Pharmacist (Pet Care)

Role: Pharmacist (Pet Care)
Location: Bardon, Leicester (LE67)
Salary: £51,126 plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm with occasional weekend cover
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.
The person in this role will be the expert in veterinary medicines, ensuring the safe storage, preparation, and supply in line with legal requirements. The successful candidate will assume the role of Responsible Pharmacist at the dispensing facility.
What’s in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
What you’ll be doing?
Ensuring the safe preparation and supply of veterinary medicines, ensuring that all dispensing errors and near misses are logged in accordance with the company’s procedures and to undertake any activity necessary to rectify/prevent errors and maintaining the controlled drugs register
Implementing and adopting standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure procedures are in place for the avoidance of risk, and working with key teams across the business (customer service, purchasing, operations & clinical department)
Counselling and advising customers on the treatment of minor animal ailments and any adverse side effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines/treatments to ensure safe use and general health/animal lifestyle matters
Supervising and training other pharmacy staff (including Suitably Qualified Persons)
Undertaking activities that support the strategic objectives to maximise the profit and potential of the business, and meeting set targets to meet business demand
Liaising with veterinary surgeons about prescriptions to ensure accuracy, legitimacy and prevent risk
Overseeing the ordering, storage and dispatch of medicines to ensure safety and reduce waste
Keeping up to date with current veterinary pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses for the purpose of continuing professional development (CPD)
Maintaining computerised records in accordance with data protection principles to ensure patient confidentiality
Check that all queries/responses regarding prescriptions are communicated to customer service within the service level agreement (SLA) to ensure patient safety
Who are we looking for?
GPhC registered with a degree in Pharmacy
Good understanding of e-Commerce principles/business rationale and the ability to initiate and implement decisions that will achieve business goals and previous experience in working with KPI’s
Previous supervisory experience and ability to motivate and develop team skills
IT literate and quick to learn new systems
Efficient, accurate and can ensure the effective use and control of resources
Commitment to CPD
Willingness to utilise veterinary pharmacy skills and knowledge to develop services to meet the needs of the community
Strong communication skills with a professional, tactful and friendly attitude
Demonstrates drive, initiative and proactivity and a patient first mindset
Flexible and willing to support with overtime and weekend cover when needed
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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