Superintendent Pharmacy Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure the safe, efficient and effective delivery of all aspects of pharmacy services in the company in accordance with GPhC, national and local standards.

Overseeing the daily business and administrative operations and improving operating procedures for optimal efficiency.

Accountable for professional pharmacy legal & ethical decisions in the pharmacy actively supporting the development, education & training of the team.

Accountable for ordering and managing of all medicines.

Advising the board on an appropriate workforce plan providing sufficient pharmacy staff who are trained and competent for their role.

Developing an effective working relationship with prescribers.

Ensuring the optimisation and development of the overall profitability of the business.

To report progress against KPIs to the Directors.

Ensuring effective and efficient working processes are developed and managed, backed up by relevant SOPs.

Ensuring adequate and up-to-date Standard Operating Procedures are in place as required by GPhC.

To ensure procedures are in place for the safe disposal of returned medicines and expired pharmacy stock medications.

To keep main information services and/or reference sources available and up to date.

To ensure computer software is regularly updated and business contingency plans are in place.

Ensure that the patient information leaflets, posters etc are all kept up to date and present a professional image.

To ensure the premises are maintained to a high professional standard at all times.

To plan, develop and support the introduction of new or revised working processes to optimise the quality of work and the profitability of the business.

To contribute to the safe and accurate issue of completed dispensed prescriptions to patients.

To accurately dispense clinically checked prescriptions against the relevant prescription documentation

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate high levels of professional expertise and be widely respected by stakeholders, peers, customers/patients and external local professionals.
• Proven experience in a Pharmacy Manager role.
• As a pharmacist, you must be registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator, GPhC.
• Have excellent knowledge of pharmacy operations and provisions of national and local services.
• Be commercially astute, understand the growth and development of the healthcare industry.
• Role model first class communication skills, where you will hold excellent face to face interactions with all types of customers and patients.
• Thrive in a team-centred approach with strong collaborative working.
• Have a passion for keeping up to date with your own learning and development, completing all Pharmacist mandatory and directed training.
• Efficient management and administration of the business.
• To fulfil the statutory responsibilities as required by the GPhC and DoHSC.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network

Address

Helmsley Medical Centre

Carlton Road

Helmsley

North Yorkshire

YO62 5HD

Employer's website

https://www.valeofyorkccg.nhs.uk/about-us/primary-care-networks/shar-pcn/ (Opens in a new tab)