Graduate - Healthcare

Closing date: Tuesday 9th September

Recruitment Partner: Shannon Linton

Here at Boots UK we're looking for Graduates with a passion for Healthcare and delivering for our customers. Someone with energy, a pro-active attitude and drive to bring new ideas to help us deliver our Healthcare agenda.

About the programme

Our programme offers a unique blend of learning, combining face-to-face and digital modules with practical on-the-job experiences to support personal and professional development. The programme will help you to develop skills, knowledge and provides all the stretch and challenge needed to accelerate a career at Boots.

There is an opportunity to gain a true breadth and depth of experiences and take accountability from day one with high challenge and in return you will receive all the care, encouragement and support you need.

About your role

Healthcare is at the heart of Boots. For over 175 years we've been helping customers to access affordable care. In the Healthcare Business Unit, our mission is to improve people's lives through customer and patient centred outcomes and deliver value through our current and new services. This is truly an exciting time to join us a Graduate.

We have two roles available, one as Professional Contracts Specialist sat within our Commercial Team in our fast growing Boots Online Doctor team. The Boots Online Doctor team's ambition is to be the UK's leading digital health provider. They offer a range of products and services online, providing reliable guidance and support to customers. The Professional Contracts Specialist will report to the Head of Commercial Development. You will work with, support, and learn from various functions across the business including our Superintendent Pharmacist's Office, Legal Team, Finance Team and Boots Online Doctor Clinical and Operational teams as well as liaising with and supporting relationships with our external commissioners and 3rd parties. You'll be accountable for providing high-level expertise in the day-to-day review and processing of NHS Boots Digital Health contracts ensuring risks are identified and contracts are signed in the timescales. You'll seek Legal guidance as needed on contract clauses and to help ensure policies are up to date and followed.

In our second role there is the opportunity to work across the different teams that form the Healthcare Business unit. From our Pharmacy team who own and develop our growth strategy, services and prescriptions offering and our NHS and Commercial contracts; our Superintendent Pharmacist's Office who navigate the legal, regulatory and professional standards that govern the Pharmacy industry to ensure our teams operate and the capabilities needed to deliver safe and impactful patient care; and our Healthcare Development and Public Affairs team who help develop new propositions to support the future needs of patient care, support the business' involvement in UK Clinical Research trials to help improve participation and outcomes, and manage our relationships and communications with MP's, Government Officials and the NHS. You'll be involved in key activities and projects, get to work cross functionally developing your skills and knowledge in a series roles through planned rotations across the team.

What you'll need to have

• Must be on track or have achieved a 2:1 degree (or higher).

• Note: For the Professional Contracts Specialist role ideally this should be a Law degree or equivalent that demonstrates the ability to undertake detailed analysis and research which can be applied to legislation and policies

It would be great if you also have

• Strong attention to detail and the desire to solve problems and see them through to resolution

• Strong prioritisation, organisation and time management skills to manage a demanding, highly variable workload with appropriate pace whilst maintaining a consistently high quality of output

• An ability to cope with change in a fast-paced environment

• Sound commercial acumen and an ability to challenge processes / figures to deliver efficiencies

• An ability to work well as part of a team, and be able to build effective and collaborative relationships across the business (or with internal and external stakeholders)

• Excellent administrative, data management, IT (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) and organisational skills

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) across a wide range of stakeholders who operate at many different levels

• A drive for self-development and growth

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our 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/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. 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, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

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.