cancer Support
- Providing store-dependent services as needed
- Building strong relationships with pharmacy teams, coaching them to maintain high standards of care
- Assisting in patient triage and distributing prescription-related information
- Making legal, safe, and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
- Managing operational tasks:
- Replenishing stock
- Workload management
- Order fulfilment
- Receiving and handling controlled drugs
- Ensuring patient safety
Requirements
Must-Haves
✅ Registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator: GPhC, PSNI, or PSI ✅ Strong passion for coaching and leading a dispensary team ✅ Excellent communication and organisational skills ✅ Committed to continuous improvement for patients, customers, and teams ✅ Dedication to delivering high-quality patient care ✅ Ability to use pharmacy systems and technology
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Nice-to-Haves (Training provided if lacking experience)
✔ Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician with checking capability
Career Growth & Opportunities at Boots
There are endless possibilities—Boots supports your professional development in multiple ways:
- Potential for progression to store leadership roles
- Opportunities in the Support Office
- Pathways to career advancement within the pharmacy field
Rewards & Benefits
- Pension scheme: Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous employee discounts
- Enhanced parental leave:
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay with a gift card for expecting or adopting parents
- Flexible benefits scheme including:
- Option to buy extra holiday
- Discounted gym membership
- Life assurance
- Activity passes
- TELUS Health: Free, 24/7 counselling and emotional support
- CPD days and protected learning time
- Reimbursement of GPhC/PSNI/PSI fees
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About Boots
At Boots, we’re an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where:
- Everyone is welcome, supported, and free to be themselves
- Our people feel valued, which helps us serve our customers better
- Colleagues and customers alike notice a real difference every day
Next Steps
If you apply:
- Our team will reconnect to discuss outcomes or next steps
- We welcome part-time and job share options for full-time roles
- Adjustments will be made at no cost to support your application process
A pre-employment check (e.g., Disclosure & Barring Service, Protection of Vulnerable Groups, or Access NI Check) will be required upon offer.
Boots commits to a Ban the Box policy, evaluating applicants based on their abilities—not criminal history—on a case-by-case basis.
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