Morrisons Pharmacy

www.pharmacyatmorrisons.co.uk

Promoting health and wellbeingthroughout Britain


Morrisons Pharmacypart of Morrisons SupermarketsWe have over 470 stores and currently 117 pharmaciesnationwide – building on previous experience whenpharmacy was incorporated into the Morrisons’ estatein 2004.

For our people, our pharmacies are dynamic places towork and home to the latest equipment. We develop,recognise and support individuals to deliver high qualityhealthcare, products and counselling, promoting fromwithin wherever possible. As a company we recently wonthe Grocer Gold Employer of the Year award!

Our vision is to be the in-store pharmacy of choice,famous for the quality of our service, promoting healthand wellbeing through effective healthcare solutions.


• Scotland

• North East

• North West

• Yorkshire

• Wales

• West Midlands

• East Midlands

• East Anglia

• South West

• South East

• London and Home Counties

We have pharmacies throughout Britain...and we are growing!


Our Pharmacies


Professional Services

Our pharmacies provide:

• Essential and Advanced Services including MUR & NMS

• Enhanced services including EHC and supervisedmethadone consumption

• Private services including weight management, health screening, travel health clinics and flu vaccinations

• Support for self-care

• Counselling on safe and effective medicine taking

• Health and lifestyle advice

In Scotland we offer:

• eMAS, eAMS, CMS and various Public Health Services to include smoking cessation, chlamydia screening and EHC


Career Development

As a Vacational and Pre-registration Trainee, you will have guidance from a trained and enthusiastic tutor, a structured flow to your performance and ongoingfeedback on your progress.

At Morrisons we help you to develop your clinical, customerconsultation, commercial and operational, skills. We offerexcellent training and development programmes including a dedicated Management Development Programme offeredto all our Pharmacists so you will have plenty of opportunityto progress your career and will be continuously supportedby a close network of colleagues.

You will be offered training to be able to provide a portfolioof professional services and we have a supportive CPDpolicy at Morrisons.

Vacational Trainee

Pre-registration Trainee

Relief/Support Pharmacist

Pharmacy Manager

Senior/Other roles

Vacational ProgrammeSummer 2012

To apply please visit


We offer pharmacy students at the end of their 2nd or 3rdyear the opportunity to gain 6 weeks experience of pharmacypractice in a community setting.

We will provide regular performance feedback.

Students are provided with a structured programme andworkbook tailored to their experience level.

Course Content:

• Professional services

• Counselling on healthy lifestyles and information provision

• Counter sales and dispensing

• Customer service skills

• Medicine sales protocol

• Professionalism: Confidentiality, code of ethicsand legal constraints

• Risk management: Clinical governance and SOPs

Successful completion of this programme means you will beinvited to apply for our Pre-Registration training programme.

Intakes will be in June and July 2012 and closingdate for applications is 17th March 2012

To apply please visit


Pre-Registration Programme2013-14During this training period you will make the full transition to professional pharmacist in both attitude and practice.

We offer a flexible training programme catered for yourindividual needs.

Course content:

• Understanding and meeting the needs of patients

• Medicines management

• Running professional services

• Communication and consultation skills

• Collaborative/team working

• Risk management

• Managing yourself within a pharmacy team

• Influencing

• The role of a responsible Pharmacist

You will also:

• Undertake self-directed study with study time allowed

• Complete a practice-based project

• Undertake a cross-sector placement where possible

• Take part in various courses covering clinical, professional,law and ethics topics, first aid training and foundationtraining on management and commercial skills

• Have weekly and quarterly performance reviews

In Scotland, our programme complements the Scottish NHS Education for Scotland PRPS training programme

Closing date for applications:

31st May 2012 with the selection process taking placebetween July and October 2012. Start date will be July 2013.


Some of oursuccess stories

‘Working with Morrisons was fantastic! It was an excellentopportunity to experience practical pharmacy in a high-pacedworking environment. The summer placement programme wasstructured and provided great insight into all areas of pharmacy.My programme tutor provided a daily outline of tasks to becompleted, key learning objectives and provided extendedreading material. I learnt so much on the placement anddeveloped a better understanding of a pharmacist’s role and the importance of following systems.’

Jermaine OmokohCompleted vacational placement 2011-12 and starts as a Pre-registration Trainee in 2012

‘Since starting a summer placement in Kilmarnock in 2009, Iknew that Morrisons was a company I really wanted to work forand I managed to secure a much sought after pre-registrationplacement. Going to Bradford to meet the Central PharmacyTeam was a great experience and I felt that if I had any problemsI would easily be able to approach them for support. As my training progressed I was able to complete the tasks setby the Central Pharmacy Team, such as carrying out auditswithin the pharmacy and presenting to the other students.These were very useful to me as it improved my confidence andhelped me gather evidence for my competencies. Having successfully completed my training I was very fortunatein gaining a position as a relief pharmacist. It has been greatworking in different stores and getting to know all the pharmacystaff. Every day is diverse and I am always learning. Since qualifying I have been trained to administer Flu Vaccines andI have had the opportunity to vaccinate many of the staff andcustomers. My next challenge is to complete the training to carryout the Travel Health Service. I have enjoyed every task I havebeen given so far and I really can’t wait to see what is next for me!’

Siobhan WalshCompleted Pre-registration training 2010/2011and started as Relief Pharmacist 2011


‘I'm homegrown! I started working at Morrisons 13 years ago asa Pre-Registration Pharmacist and I've spent my whole careerhere. I've never wanted to go elsewhere, because I enjoy thepeople and culture so much. Everyone is really close, it's likewe're one big family. My days are full of variety. I spend a lot of time visiting stores, where I support teams, review workingpractices and generally keep things running smoothly. However, I also work on new store openings and I'm heavilyinvolved with recruitment. Sometimes I miss the patientinteraction that I had as a Pharmacist, but I still get plenty ofsatisfaction from bringing the best out of our teams and findingthe right people to join us. The training and developmentopportunities Morrisons offers are the best in the industry. I mean, I never dreamed I'd get so far in 13 years! So if you'rethinking about joining us, I'd definitely recommend it.’

Simon Lam, Pharmacy Area Manager

‘Morrisons Pharmacy is not just your local pharmacy. Here atMorrisons you will find our customer range varied and have theopportunity to offer a wide range of services such as travelhealth and flu vaccinations – just 2 examples of a variety ofservices we offer at Morrisons. The vacational trainingprogramme offers hands on experience and the 2 parts of theprogramme are beneficial for students at any stage in theirpharmacy studies as you will have the opportunity to developnew skills appropriate to your individual needs and level ofexperience. The first part of the programme will introduce theprofessional services, help you to gain customer service skills,dispensing skills and counter prescribing skills. The second partof the programme will help you to engage with skills gained inprevious placements. Post qualification, our ManagementDevelopment Programme will help you to flourish and learn themanagement skills required to help you to progress your career.’

Kajal Ruda,Pharmacy Manager, Derby store – who wrote our vacational training material this year


For more information please contact Kirsten Bradley – Pharmacy Resourcer0845 611 4976

Or please email [email protected]

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