Members Name: Grace Elsmore
Contact Email: grace.elsmore@boots.co.uk
Website: Boots Jobs
Job Description
The hourly rate for this role is £13.92 and up to £16.64 across selected locations within London.
About the Opportunity
As a Relief Dispenser, you’ll help patients access safe, accurate and supportive pharmacy care while bringing consistency across a group of local Boots stores. This relief role covers Bishopbriggs, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Kirkintilloch and Milngavie.
You’ll work on site as part of the Stores - Pharmacy team, supporting pharmacists and healthcare colleagues with dispensing, prescriptions and patient queries. It’s a hands-on role for someone who enjoys variety, can travel flexibly across the defined local area, and wants their work to make a difference every day.
Key Responsibilities
Dispense prescriptions safely and accurately, including ordering medicines, labelling, endorsing and collection of prescriptions.
Support the pharmacist and wider healthcare team in delivering pharmacy services for patients.
Offer appropriate advice to patients about medicines, referring queries to the pharmacist where needed.
Follow Standard Operating Procedures to support safe, legal and consistent dispensing.
Help patients manage their prescriptions, including reliable repeats and adherence support.
Communicate clearly with store teams to help maintain continuity of care.
Travel flexibly to support Boots stores in Bishopbriggs, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Kirkintilloch and Milngavie.
Use in-store technologies and systems that support patient safety and improve dispensing processes.
What You’ll Need to Have
A completed Pharmacy Advisor qualification NVQ2, or equivalent.
Current and valid UK right to work.
Full flexibility and ability to travel across Bishopbriggs, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Kirkintilloch and Milngavie for this relief role.
Confidence dispensing prescriptions safely and accurately.
Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures in a regulated pharmacy environment.
A caring, patient-focused approach and good communication skills.
Please note, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship and remote applicants will not be considered.
It Would Be Great if You Also Have
Experience working in community pharmacy.
Confidence supporting patients with repeat prescriptions and adherence.
Familiarity with pharmacy systems or evolving in-store technologies.
Experience working across more than one store, branch or local healthcare setting.
An interest in developing towards Pharmacy Technician training or store leadership.
Our Benefits
Discretionary Christmas Gift Payment.
Generous staff discount.
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
Gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
Flexible benefits scheme.
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, the Employee Assistance Programme.
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you. Find out more at Boots Jobs.
Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.
Why Boots
We're always looking for people who care; people who go the extra mile to change things for the better. You'll be joining a company that is evolving and always looking to improve.
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, and we are passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues by providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.
As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.
What’s Next
Your application will be reviewed by our team, and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.
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.
This role requires the successful candidate to complete a pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location, you will be asked to submit either a DBS, PVG or 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.
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