The document provides information about Boots UK's pre-registration training program in 2017, including how to apply, the selection process, and what happens after submitting an application. It details the benefits of training with Boots UK such as industry-recognized training and support systems. Applicants are encouraged to carefully consider their location preferences as these choices will impact their chances of securing a pre-registration training place.

1. Member of Walgreens Boots Alliance
Pre-registration Training
with Boots UK in 2017

2. 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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3. 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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4. Boots UK
The 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

5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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Scotland
1 - 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
Wales
24 – West Wales
25 – North East Wales
26 – North West Wales
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England
17 - Cornwall
18 - Devon
19 - Dorset
20 - Oxfordshire
21 - Gloucestershire
22 - Shropshire
23 - Hampshire
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9. 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
university or visit the BPSA website
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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