Pharmacy Manager
Spire Healthcare Ltd
The closing date is 03 May 2025
Job summary
Pharmacy Manager | Pharmacy | Private Hospital | Full time, permanent | Horley, West Sussex
Spire Gatwick Park are now recruiting a Pharmacy Manager to join the pharmacy team.
Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
- To provide an exemplary pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, accepted professional and ethical standards and clinical requirements.
- Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing a small pharmacy team by providing excellent clinical and managerial leadership.
- To provide advice and support to consultants, other clinicians and patients ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines.
- To advise the hospital and its departments on the safe management of medicines, ensuring compliance with current legislation and professional standards.
- To promote a multidisciplinary, patient focused approach to the delivery of an efficient, high quality healthcare service.
About us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.
We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities:
To provide an exemplary pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, accepted professional and ethical standards and clinical requirements.Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing a small pharmacy team by providing excellent clinical and managerial leadership. To provide advice and support to consultants, other clinicians and patients ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines.To advise the hospital and its departments on the safe management of medicines, ensuring compliance with current legislation and professional standards. To promote a multidisciplinary, patient focused approach to the delivery of an efficient, high quality healthcare service.
Who we're looking for:
Degree (BSc/MSc Hons)Current member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilExperience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements. Worked in a Hospital pharmacyExperience of working in partnership with consultants and across clinical teams.Analysing clinical and management problems and coming up with viable solutionsWorking as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teamsExperience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient casesChallenging consultants to influence evidence based practice Competence across a range of pharmaceutical subjects supported by professional and clinical knowledge
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time Monday-Saturday (working 5 days), 37.5 hours per week
Benefits
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidaysEmployer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailersFree Bupa wellness screeningPrivate medical insuranceLife assurance
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
Driving clinical excellenceDoing the right thingCaring is our passionKeeping it simpleDelivering on our promisesSucceeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities:
To provide an exemplary pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, accepted professional and ethical standards and clinical requirements.Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing a small pharmacy team by providing excellent clinical and managerial leadership. To provide advice and support to consultants, other clinicians and patients ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines.To advise the hospital and its departments on the safe management of medicines, ensuring compliance with current legislation and professional standards. To promote a multidisciplinary, patient focused approach to the delivery of an efficient, high quality healthcare service.
Who we're looking for:
Degree (BSc/MSc Hons)Current member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilExperience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements. Worked in a Hospital pharmacyExperience of working in partnership with consultants and across clinical teams.Analysing clinical and management problems and coming up with viable solutionsWorking as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teamsExperience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient casesChallenging consultants to influence evidence based practice Competence across a range of pharmaceutical subjects supported by professional and clinical knowledge
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time Monday-Saturday (working 5 days), 37.5 hours per week
Benefits
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidaysEmployer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailersFree Bupa wellness screeningPrivate medical insuranceLife assurance
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
Driving clinical excellenceDoing the right thingCaring is our passionKeeping it simpleDelivering on our promisesSucceeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
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).
Additional information
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).
