• Job Description

  Req#: C9438-25-0300?language=en&page=576&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Lancashire Hospitals Services are delighted to be able to offer vacancies for the position of a Branch Manager to cover our Outpatient Pharmacy Site at Burnley General Hospital in the East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust.

  It is an exciting time to join the team after we have recently expanded our services to now also provide outpatient pharmacy services to:-

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  This means that you will be supported in your role by other branch managers, our Operations Manager and Superintendent Pharmacist.

  Main duties of the job

  1) To be responsible for the effective operation of your allocated branch.

  2) To work in collaboration with the other branch managers.

  3) To ensure that company KPIs are met.

  4) To provide cross-cover for the other branch manager at Royal Blackburn Hospital

  About us

  Lancashire Hospitals Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

  We provide Outpatient dispensing services at Royal Preston Hospital, Rosemere Centre (within Royal Preston Hospital), Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Westmorland General Hospital, Furness General Hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  Depending on experience Minimum £32,000 per annum pro rata (qualification and experience)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  438-PB3151

  Job locations

  Burnley General Hospital

  Burnley

  BB10 2PQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties to include but not limited to:

  • Acting as a role model for the team.
  • Promoting and upholding a positive culture.
  • Rota Management including responding to absences.
  • Investigating incidents and complaints.
  • Line management of staff in accordance with company policies and procedure.
  • Managing attendance, conduct and performance.
  • Coordinating day to day activities for the team.
  • Conducting 121s and Appraisals.
  • Ensuring that training compliance is up to date.
  • Acting as a key holder for the branches.
  • Ensuring that drug recalls are actioned within the recommended timeframe.
  • Training and assessing competencies of new and existing team members.
  • Ensuring compliance with ethical, professional, legal and GPhC Pharmacy Standards.
  • Ensuring company KPIs are met and where applicable, improve team performance to achieve. This includes near misses, interventions, and turn-around times.
  • Acting as a point of contact and responding to queries raised from both internal and external colleagues.
  • Ensuring accurate completion of weekly CD balance checks.

  For more information please see the job description.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties to include but not limited to:

  • Acting as a role model for the team.
  • Promoting and upholding a positive culture.
  • Rota Management including responding to absences.
  • Investigating incidents and complaints.
  • Line management of staff in accordance with company policies and procedure.
  • Managing attendance, conduct and performance.
  • Coordinating day to day activities for the team.
  • Conducting 121s and Appraisals.
  • Ensuring that training compliance is up to date.
  • Acting as a key holder for the branches.
  • Ensuring that drug recalls are actioned within the recommended timeframe.
  • Training and assessing competencies of new and existing team members.
  • Ensuring compliance with ethical, professional, legal and GPhC Pharmacy Standards.
  • Ensuring company KPIs are met and where applicable, improve team performance to achieve. This includes near misses, interventions, and turn-around times.
  • Acting as a point of contact and responding to queries raised from both internal and external colleagues.
  • Ensuring accurate completion of weekly CD balance checks.

  For more information please see the job description.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MPharm or equivalent and registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacist OR
  • Recognised Pharmacy Technician Qualification and registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician OR
  • Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff or equivalent GPhC recognised qualification.

  Desirable

  • Post-Graduate Leadership and Management Development qualification.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of all core pharmacy tasks including dispensing, accuracy checking, ordering and receipt of medicines.
  • Specialist Technical knowledge of Good Dispensing Practice
  • Knowledge of medicines regulation, legislation and clinical governance
  • Ability to develop and deliver training to others
  • Awareness of changes within pharmacy practice
  • Evidence of service development
  • Experience in audit and service evaluation
  • Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of COSHH regulations
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and Risk Management processes.

  Desirable

  • Project Management
  • Knowledge and practical experience in a management/leadership role.
  • Knowledge of HR policies and legislation

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MPharm or equivalent and registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacist OR
  • Recognised Pharmacy Technician Qualification and registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician OR
  • Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff or equivalent GPhC recognised qualification.

  Desirable

  • Post-Graduate Leadership and Management Development qualification.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of all core pharmacy tasks including dispensing, accuracy checking, ordering and receipt of medicines.
  • Specialist Technical knowledge of Good Dispensing Practice
  • Knowledge of medicines regulation, legislation and clinical governance
  • Ability to develop and deliver training to others
  • Awareness of changes within pharmacy practice
  • Evidence of service development
  • Experience in audit and service evaluation
  • Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of COSHH regulations
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and Risk Management processes.

  Desirable

  • Project Management
  • Knowledge and practical experience in a management/leadership role.
  • Knowledge of HR policies and legislation

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Burnley General Hospital

  Burnley

  BB10 2PQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Burnley General Hospital

  Burnley

  BB10 2PQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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