Package Description
On top of your salary, we also offer:
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Location benefits including relocation support (up to £8k) and Welcome to Well bonus (£5K net payment) – varies depending on location, please check with our Resourcing Team
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GPhC / PSNI and DBS/ PVG fees paid
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Fully supported career development
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Opportunity to become an LPC representative
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Bonus scheme
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Pension Scheme
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Generous holiday allowance
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Employee discount
We can offer consistent rotas and geographical coverage that suits you.
But there is much more we offer in terms of developing and growing your career.
You’ll be supported in your role by an Area Operations Manager and a Regional Operations Manager, with regular structured pharmacy visits
We have invested in new technologies for our pharmacies including a new PMR system and centralised dispensing to allow you to focus on providing quality care and services to our customers.
We are focussed on mental health and wellbeing which is why we’ve put all our field managers through the Mental Health Awareness course to raise awareness and enable a greater level of support when working in our pharmacies.
So you’ll have much more than just a salary package, its about you as a person and your professional career too!
Overview of the role
Are you a trainee pharmacist due to sit the Summer 2026 exam?
Are you looking to kickstart your pharmacy career?
Well Pharmacy, the UK's 2nd largest retail pharmacy are hiring newly qualified pharmacists in to relief roles at different locations across the UK.
As a relief pharmacist, you will work across multiple branches in an agreed areas, supporting our teams and making a real difference in the local community.
We are interviewing immediately and making provisional offers with August 2026 start dates.
For more information on specific locations available, please apply and a member of our resourcing team will be in touch. If you are relocating for an opportunity with Well you may be eligible for our relocation allowance, please enquire for more details.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate must possess an MPharm degree or equivalent. You will be required to have your GPhC registration upon your start date.
Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a flexible position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.
About The Company
For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.
Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.
The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.
We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.
We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.
‘Together we make a difference’
