Pharmacist Manager

Location: Ruskington, Lincolnshire

Salary/Wage: c. £50k - £55k per annum

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

Our community pharmacies play a key part in caring for the health and wellbeing of our customers and members. As the largest Co-operative Pharmacy group, our pharmacies offer so much more than just exceptional customer service! From prescriptions and flu vaccines to podiatry and sports therapy, we’re passionate about looking after the health needs of our patients.

At the forefront of these helpful and inspiring teams are our Pharmacist Managers. As a key figure in your local community, you’ll be making a real difference to the health and wellbeing of your customers and members. Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Building close relationships with your local community, patients and members to provide them with expert clinical advice and reassurance.
• Leading your pharmacy team to ensure an efficient and friendly service, excelling in delivering a range of enhanced services.
• Checking prescriptions for accuracy and safety, assisting with dispensing medications and advising patients on routes of administration and dosages.
• Assisting with branch management; maintaining records, tracking inventory, controlling stock levels and securing controlled drugs to maintain compliance.
• Maintaining close working relationships with doctors’ surgeries regarding prescriptions and medications

About You

We are looking for a professional and driven pharmacist who has a genuine passion about health care and who is keen to develop in their role and career. Additionally, you’ll need to have:

• Essential: A master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) and you’ll also need to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Confidence in providing expert health advice, and the full range of advanced and enhanced services 
• A professional and approachable manner to build and maintain dependable working relationships
• Excellent communication skills, able to be a role model for your team in delivering face-to-face interactions to a high standard
• Enthusiasm and drive to champion your own learning and development, and grow a continuous learning culture within your team to support their career growth
• Experience of leading and developing a team, with drive and ambition to ensure your pharmacy meets its targets. 

For this role, we are happy to consider both part-time and full-time hours. If you'd like to be considered for part time hours, please make sure to mention it on your application. Further details can be discussed at interview stage.

Benefits:

This is a great opportunity to develop your Pharmacy career and make a difference to the lives of our communities. In addition to working for a growing co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:

• Up to 30 days annual leave (pro-rata) including bank holidays
• Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
• Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
• Twice yearly discretionary colleague bonuses to reward you for your hard work
• Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work
• Wellbeing initiatives and community engagement opportunities

We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. We work closely with the University of Lincoln School of Pharmacy, where some of our pharmacists are employed as Teacher Practitioners. Other colleagues expand in their roles through working as a clinical pharmacist/Independent Prescriber in local GP surgeries or community hospitals.