Promoting health and wellbeing

throughout Britain

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Morrisons Pharmacy

part of Morrisons Supermarkets

We have over 470 stores and currently 117 pharmacies
nationwide building on previous experience when
pharmacy was incorporated into the Morrisons estate
in 2004.
For our people, our pharmacies are dynamic places to
work and home to the latest equipment. We develop,
recognise and support individuals to deliver high quality
healthcare, products and counselling, promoting from
within wherever possible. As a company we recently won
the 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 health
and wellbeing through effective healthcare solutions.

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We have pharmacies
throughout Britain

...and we are growing!

Scotland
North East
North West
Yorkshire
Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East Anglia
South West
South East
London and Home Counties

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Our Pharmacies

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Professional Services
Our pharmacies provide:

Essential and Advanced Services including MUR & NMS

Enhanced services including EHC and supervised
methadone 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

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Career Development
Vacational Trainee

As a Vacational and Pre-registration Trainee, you will

have guidance from a trained and enthusiastic tutor,
a structured flow to your performance and ongoing
feedback on your progress.
At Morrisons we help you to develop your clinical, customer
consultation, commercial and operational, skills. We offer
excellent training and development programmes including
a dedicated Management Development Programme offered
to all our Pharmacists so you will have plenty of opportunity
to progress your career and will be continuously supported
by a close network of colleagues.

Pre-registration Trainee

Relief/Support Pharmacist

Pharmacy Manager

You will be offered training to be able to provide a portfolio

of professional services and we have a supportive CPD
policy at Morrisons.

Senior/Other roles

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Vacational Programme

Summer 2012

We offer pharmacy students at the end of their 2nd or 3rd

year the opportunity to gain 6 weeks experience of pharmacy
practice in a community setting.
We will provide regular performance feedback.
Students are provided with a structured programme and
workbook 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 ethics
and legal constraints

Risk management: Clinical governance and SOPs

To apply please visit

www.pharmacyatmorrisons.co.uk

Successful completion of this programme means you will be

invited to apply for our Pre-Registration training programme.

Intakes will be in June and July 2012 and closing

date for applications is 17th March 2012

Pre-Registration Programme

2013-14

During 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 your
individual 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

To apply please visit

www.pharmacyatmorrisons.co.uk

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 foundation
training 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 place
between July and October 2012. Start date will be July 2013.

Some of our

success stories

Working with Morrisons was fantastic! It was an excellent

opportunity to experience practical pharmacy in a high-paced
working environment. The summer placement programme was
structured and provided great insight into all areas of pharmacy.
My programme tutor provided a daily outline of tasks to be
completed, key learning objectives and provided extended
reading material. I learnt so much on the placement and
developed a better understanding of a pharmacists role
and the importance of following systems.

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

Since starting a summer placement in Kilmarnock in 2009, I

knew that Morrisons was a company I really wanted to work for
and I managed to secure a much sought after pre-registration
placement. Going to Bradford to meet the Central Pharmacy
Team was a great experience and I felt that if I had any problems
I would easily be able to approach them for support.
As my training progressed I was able to complete the tasks set
by the Central Pharmacy Team, such as carrying out audits
within the pharmacy and presenting to the other students.
These were very useful to me as it improved my confidence and
helped me gather evidence for my competencies.
Having successfully completed my training I was very fortunate
in gaining a position as a relief pharmacist. It has been great
working in different stores and getting to know all the pharmacy
staff. Every day is diverse and I am always learning.
Since qualifying I have been trained to administer Flu Vaccines and
I have had the opportunity to vaccinate many of the staff and
customers. My next challenge is to complete the training to carry
out the Travel Health Service. I have enjoyed every task I have
been given so far and I really cant wait to see what is next for me!

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

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Morrisons Pharmacy is not just your local pharmacy. Here at

Morrisons you will find our customer range varied and have the
opportunity to offer a wide range of services such as travel
health and flu vaccinations just 2 examples of a variety of
services we offer at Morrisons. The vacational training
programme offers hands on experience and the 2 parts of the
programme are beneficial for students at any stage in their
pharmacy studies as you will have the opportunity to develop
new skills appropriate to your individual needs and level of
experience. The first part of the programme will introduce the
professional services, help you to gain customer service skills,
dispensing skills and counter prescribing skills. The second part
of the programme will help you to engage with skills gained in
previous placements. Post qualification, our Management
Development Programme will help you to flourish and learn the
management skills required to help you to progress your career.
Kajal Ruda,
Pharmacy Manager, Derby store
who wrote our vacational training material this year

I'm homegrown! I started working at Morrisons 13 years ago as

a Pre-Registration Pharmacist and I've spent my whole career
here. I've never wanted to go elsewhere, because I enjoy the
people and culture so much. Everyone is really close, it's like
we're one big family. My days are full of variety. I spend a lot
of time visiting stores, where I support teams, review working
practices and generally keep things running smoothly.
However, I also work on new store openings and I'm heavily
involved with recruitment. Sometimes I miss the patient
interaction that I had as a Pharmacist, but I still get plenty of
satisfaction from bringing the best out of our teams and finding
the right people to join us. The training and development
opportunities Morrisons offers are the best in the industry.
I mean, I never dreamed I'd get so far in 13 years! So if you're
thinking about joining us, I'd definitely recommend it.

Simon Lam,
Pharmacy Area Manager

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For more information please contact

Kirsten Bradley Pharmacy Resourcer

0845 611 4976
Or please email Kirsten

Kirsten.Bradley@morrisonsplc.co.uk

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