pharmacy technician
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Position Overview & Specifications
About The Role
We’ve got a fantastic opportunity for a Dispensing Assistant to join our Pharmacy Team.Reporting to the Pharmacy Manager, you will work towards helping Morrisons Pharmacy become the preferred choice for patient care by improving the health and well being of our customers and the wider community.
At Morrisons Pharmacy we take a holistic approach to healthy living. It's natural for us. With our focus on the freshness and goodness of our food, our in-store pharmacies are a logical step to helping customers look after themselves inside and out.
We're making Britain healthier and you can help... not just by dispensing medicines and over-the-counter remedies, but also by answering customers' concerns about their health with consultations, diabetes checks, weight loss and smoking cessation advice. And who could be better placed to advise on balanced diet and healthy eating?
Wherever you are or want to be in your pharmacy career, a move to Morrisons Pharmacy is the perfect prescription for progress. With over 100 in-store pharmacies nationwide and 11 million customers visiting us every week, we're helping to make Britain healthier.
We aim to be Britain's favourite in-store pharmacy, famous for service and our 'can-do' approach. That means we're offering more and more career opportunities at all levels, growing people, training and supporting them, and making a very serious investment in their success.
Here at Morrisons our Dispensers are responsible for the following:
- Making sure customers receive friendly and attentive service
- Focussing on improving over the counter sales and stock replenishment
- Helping to support Locum bookings
- Championing dispensary standards
- With training you will also be keen to support other professional services
About The Company
Shopkeepers for over 100 years, we love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else.
At just under 500 stores across the UK, our retail colleagues work as one team to provide plenty of food essentials, a great service and a buzz people enjoy. It’s why our customers keep coming back for more.
The UK’s 4th largest supermarket, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket. It’s challenging. It’s fast-paced. But from Market Street to checkout our friendly team loves going above and beyond to bring our customers what they want.
At Morrisons we believe in investing in our colleagues and industry-leading training programmes. We provide our colleagues with the opportunities they need to make it to the top. Many of our store managers started out on the shop floor. They’ve been there and done that. It’s how they know how to support our colleagues and help our customers so well.
About You
What skills and experience do I need to be a successful Dispensing Assistant?- Community Pharmacy experience
- You will need to have an Accredited Dispensing Assistant qualification equivalent to NVQ level 2
- Excellent customer service
The rota is fully flexible and will be discussed at interview stage it will include working early and late shifts as well as weekends on a rota basis.
If you’re interested in taking on a new challenge and have the skills to strengthen our team further, then we want to hear from you.
Our aim to offer more of what matters extends to our employees too. Join us and you can expect to enjoy great career prospects and a very competitive pay and benefits package.
In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a discount card for you and a friend or family member giving you 15% and your friends and family 10% off your shopping in Morrisons. A highly competitive pension scheme, Life Assurance and more besides.We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.If you are interested in locum work with Morrisons please follow this link to register on venloc:https://www.venloc.co.uk/morrisons/Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Grocery Stores
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for pharmacy technician roles across Morrisons's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Grocery Stores.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £27,608 - £24,848 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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