Your Career With Bradleys

At Bradley's Pharmacy our business is almost totally dependant on the quality of our team. We pride ourselves on our team member’s excellence in customer service and product knowledge. We do not hire people lightly, considerable time and effort goes in to our recruitment process. We are committed to matching the right person to each role with a view to retaining each individual. Each team member is encouraged to seek promotion and personal development. At Bradleys everyone has their own Personal Development Plan. (P.D.P.), which will enable you to reach your full potential and maximise your career within the Bradley pharmacy group.

At Bradley's Pharmacy Group, our policy is to promote our team from within. When positions arise, our initial response is to advertise internally throughout the entire company.
On joining the company there is a comprehensive induction programme for everyone including:

Successful completion of this induction together with your commitment and willingness allows you to apply for any of our promotional programmes including:

Management Development Programme:
This programme runs in conjunction with ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management). It is designed to build management & leadership in the most flexible way. Aspiring Team members or those who are currently in a management level position are invited to attend this course. We offer opportunities and ILM recognition for
anyone who participates in and passes the course.

Trainee Management Program:
We offer a Trainee Management Program that provides the first-stepping stone to a promising career with Bradley's Pharmacy Group. You will experience how the Team contributes to the success of our company. You will work alongside our current Team Leaders who will give you an insight on how they motivate and organise their team,
how they maintain excellent store appearance, and coach their team to provide the utmost professional customer care. During your training you will cover different aspects of the Team Leader role. These areas include:

Once you have completed this program, you will have the opportunity to advance your within the company by being promoted to Assistant Team Leader within one of our stores.

OTC Training (Over the Counter Training)
At Bradley's Pharmacy, we are a professional health organisation and we will always give the correct product & good sound valuable advice. We strive on providing excellent Customer Service therefore it is imperative that our Customers’ feel they receive the best possible advice. The OTC training allows our team to learn about the different illnesses, causes, symptoms, treatments & the methods of prevention (if possible). In order to deal with the customer query, we need to obtain certain information about the patient therefore the following set of questions is used:

1. Who is the patient ie age, sex etc?
2. What are the symptoms?
3. How long have the symptoms been present?
4. Action already taken?
5. Are they on any other medication?

Health & Safety Training:
The aim of this training is to ensure that the participants will understand safe manual handling techniques and practice good housekeeping in their work environment.

At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

1) Understand the health & safety Act 2005.and the requirements under the Act of employers and employees that must be adhered to in relation to manual handling.

2) Understand the workings and limitations of the spine and muscular system.

3) Understand the meaning of ergonomics within the work environment.

4) Participants will demonstrate and practice the eight principles that underpin effective and safe manual handling.

5) Participants will be able to carry out company procedures in the following areas: Responding to illness and accidents, Evacuation procedure in case of fire, Reporting incidents

Vitamin Training:
 The aim of this manual is to help us learn how we can advise our customers on how to achieve better health.
Vitamins and Minerals are essential to our health, and many people take supplements to optimize their intake.
However, a healthy varied diet will provide all the nutrients that most people need to help maintain general health and wellbeing.
In reality, despite a growing awareness of the importance of healthy eating, we don’t make the right choices, our diets are high in fatty, sugary foods and we currently consume on average less than three portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

No single food contains the perfect mix of nutrients, and you would need a wide variety of different foods to achieve a healthy diet.  Whilst a supplement cannot replace a healthy diet, there are many situations were a supplement may be positively beneficial.