Clinical Service Manager - Pharmacy (Bath)
21 hours ago
Bath
Location: Bath Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Permanent Salary: £65,000 per annum (Possible increase for the right candidate) A leading independent healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Clinical Services Manager – Pharmacy to lead a hospital pharmacy service in Bath. This is a senior leadership opportunity for a qualified Pharmacist with strong hospital experience and demonstrated leadership capability, either as an established manager or a senior/lead pharmacist ready to step into their first management role. The Role As Clinical Services Manager, you will provide day-to-day leadership and strategic direction for the pharmacy department, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality medicines management across both outpatient and inpatient services, including oncology. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week across 5 days, with: • Saturday working approximately 1 in 3, • On-call responsibility (around 8 days per month, rarely called out) Opening hours: • Monday to Friday: 8am – 6pm, • Saturday: 9am – 1pm Key responsibilities (Clinical Services Manager) include: • Leading and managing the pharmacy service, ensuring excellent clinical and operational performance, • Line management of pharmacists, technicians and pharmacy support staff, • Workforce planning and rota management, • Monitoring departmental performance against KPIs, quality standards and regulatory requirements, • Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and regulatory bodies (GPhC, MHRA, CQC), • Developing, implementing and reviewing pharmacy policies and SOPs, • Overseeing medicines governance, including incident reporting, investigations and root cause analysis, • Driving audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development About You To be considered (Clinical Services Manager), you will have: • GPhC registration as a Pharmacist, • Hospital pharmacy experience (essential), • Significant post-registration experience, • Demonstrated leadership experience (this may include senior/lead roles with management responsibility), • Strong knowledge of medicines legislation, governance frameworks and clinical standards, • Understanding of GPhC professional standards and CQC requirements, • Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills, • Experience leading audits, investigations and service improvements Salary & Benefits • Salary from £65,000 per annum, with flexibility for strong candidates, • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service, • Performance-related management bonus scheme, • Private pension scheme, • Private healthcare (including pre-existing conditions), • Life assurance, • Enhanced family-friendly policies, • Employee discounts and rewards platform, • Wellbeing support and employee recognition schemes, • Excellent training and professional development opportunities This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious pharmacy professional to lead a hospital service and play a key role in its future development. To apply, contact Lochlan Dolman on 07537 162494 or email Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Benefits: • Additional leave, • Bereavement leave, • Canteen, • Company pension, • Employee discount, • Enhanced maternity leave, • Enhanced paternity leave, • Free parking, • Health & wellbeing programme, • Life insurance, • On-site parking, • Private medical insurance, • Sick pay, • Transport links