Responsible Pharmacist

NHS; Torquay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Torquay is looking for a Responsible Pharmacist to deliver high-quality outpatient pharmacy services. The role involves supporting a team, ensuring compliance with regulations, and enhancing patient care. Applicants must be GPhC registered pharmacists with management experience in pharmacy. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organization committed to innovative healthcare and staff development.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC.
• Management experience in hospital or retail pharmacy.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support Superintendent pharmacist and operations manager.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and dispensers.
• Ensure compliance with GPhC and Medicines Act.

Skills

Commitment to professional development

Management experience

Education

GPhC registered pharmacist

Job description

Responsible Pharmacist

The closing date is 13 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced pharmacist to join our Outpatient Pharmacy Service. The service is operated by SDH Developments Ltd, which is a limited company wholly owned by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The service has been running since 2013.

Applications will be considered from pharmacists with a hospital or a community pharmacy background.

The Outpatient Pharmacy Service provides medicines to all outpatients seen at Torbay Hospital and those seen at other off-site locations. Currently the service dispenses approximately 80,000 items per annum with a value of more than £10m. These medicines are given directly to patients or are transported to the patients' home via the SDH delivery service.

Main duties of the job

The Responsible Pharmacist is responsible for supporting the delivery of a high quality and efficient pharmacy service to outpatients attending the Trust's outpatients department in line with the principles published by the GPhC.

SDH Developments Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and is responsible for providing Outpatient Pharmacy Services to Trust Outpatients.

• To support the Superintendent pharmacist and Dispensary operations manager in delivering a professional and efficient outpatient pharmacy service.
• To support a team of pharmacy technicians, dispensers and counter assistants in delivering an efficient outpatient dispensing service to outpatients attending Torbay Hospital and surrounding Community Hospitals.
• To be support the production and updating of any policies and procedures necessary to maintain compliance with General Pharmaceutical Council and Medicines Act requirements.
• To ensure that all policies and procedures relating to the requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council and the Medicines Act are observed by all staff at all times.

About us

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high‑quality health and social care.

We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, We are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.

For any further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Simon Gardner by email: [e-mail] or phone [phone].

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC registered pharmacist
• A proven commitment to continued professional development.
• Management experience within the hospital or retail pharmacy sectors

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust