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We also offer a six-week training programme to Pharmacy Technicians who want to become ACPTs.
About the opportunity
As an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician you will play a key role in our pharmacies, leading your team to provide a service that our customers and patients can trust. As a Boots ACPT you will have a great opportunity to either develop yourself and your career or continue to offer a brilliant service to your local community with ongoing CPD.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Accurately checking patient prescriptions that have been clinically checked by a Pharmacist whilst meeting regulatory and company standards.
- 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 & 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 as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPh C
- A passion 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
It would be great if you also had
Previous experience as an ACPT – however this is not essential as training will be given to Pharmacy Technicians
Our benefits- Fully funded services training
- GPh C Fees reimbursed
- Indemnity insurance cover
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- CPD Days and protected learning time
- Development opportunities to enhance your career
- Generous staff discount
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption leave pay
- Additional Option to buy benefits including additional 5 days holidays
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
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 you’re application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have been unsuccessful, we are unfortunately unable to personally contact you, but you will be notified by email.
This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check in certain locations.Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. 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.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.Need To Know
We are seeking a driven Accuracy Checking Technician to join our dedicated pharmacy team at our Boots pharmacy on Silver Street in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Your role will be to support Pharmacists to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of pharmaceutical services..
As the face of the dispensary, you are key to helping us change for the better in the local community!
You will be conducting the crucial final accuracy checks on dispensed medication, checking drug names, and quantities match the label.
You are the last person to see medicines or products before they are used by a patient or customer!
Pharmacy Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday - 9:00am - 5:30pm
Sunday - 10am - 4pm
Boots can offer a competitive base salary + enrollment into our performance-based annual bonus & heaps of other benefits & rewards such as our sizeable employee discount on Boots brands, Opticians & Hearingcare, double-matched retirement savings plan, GPh C registration fees reimbursed, Competitive holiday entitlement + bank holidays (increasing with
length of service) & the option to buy a further 5 days, & Enhanced Mat/Pat/Adoption leave. The list goes on...
To hear more about this great opportunity, contact our Regional Recruitment Partner, Maria Noble on 07890915418 / maria.noble@boots.co.uk
You must be registered on the GPh C register to be eligible for this role.
Boots can accept minimum NVQ level 3, and we offer boots ACT training – 6 weeks. Or, completion of an Accuracy in Dispensing (AID) course, accredited by the GPh C or ACT qualified candidates hold an NVQ Level 4.
Immediate Interviews Available.Business Area
PharmacyFunction
Pharmacy Support ColleaguesKeywords
Dispenser, ACT, Pharmacy Support, Pharmacy Technician, ACT, Accuracy Checking Technician, customer, assistant, AdvisorHours per week
- 5
- 068417178,-1.79668803
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Over 35 hours per weekCompany
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16 - United KingdomShould this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?
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8 - SouthArea
180 - Hampshire and WiltshireStore
1488 - SALISBURY