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Trainee Dispenser
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Trainee Dispenser
Trainee Dispenser – Hourly Role (£13.12 - £15.10/hour)
As a Trainee Dispenser, you’ll play a key role in supporting the pharmacy team and delivering safe, efficient healthcare services.
About The Opportunity
You’ll train on-the-job whilst working within a store’s healthcare department, completing your Dispenser NVQ2 qualification. Your tasks will include:
- Greeting patients and addressing their needs
- Dispensing prescriptions accurately (ordering, labelling, endorsing, and collection)
- Providing medical advice and guidance
- Managing repeat prescriptions and ensuring medicine adherence
This is a store-based role. Remote applicants are not considered, and UK legal residency is required.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete Pharmacy Advisor NVQ2 training
- Dispense prescriptions safely, managing inventory and customer transactions
- Assist healthcare professionals to deliver pharmacy services
- Provide patient care, advice, and symptom management
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for compliance
- Adapt to evolving systems that enhance patient safety
- Learn and apply new healthcare knowledge through ongoing training
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Career Growth
- Path to Pharmacy Technician certification
- Leadership opportunities within the store
What You’ll Need
- Willingness to learn and work towards NVQ2 qualification
- Valid UK right to work (visa sponsorship not available)
Nice to have but not essential:
- Previous pharmacy or customer service experience
Benefits
- £200 Christmas bonus
- 20%–30% off-store discounts (depending on location)
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave + gift card
- Flexible Reward Scheme
- 24/7 counselling via TELUS Health’s Employee Assistance Programme
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Why Boots?
At Boots, we’re driven by people who care—heroic, evolving, and inclusive. You’ll progress and contribute in a supportive environment where diversity is celebrated. Be part of a team determined to make a meaningful difference in healthcare.
What’s Next?
- Your application will be reviewed.
- Shortlisted candidates proceed to interview with the hiring manager.
Flexible Arrangements
If this role is full-time, we encourage applications for part-time or job share arrangements.
Accessibility
We offer reasonable adjustments to support your application and interview process.
Successful candidates will submit: either a DBS, PVG, or AccessNI clearance before joining. As a Ban the Box employer, we consider workplace suitability fairly for all applicants.
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