Duty Pharmacy Manager - Stowmarket 3240

Tesco; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large retail pharmacy chain in Stowmarket is seeking a Duty Pharmacy Manager. This role involves providing healthcare services, leading a team, and supporting community health initiatives. The ideal candidate will hold a Pharmacy Degree and possess leadership skills. Excellent benefits include coverage of GPhC fees, a generous holiday package, and professional training opportunities. Join us to make a meaningful impact daily while developing your career.

Benefits

GPhC fee coverage

25 days holiday plus personal day

Salary sacrifice for holiday purchase

Annual bonus up to 20%

Contributory pension scheme

26 weeks maternity/adoption leave at full pay

Flexibility from day one

Exclusive pharmacy training programme

Discounts on Tesco purchases

Qualifications

• Must be a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Willing to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.
• Complete a DBS check before employment.

Responsibilities

• Supply prescriptions and deliver NHS and Private services.
• Provide healthcare advice to customers.
• Support the Pharmacy Manager to lead and train colleagues.
• Build relationships with Primary Care Networks and GPs’ surgeries.
• Ensure accurate payment claims for NHS-covered items.

Skills

Leadership

Team empowerment

Healthcare advice

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Job description

Tesco UK • Stowmarket 3240; IP14 5BE • Apply by 31-Oct-2025

At Tesco, people are at the heart of everything we do, and this couldn’t be truer for our pharmacy team.

As a Duty Pharmacy Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on others’ lives. Whether you’re supporting pharmacists, providing top‑notch services to customers, or fostering community spirit, your work will touch the lives of hundreds of people every day.

We want to help you be at your best, whatever life brings. That’s why we’ll offer you uninterrupted “me time” away from the pharmacy to relax, refuel, and recharge.

Aside from these healthy breaks, you’ll also have bags of career choice with leadership training plans from industry experts, so there’s every chance to progress. And if you’ve got an idea for how we can improve things, we’ll make sure you’re given the chance to be heard.

It all adds up to a role where you can do good, and feel good, while developing your career. Let’s make every day a little better.

What is in it for you

Our Pharmacies are led and supported exclusively by Pharmacists; we are always looking to develop new ways to deliver the best service possible for our communities.

Along with providing a secure and flexible work environment, we offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but are not limited to:

• Your GPhC fee covered by us, every year.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme
• Savings of up to £2,000 a year on most Tesco purchases.
• Annual bonus - up to 20% of annual salary
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• A pharmacy training programme exclusive to Tesco, in partnership with Diabetes UK, Cancer Research UK and British Heart Foundation.
• A structured training plan for Pharmacy Leadership, crafted by industry specialists.
• Great colleague discounts that save you money on everyday purchases.
• For those that need it, expert support through the application process for the new UK health and social care visa.
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds.
• To read more about employee benefits.

Responsibilities

• You'll supply prescriptions, deliver a range of NHS and Private services and provide healthcare advice to customers
• You'll play an active role in our charities support program giving advice to people in the community at risk of or living with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
• You'll support the Pharmacy Manager to lead, train, and develop colleagues.
• You'll support the Pharmacy Manager in building relationships with Primary Care Networks and GPs’ surgeries
• You'll ensure accurate payment claims for NHS-covered items.

Qualifications

• You’ll have a Pharmacy Degree.
• You’ll be passionate about leading and empowering a team.
• You’ll be a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and be willing to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme – we’ll help you with this when we offer you the role.
• You’ll complete a DBS check (organised by us) before employment.

About us

Our Duty Pharmacy Managers are supported by wider store teams, such as security, stock replenishment, range management, and administration to ensure a smooth and consistent experience for our customers and patients, whilst maintaining theirs and our colleague’s safety.

Tesco Pharmacies offers colleagues a high level of working flexibility and control over their work rotas. This enables routine overlap periods with other pharmacists on duty, so ideas about patient care and colleague development can be worked on together.

Everyone’s welcome

To us, inclusivity means everyone’s voice is heard and you feel comfortable bringing every part of yourself to work. We celebrate and value everything that makes you, you. We make sure that all colleagues have equal access to opportunities. We’re a big business with diverse working patterns and lots of business areas. So, we can definitely find something that works for you.

Ts & Cs

Tesco only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leaver’s age for your country please click here.

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am, after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

Some roles may close earlier than advertised due to high volumes of applicants, so it’s a good idea to get your application in early. We can only offer individual feedback to interviewed candidates.

If your application is successful, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit Tesco plc site. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.