Application Deadline: 25 December 2025
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Job summary
Our Pharmacy in Stranraer operates with an Accuracy Checking Technician as our Store Manager, providing great support for you, the Pharmacist. With the store being situated in a larger town there is also a fantastic retail side of the store.In terms of travel, Stranraer is the second largest town in Dumfries and Galloway situated on the picturesque South West coast of Scotland
Job responsibilities
About the role
As a Pharmacist with us youll be providing excellent customer and patient care, its more than dispensing medicine, its listening and providing your expert advice and reassurance. Your main areas of responsibility will be:
- Delivering the pharmacy strategy through providing expert care and advice
- Accountable for legal and ethical decisions in the pharmacy
- Building the pharmacy capability of store teams
- Conducting continual review through audit, observations and risk assessment to ensure customer and patient safety is paramount
- Delivering a range of professional pharmacy services
What youll need to have
To be successful in this role you will have a professional, caring character and a true desire to help us change for the better. 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, patients, customers and external local professionals
- Have a passion for community pharmacy and providing the best care for our customers.
- Be collaborative with a team-centered approach
- Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services
- Be a great communicator; able to put people at ease and effectively meet the varied needs of our customers and patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master in Pharmacy or equivalent
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
