Member of Walgreens Boots Alliance

Pre-registration Training

with Boots UK in 2017

Today We Want to Tell You:

• What pre-registration training in 2017 means for you and your

career

• How important your location choices are to your future career with

Boots

• How to apply for a pre-registration training place

• What happens after you have submitted your application

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Why Boots UK?

• Industry recognised and approved training programme

• Mixture of distance learning and face to face training

• A dedicated team to support you

• A range of in-store pharmacy services available; such as travel

health and winter flu jab service

• GPhC/PSNI registration assessment results higher than the national

average year on year!

• Only community pharmacy with links to Opticians and Hearing Care

professionals

• Long term commitment to go beyond prescriptions and conditions to

develop specialist health experts

• Pre-registration year will take place in a Healthcare Academy store -

set up as centres of excellence for training to enhance your

experience

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Boots UKThe UK’s leading pharmacy-led

health and beauty retailer

• 2,510* stores, 637* Boots Opticians

practices, 487* Boots Hearingcare

locations

• Approximately 90%* of UK population

within 10 minutes of a Boots store

• c.60,000* Boots UK colleagues with

around 20,000* healthcare providers

of which 6,600* pharmacists

*As at 31 August 2015 excluding equity method investments**6 month active members as at 31 August 2015

Walgreens Boots Alliance

• Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA)

• WBA is a global leader in pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing

retail. Its purpose is to help people across the world lead healthier and

happier lives.

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How to Apply

• Applications for a pre-registration training place starting in 2017 will

open at 9am on Monday 25 January 2016 and close on Friday 12

February 2016 at 4.30pm

• You need to apply via www.boots.jobs – the link to apply will be

located on the pre-registration training 2017 page

• If you are a current Boots employee you will be asked to upload a

CV at application – this can be a blank document as we do not

require it for this application

• After submitting your application you will receive a confirmation email

of your application – keep checking your email!

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Location, Location, Location

• You will be asked to choose three location preferences

– Think carefully about the choices you make – there are more

opportunities available in certain locations around the UK

• It is important to be both realistic and flexible in the choices you

make

– Please put your location choices in order of preference – you will

always be considered against your choices in that order

– The third location choice will be in one of our priority locations

where there are more opportunities available. If you are flexible

please select an ‘Anywhere in…’ option

• Please note that if you are on a Tier 2 visa you will only be able to

apply for a pre-registration training place in Scotland

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Scotland1 - Highland and Moray

2 - Tayside

3 - Lothian and Borders

(excluding Edinburgh)

4 - Dumfries and Galloway

5 - Cumbria

6 - Northumbria

7 - Teesside

8 - East Coast

9 - East Riding

10 - South Humberside

11 - Lincolnshire

12 - East Staffordshire

13 - East Anglia North and South

14 - Kent Coastal

15 - East Sussex

16 - Isle of Wight

Wales24 – West Wales

25 – North East Wales

26 – North West Wales

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17 - Cornwall

18 - Devon

19 - Dorset

20 - Oxfordshire

21 - Gloucestershire

22 - Shropshire

23 - Hampshire

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Priority Locations

Applying for Training in Scotland?

• A successful interview will enable us to place you on our preferred list

for NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

• This is essential if you hope to secure a place on the Boots Pre-

registration Pharmacist Programme in Scotland in 2017

• You must ensure that you have applied for a pre-registration training

place through the NES scheme in Spring 2016

• Make sure you list Boots UK as your employer of choice in order to

maximise your chances of being matched

• Remember: If you are on a Tier 2 visa you can only secure a pre-

registration training place with Boots in Scotland

• Please be aware that in England and Wales a similar matching process

is being explored by Health Education England (HEE) and Modernising

Pharmacy Careers in Wales teams. For further details as these become

available please ask at your

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The Selection Process

• You will be sent an email to invite you to complete the online

assessment tool within 24 hours of submitting your application

– If you don’t complete this your application will be incomplete and

you will not be considered for a pre-registration training position in

2017

• If your application is successful you will be invited to an interview in

February 2016. We have a selection of interview dates available

between February and April 2016 so you are able to choose which

one works best for you

• You must bring your proof of Right to Work in the UK – if this is not

provided we won’t be able to offer you a position, so get those

passports and documents ready now!

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Offers

Northern Ireland -

• If you have chosen to complete your pre-registration training in a Northern Ireland location you will need to travel to Northern Ireland to complete the interview

• If you are successful at interview you will receive your offer in March 2016

England and Wales –

• Your interview will take place in a store close to your university

• You will receive your offers before the end of May 2016

Scotland –

• Your interview will take place in a store close to your university

• You will receive an email informing you that you have been placed on our NES preferred list. Your offers will be sent after the NES selection process has been completed in August 2016

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What Happens Now?

• Visit http://www.boots.jobs/careers/pre-registration-pharmacist/ from

the 21st December where you can find the latest information

• Remember applications open on 25th January 2016 and will close on

12th February 2016

• Apply via www.boots.jobs

• Look out for the email to complete your online assessment as soon

as you can

• Be as flexible as you can with your location choices – remember, by

choosing the same locations for all three preferences you will reduce

your chances of securing a pre-registration training place

• If you have any questions please contact your Teacher Practitioner or

visit the @BootsPharmaJobs Twitter and Boots Jobs Facebook

page

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