Head of Pharmacy

Job Description

Role Overview:

Salary: Up to £70,000 (Depending upon experience)

Hours: 0800 – 1800, Monday to Friday

Location: Basildon, Essex

Contract: Full Time and Permanent

Role Summary:

Mamedica are looking to recruit an experienced Head of Pharmacy to join our Pharmacy, based in Basildon, Essex. The post holder will ensure the safe and effective running of the dispensary, overseeing and meeting the organisation’s timeframes for medication dispatch, managing queries & complaints.

Role Duties:

· Managing and ensuring the safe and effective running of the dispensary

· Recruiting, hiring and training staff and conducting performance reviews

· Complying with WDA responsibilities

· Solving pharmacy service-related patient queries and complaints

· Ensuring adherence to SOPs to medication handling, storage, dispensing and documentation

Qualification/Experience for Role:

· Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent

· Valid GPhC registration

· Extensive experience within relevant Pharmacy setting, ideally within a hospital

· Experience within Pharmacy Dispensing environment desirable

· Experience and knowledge with regards to WDA responsibilities and SOPs

About Mamedica:

Mamedica is a private clinic, with linked pharmacy, which specialises in assisting patients who may not have found satisfactory results for their conditions via their existing medications.

We work with consultants specialising within pain, psychiatry, neurology, palliative care and cancer, so our patients can receive their prescribed medication directly to their door, via next-day delivery service. Our prescribed medicines are produced and manufactured according to the pharmaceutical-grade EU-GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice.)

Additional Information:

Mamedica may receive a higher-than-anticipated number of applications for this role, such that it may not always be possible to provide individual feedback to all applications.

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may be taking place whilst the role is still being advertised, which may mean that this advert may close sooner than expected. We recommend that, if interested in this opportunity, you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check:

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended), and it may be required for Mamedica to conduct a DBS check accordingly for a successful applicant.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to £70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: MA-HoP