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Healthcare Advisor
Role summary
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The Healthcare Advisor supports customers in Boots stores by providing friendly, informed advice on healthcare, beauty and wellbeing products. The role typically involves understanding customer needs, recommending suitable products within training and company guidelines, operating tills, replenishing stock and maintaining high standards of presentation and service. Candidates should have strong communication and listening skills, a caring and professional manner, good attention to detail and an interest in healthcare and pharmacy services. Retail or customer-service experience is helpful, although training may be provided. The successful candidate is expected to work reliably as part of a team, protect customer confidentiality, follow health and safety procedures and deliver consistently excellent service in a busy environment.
Can I work in Ireland?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Shop-floor, checkout and supervisor jobs are on the ineligible list; store managers and head-office roles can get a General Permit (EUR 36,605) after a 28-day advert.
Before you apply: Shop-floor jobs need no professional licence. Pharmacists do: they must register with the local regulator, and one qualified abroad often has to pass local exams first. Selling alcohol can need a short course and certificate, for example in Australia.
Watch for: Pharmacists are on the Critical Skills list, but pharmacy assistants are ineligible; in practice a working holiday is the way into shop jobs.
Official source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Ineligible Occupations List. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Ireland
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in Ireland, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usual; some employers add 2 to 4 weeks of temporary housing. Rents are high in Dublin |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer pays the permit (by law); EUR 3,000 to 8,000 relocation help is reported above EUR 50,000 pay |
| Flights | A joining flight is often part of a relocation package; a home-leave ticket is not usual |
| Pay and discount | Minimum wage EUR 14.15 an hour from 1 January 2026, age 20 and over (by law) |
| Contract | Usually permanent; probation up to 6 months (by law); a Critical Skills permit needs a 2-year job offer |
| Leave | 4 working weeks plus 10 public holidays (by law); 5 paid sick days a year at 70% of pay |
| Income tax | About 15% in all at EUR 36,600 and 25% at EUR 60,000: 20% to EUR 44,000, 40% above, plus USC and PRSI |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Boots
Boots is a major health and beauty retailer and pharmacy business operating across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company provides prescription services, healthcare advice, medicines, beauty products, personal care, cosmetics and wellness services through its stores and digital channels. Boots is known for combining retail expertise with accessible healthcare support, including pharmacy teams, vaccination services and advice on everyday health needs. In Ireland, its stores serve local communities and offer opportunities in retail, pharmacy, customer service, beauty and management. Employees generally work in customer-focused teams and receive role-specific training, with progression opportunities depending on performance and business needs. Boots is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a global healthcare and retail organisation, although local roles and employment terms are managed within the relevant Irish business.