About the role

BACKGROUND

Tesco is a values-led business and we are committed to building a better Tesco and to support our colleagues in Serving Ireland’s Shoppers a Little Better Everyday. We aspire to create an emotional connection with our customers and colleagues and to help to make their lives more manageable and enjoyable.

Discover what it’s like to work in a fast paced environment, where colleagues are focused on delivering gold standard service and care. There’s a lot more to it than dispensing medicines. Every day you’ll have the opportunity to make things better for customers in all sorts of ways, such as support for giving up smoking, checking blood pressure or testing for blood glucose levels. And it’s very much about supporting our communities, by making the best healthcare choices available and convenient for our customers.

THE ROLE

Tesco Ireland is currently seeking to appoint a Support Pharmacist in xxxxx Superstore.

We're committed to finding the very best Support Pharmacist out there. Talented and driven professional who can deliver the highest quality healthcare service to our customers. You'll be treated like the Pharmacy health care professional you are, work in the environment you deserve and be given the opportunity to deliver new services.

As a Pharmacist with us, it goes without saying you will be providing excellent customer and patient care that will be inspiring and reassuring. It’s more than just dispensing medicine, it’s looking after our customers and patients, listening to them and giving expert advice.

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

You will be responsible for

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Working in partnership with the healthcare team using your own intuition, expertise and experience to deliver complete health care solutions for our customers and patients
Deliver the best Pharmacy business for customers by ensuring great service, standards and availability
Ensure that you and your colleagues are operating within, and complying with, all relevant legislation at all times
Actively supporting the development, education & training of colleagues; building pharmacy capability of store teams

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You will ensure customers are at the heart of everything we do, from ensuring medicine availability, dispensing, giving health care advice to carrying out tests, you and your team will be at hand to deliver our vision
You will work to deliver world class professional services – personally and through the pharmacy team
You will ensure on-going compliance PSI requirements, keeping the pharmacy premises, us and our customers safe and legal
You will have excellent communication skills
You will build working relationships with GP Surgeries and local hospitals
You will ensure payment claims are accurate for anything covered by the PCRS
You will dispense all prescription types under all Irish Government schemes, ensuring payment claims are accurate for anything dispensed under these schemes.

You will need

EXPERIENCE

You must be registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

LEADERSHIP SKILLS & STYLE

You make time to build strong relationships with colleagues inside and outside of your store. You work collaboratively with your team to deliver results
You are warm and welcoming in every interaction with colleagues and customers – putting people at the heart of everything that you do. You take time to see hear and recognise others. Colleagues see you being yourself, sharing your passion and enthusiasm
You use energy and resilience to keep momentum going when working in challenging environments. You make tough decisions when there is no right answer, staying true to your personal values
Your colleagues see you doing the right things when things are going well and when times are tough. You know how to be at your best and inspire confidence in those around you
You encourage others to think differently, providing an environment where creativity and new ideas are welcomed. You are keen to help deliver new initiatives, providing feedback on how they could be further improved

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help to make Tesco a great place to work.

After 12 months you will receive a Privilegecard, giving you 10% discount on your Tesco shopping throughout the year, both in-store and on-line.

There are also additional special offers available to colleagues throughout the year.

Application process

To apply for a job in one of our stores, distribution or customer fulfilment centres, you will need to register with us and create a profile. You can keep your profile up-to-date by adding your latest skills and experiences.

Click through the stages below to see what you can expect from the application process:

Step 1

Once you find a job you want to apply for, you can complete the online application form for that role. This will contain some basic questions and a test to see how you would react to situations you could come across whilst working. You will also need to submit your right-to-work documents to be checked. Once you have submitted your application we will review it to see if you have the skills that we are looking for.

Step 2

If successful we will invite you in for an interview at the location that you have applied to work in – for management roles there will be an initial telephone interview, before the face-to-face interview.

Step 3

At the interview you will complete a variety of tasks depending on the role, including a face-to-face interview. You will be given the opportunity to 'have a go' at the type of work you have applied for: this could be on the shopfloor, or completing a driving assessment. This will give you the opportunity to decide if Tesco is right for you and if we think you are right for Tesco.

Support Pharmacist - Full-Time - Gorey Ramstown Lower