Pharmacist - New To The UK
Summary
Permanent
40 Hours
Various UK Locations | Starting salary: £42,000 + location allowances for select remote locations.
Are you an EEA-qualified pharmacist looking to build your career in the UK?
At Boots, we’re here to support you every step of the way!
Why Join Boots?
With over 2,000 stores nationwide and more than 170 years of history, Boots is the UK’s largest community pharmacy chain—making it the perfect place to start your journey as a New to UK Pharmacist.
We offer an exceptional, market-leading Support to Practice Programme to help you transition into pharmacy practice in the UK.
What is the Support to Practice Programme?
This 12-week structured programme is designed for EEA Pharmacists with less than 6 months of experience in the UK.
You’ll receive:
✔ Hands-on training in an established store with experienced pharmacists
✔ A dedicated mentor to guide you through UK pharmacy law, ethics, and best practices
✔ Two e-tests (at 6 weeks and 12 weeks) to ensure your readiness
✔ A clear pathway to a successful and rewarding pharmacy career with Boots
What’s in it for you?
As a New to UK Pharmacist, you will receive:
✅ £42,000 starting salary + location-based allowances for selected remote areas
✅ 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + the option to buy 5 extra days per year
✅ Double-matched pension contributions (up to 12%)
✅ GPhC registration fees & IELTS/OET costs reimbursed
✅ Certificate of Sponsorship (if required) to work in the UK
✅ Career growth opportunities – become an Independent Prescriber, Store Leader, or beyond!
And much, much more! Boots offers fantastic benefits & rewards to support you in your career.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking pharmacists who are:
✔ IELTS/OET qualified with the necessary scores (or in progress)
✔ GPhC registered (or in the process of registering)
✔ Passionate about community pharmacy and providing exceptional patient care
✔ Great communicators who can work collaboratively with their teams
What Happens Next?
If your application is successful, a member of the recruitment team will reach out to discuss the next steps.
Need any additional support during the application process? Let us know! We’re happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best.
As part of our Pre-employment checks, depending on your location, we may require a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups), or Access NI Check.
Interested? Apply Today!
Apply Now, or contact our International Recruitment Partner, Maria Noble, at maria.noble@boots.co.uk / 0789091548 to find out more!
Need to know
Various UK Locations | Starting salary: £42,000 + location allowances for select remote locations.
Are you an EEA-qualified pharmacist looking to build your career in the UK?
At Boots, we’re here to support you every step of the way!
Why Join Boots?
With over 2,000 stores nationwide and more than 170 years of history, Boots is the UK’s largest community pharmacy chain—making it the perfect place to start your journey as a New to UK Pharmacist.
We offer an exceptional, market-leading Support to Practice Programme to help you transition into pharmacy practice in the UK.
What is the Support to Practice Programme?
This 12-week structured programme is designed for EEA Pharmacists with less than 6 months of experience in the UK.
You’ll receive:
✔ Hands-on training in an established store with experienced pharmacists
✔ A dedicated mentor to guide you through UK pharmacy law, ethics, and best practices
✔ Two e-tests (at 6 weeks and 12 weeks) to ensure your readiness
✔ A clear pathway to a successful and rewarding pharmacy career with Boots
What’s in it for you?
As a New to UK Pharmacist, you will receive:
✅ £42,000 starting salary + location-based allowances for selected remote areas
✅ 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + the option to buy 5 extra days per year
✅ Double-matched pension contributions (up to 12%)
✅ GPhC registration fees & IELTS/OET costs reimbursed
✅ Certificate of Sponsorship (if required) to work in the UK
✅ Career growth opportunities – become an Independent Prescriber, Store Leader, or beyond!
And much, much more! Boots offers fantastic benefits & rewards to support you in your career.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking pharmacists who are:
✔ IELTS/OET qualified with the necessary scores (or in progress)
✔ GPhC registered (or in the process of registering)
✔ Passionate about community pharmacy and providing exceptional patient care
✔ Great communicators who can work collaboratively with their teams
What Happens Next?
If your application is successful, a member of the recruitment team will reach out to discuss the next steps.
Need any additional support during the application process? Let us know! We’re happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best.
As part of our Pre-employment checks, depending on your location, we may require a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups), or Access NI Check.
Interested? Apply Today!
Apply Now, or contact our International Recruitment Partner, Maria Noble, at maria.noble@boots.co.uk / 0789091548 to find out more!
We are the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2500 stores in the UK, our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they thought possible. For over 165 years, we have used our expertise to help improve the health and wellbeing of local communities. Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
What’s in it for you?
Explore how your Pharmacy career can progress with us…
Career Progression:
You will be able to develop your career with a wide variety of opportunities. From continuing your professional development in clinical services, to becoming one of over 2,200 Macmillan Information Pharmacists, or progressing into store management we’ll give you all the training and support you need from our award winning L&D team.
Variety:
With the chance to work in the community, in local health centres and hospitals, to busy retail stores and airports, you will be able to do what you love. You’ll be working in a fast paced, inspiring environment that allows you to deliver genuine care and build great relationships with your patients and customers, and your team.
Reward:
You will receive a competitive company pension scheme, excellent staff discount, discretionary bonus and 25 days holiday along with having access to additional flexible benefits that allows you to create a package that suits your individual needs.
Responsibilities:
As a Pharmacist with us, it goes without saying you will be providing excellent customer and patient care that will be inspiring and reassuring. It’s more than just dispensing medicine, it’s looking after our customers and patients, listening to them and giving expert advice.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working in partnership with the healthcare team using your own intuition, expertise and experience to deliver complete care solutions for our customers and patients
- Setting the standard of what a brilliant pharmacy ‘looks and feels like’ from an operational perspective by working in partnership with your pharmacy technician
- Delivering the pharmacy strategy through care conversations with customers and patients providing expert advice throughout
- Accountable for professional pharmacy legal & ethical decisions in the pharmacy
- Actively supporting the development, education & training of colleagues; building pharmacy capability of store teams
- Conducting regular reviews, audits and risk assessments to protect patient and public safety
- Work to deliver world class professional services – personally and through the pharmacy team
- To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and true desire to help others feel good. In addition you will:
- Be registered with relevant pharmacy Regulator (GPhC, PSNI, PSI)
- Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, customers/patients and external local professionals
- Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
- Be commercially astute, understand the growth and development of the healthcare industry
- Role model first class communication skills, where you will hold excellent face to face interactions with all types of customers and patients
- Thrive in a team centred approach with strong collaborative working
- Have a passion for keeping up to date with your own learning and development, completing all Pharmacist mandatory and directed training
- Be digitally savvy and comfortable with navigating and embracing new technology
This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check, Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.
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