Hi I'm Sarah! When deciding on what to study, I had the difficult decision of deciding between dentistry and pharmacy. I enjoyed the chemistry behind medicines, so at the last minute, I chose Pharmacy.

After my third year of studying Pharmacy at university, I was offered a place on the Boots Summer Placement Programme. I really enjoyed it and got along well with my team. I found Boots had put lots of thought and effort into the programme and provided lots of tools for learning. It was exactly what I was looking for!

Since starting my pre-reg, I have been working in the dispensary and speaking to lots of customers. I’m still surprised by the number of people asking for my advice!

I have also been working on auditing our New Medicines Service. In this, we speak to patients after they start new medication and see how things are going. At the moment, I am recording how many people we have on this service. Once I have the results, I will implement changes and ensure these patients keep returning to Boots.

As well as my project on the New Medicines Service, I will be coaching my team on the complete care conversation. This ensures that we're providing lifestyle advice as well as medication, to benefit the patient. The first step with this will be to observe my team. There is lots of work but it is rewarding and my tutor is very supportive.

Find out more about Boots Pharmacy Jobs.

Our Pharmacy Summer Placement Programme website is now live.  Applications open Monday 7th January and close Friday 25th January 2013. 

www.boots.jobs/spp

If you have excellent communication and customer service skills? Then come and join Boots as a Customer Advisor in Nottingham.

You’ll be a critical link to the most valuable asset we have – our customers. When they have questions, you’ll resolve them, giving them a memorable experience that will keep them coming back to us for all their needs.

If you’re up for the challenge....

...Apply Now

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Boots will be attending the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference on Sunday 9 & Monday 10 September. Come along and meet us if you are there. We look forward to seeing you.

About the conference.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will be hosting its third annual conference, to be held at the ICC in Birmingham on Sunday 9 and Monday 10 September 2012. The two day conference will once again provide delegates with opportunities to develop their professional, practice and leadership skills, network with peers and learn about the latest practice developments from across Great Britain. The aim of the conference is to bring the pharmacy profession together and to provide support and development to pharmacy professionals. This year’s conference will focus on how innovation can contribute and is essential in ensuring we continue to deliver top class patient care; with the theme for 2012 encompassing: ‘Enhancing patient care through innovation.’

There will be approximately 400+ conference delegates per day from across the pharmacy profession, with a large majority made up of hospital, community and academic pharmacists. As well as this we will be working closely with the British Pharmaceutical Students Association to encourage students and preregistration trainees to attend, with free conference places made available to them.

The conference is aimed at:

Frontline pharmacists facing patients in their day-to-day work – who wish to be supported in developing their professional and leadership skills so they can be better equipped to deal with the many professional issues they face on a daily basis. This includes: community, hospital and primary care pharmacists.

Academics in pharmacy practice – who want to be at the cutting edge of the practice research base for pharmacy and healthcare, using research to derive evidence which can in turn be used to innovate practice and policy.

Pharmacy students and preregistration trainees – who wish to understand the development of their future career in pharmacy and the opportunities available.

If you have any questions about vacancies, how to apply, online assessments or our selection and interview process then take a look at our new FAQ section.

www.boots.jobs/faq

Boots were awarded two special acolades at the Recruiter Awards held in London recently - Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy and Innovation in Recruitment. 

The Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy Award was given in recognition of our Pharmacy Graduate Programme. The judges were impressed with the scale of the graduate programme and the success rate in the competitive market of resourcing pharmacists. 

The Innovation in Recruitment award was given to Boots to recognise the innovation revolving around the new online assessment tool for store colleague roles. 

Boots has unveiled a new look and feel for its pharmacies to help support a new condition-led pharmacy approach. 

The current look and feel of the pharmacy area across the entire store portfolio and online is to be upgraded. New designs and iconography are being introduced to make it easier for customers to find and access healthcare and pharmacy services. The new easy to understand icons and language will give a brighter, sharper and more dynamic way of communicating healthcare and pharmacy products and services. 

Christmas is a special time at Boots and, as the UK's leading health and beauty retailer, this year we're looking to recruit around 7,000 people to come and join us in our stores between now and then.

Our aim is to deliver great customer care whilst helping people feel good during and in the run up to the festive season.

We're looking for people all across the UK and Ireland who can demonstrate genuine care and interest in our customers needs and go the extra mile to ensure everyone has a fantastic shopping experience whilst in our stores, as well as providing the best health and beauty advice available.

To find out more information on what we have to offer and how to apply please visit

www.boots.jobs/christmas

Congratulations to Vicki Watters for her success at the first ever Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards held in London. 

Vicki scooped the winners award for Pre-Reg Trainee of the Year category - a truly fantastic achievement. 

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards gives great opportunity to recognise successful projects or initiatives and more importantly the proactive and innovative approach that led to their success. These are the projects which raise the benchmark in the profession and allow everyone to learn. They benefit everyone but more importantly benefit patients. 

Boots Graduates will be attending the Manchester University Finance, Business and Management Fair on October 20th.

The event will be held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. It opens at 10.30am and we'll have graduates and line managers there to talk about the various Boots Graduate Programmes.

Come by and see us if you are in the area.

On Thursday 8 September, the winners of Retail Week's 2011 Skillsmart Retail Rising Stars awards were announced at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The Rising Star Awards celebrate those individual and teams who really make a difference to their company's performance.

The award ceremony brought together hundreds of retail professionals to honour those who have performed outstandingly over the last year. Through gruelling interviews with every individual, the judges were looking for people who demonstrated the skills and intuition to serve the needs of the business both at the support centre and in stores. The categories were tough with competitors from almost every retailer represented.

We are so proud to announce.....

• Alex Ball from our Baby Category scooped the Winners award in "The Buyer/Merchandiser of the year" category.
• Rachel Horsefield was highly commended in the "Online Team/Individual of the year" category.
• Oliver Warner from our Supply Chain development was also shortlisted within the Store Support of the year category.

A massive congratulations to all.

Christmas is a special time at Boots and, as the UK's leading health and beauty retailer, this year we're looking to recruit around 7,000 people to come and join us in our stores between now and then.

Our aim is to deliver great customer care whilst helping people feel good during and in the run up to the festive season.

We're looking for people all across the UK and Ireland who can demonstrate genuine care and interest in our customers needs and go the extra mile to ensure everyone has a fantastic shopping experience whilst in our stores, as well as providing the best health and beauty advice available.

To find out more information on what we have to offer and how to apply please visit

www.boots.jobs/christmas

Boots is committed to recruiting talent of the future and we realise that not everyone is interested in or suited to, doing a degree course.

Our Support Office Apprenticeship is a brand new programme being launched July 5th that has been designed to provide an opportunity for bright, motivated and ambitious individuals who have completed their A levels and are looking for a role that will allow them to learn, and develop their skills, whilst working.

Applications are open until August 31st 2011

Take a look here for more information

We’re opening our brand new flagship store at Westfield Shopping Centre – Stratford City in September 2011.

Westfield Stratford City will be Europe's largest shopping centre. Our new store has been designed to capture the excitement and drama that the Olympic games will bring to the area. Stratford is located in East London and is easily accessed by road and public transport.

We've a range of opportunities available including Store Colleagues; No 7 Consultants; Account Managers and Dispensers. Join us to help showcase the Boots brand and our legendary customer care to the world.

Our managers have a big part to play - nurturing talent, creating smarter ways of working, and planning resources to deliver great customer care. If you are an inspirational leader with solid retail experience, vision and passion for doing the right thing for our customers, we could have the perfect job for you.

We're currently have opportunities for Team Managers, Stores Managers, General and Area Managers.

For further information and to apply please click on the links below.

Team Managers

Store Managers

General and Area Managers

We still have a few places left on our IT Leadership Graduate Programme and applications are being accepted until May 31st.

This programme is about leadership rather than technical skills and is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in using technology to increase business performance and customer satisfaction.

Find out more and apply here.

Britain’s Next Big Thing - BBC 2, Tuesday 8.00pm

Britain’s Next Big Thing follows small businesses and entrepreneurs on their journey for their products to be stocked by a major retailer including Boots.

Hosted by Theo Paphitis from BBC’s Dragons Den, it starts on Tuesday 12 April at 8.00pm with 7 one-hour episodes shown over a 7-week period. Boots will feature at length in most of the shows, along with Liberty and Habitat who will also be following their own journey from prototype to the shop floor.

We’re delighted to be consistently ranked amongst the best companies to work for, according to the latest results of two prestigious national surveys.

Boots Opticians scooped the coveted first place on The Sunday Times Best 25 Big Companies to Work For list. As well as being the UK’s very best big company to work for, we also won a special award for ‘Innovation in Engagement’ in recognition of the work the Boots Opticians Forum does to encourage open communication across the business. Boots Opticians was awarded a Best Companies Three-Star Status, which makes us an ‘extraordinary’ company to work for!

This year, Boots UK earned a brilliant 19th place in The Sunday Times list and a prestigious One-Star Status – it’s the second year running that we’ve been considered a ‘first class’ organisation to work for.

In Ireland, we’ve been leading the way for even longer. For the last three years running we've been ranked one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland, as featured in the Irish Independent.

Perhaps the best thing about these awards is that they’re based on feedback from our own people. Teams across the business reported that they relish the great team spirit and feeling of reward, recognition and appreciation.