Pharmacy colleague - Lincolnshire Co-op

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We’re the UK's largest co-operative pharmacy group, with 48 pharmacies in Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Hull, Beverley, and Norfolk. All our pharmacies are accredited Healthy Living Pharmacies with private consultation rooms. From prescriptions and flu vaccinations to treating your feet with our podiatrists or quitting smoking, our teams are supporting campaigns for healthier living.

Join ourDispensary team

As a member of our dispensary team, you’ll train to be a pharmacy services assistant. You will promote healthy lifestyles, offer health advice, and dispense prescriptions. Further training is available to progress to an accuracy checking technician where you will do the final check on a prescription. You can be involved in offering service such as smoking cessation, measuring blood pressure and vaccinations.

Build your future as aPharmacist

As a pharmacist manager or relief pharmacist you will be supported to deliver services as part of the latest Community Pharmacy contract. Such as Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS), Hypertension Case Finding and New Medicine Service. There are opportunities to work in Community Hospitals, General Practice and with the local mental health service. There is also the chance to develop your skills by pursuing clinical diploma's and independent prescribing qualifications.

Work togetherDistribution warehouse

At our distribution centre, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the medication gets to the right place. Whether you’re working in the warehouse or driving one of our vehicles, you must be accurate, precise and have good communication skills to ensure a smooth service for our customers and members.

Get to knowJosh

Click the video to hear Josh who started with us as a pharmacy student and has progressed to complete his training and is now a pharmacist working in our busy branches.

Our storiesCareer path

We’ve been named as one of the country’s top employers, offering career progression, training opportunities, and reward and recognition schemes to our 2,900 colleagues joining our team. Have a look at what we offer throughout this site.

Rebekah
Team Leader

2002
I finished school with various GCSE’s including Double Science AA. I felt very overwhelmed and had no idea what I wanted to do as a career.

2006-2015
Worked in a few customer service assistant roles whilst I tried to figure out exactly what I wanted to do. Had a taster of working in pharmacy covering a counter and loved it!

2015
Saw a job advertised for a Trainee pharmacy services assistant at Lincolnshire Co-op. I was nervous as it was my first interview in a long time, but I felt at ease and welcomed. I got the job!

2015–2017
I starting learning all about pharmacy whilst completing my Healthy living training and my Level 2 pharmacy services assistant. I got involved in a few of the services we offer at our healthy living pharmacy, such as diabetes and blood pressure checks, to name a few.

2017
I finished my training and got promoted to Dispensing Assistant. I started working a few days a week supporting local hospitals at Skegness and Spalding. I really enjoyed working with in the community with nurses but felt I needed to learn more.

2020
With support from my managers and my team I qualified with my BTEC Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science qualification and Advanced Level Apprenticeship. I registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and got promoted to Dispensing Technician.

2020
I supported the pandemic with my colleagues by working in our vaccination centre in Boston, training to draw and dilute vaccinations.

2021
I completed 6 months of training to become an accuracy checking technician and got promoted to Pharmacy Team Leader. My role is challenging and hardwork but we all work together as a team to get the job done. I have never known a company so supportive with training and progression and I am proud of how far I have come.

Our storiesColleague experiences

We have been named as one of the country's top employers, offering career progression opportunities and valued reward and recognition schemes to our 2,900 colleagues. Click below to read their experiences working for us.

Joshua
Pharmacist

Sally
Pharmacy service assistant

Aly
Pharmacy Team Leader

Nikki
Pharmacy Warehouse Manager

Apply nowWhat happens

When applying for one of our roles, you’ll go through the recruitment process with our resourcing team. But what happens next?

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Click on careers and start your search. Read about our roles and watch some videos and find one that suits you.

Make an application

Register and complete an application telling us why you're right for the role. We want to hear all about you, your skills and experience that can demonstrate to us who you are and what makes you really stand out. You can either complete our application form or upload a copy of your CV.

The next step

If you’re invited to an interview, you will need to pick a slot. Our interviews can take place by telephone, via Microsoft teams or face-to-face. You may be asked to complete a series of assessments which will help us find out more about you.

Prepare for an interview

You may need your application to hand, any questions and a notepad and pen to jot things down. Think about your career history and have a good read about Lincolnshire Co-op. We’ll be looking to hear examples from different areas of your life, both at work and outside, where you demonstrated problem-solving skills.

During the interview

Listen carefully to your interviewer, but don’t be afraid to ask questions. Remember, we’ve already seen your application and decided that we’re interested, so this is your chance to build on that positive start.

We’ll be in touch

During the interview we’ll let you know when you’ll find out the outcome and what the next steps might be.

Offer accepted

Congratulations and welcome to team Lincolnshire Co-op. We will start to discuss your joining date. You’ll then have access to our onboarding platform with some information to help you start your career with us.

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“My job is very customer focused which is great. I am encouraged to help make a difference and do the best for the local community to improve health and wellbeing. My colleagues are great support and always there, pushing me to develop further.”

“I started working for pharmacy as a dispenser and I have trained up to become a Team Leader. I love that whenever I ask for training, I can get it. Progression is fantastic! I love the variety with my job, every day is different.”

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