Senior Pharmacy Distribution & Automation Lead

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior leader to head the pharmacy stores service, ensuring safe, timely medicines distribution across the Trust. You will be the visible face of the service, collaborating with pharmacy, ward and corporate teams.

The role offers opportunities to develop expertise in automated systems (Omnicell and robotic dispensing) and to drive stock management improvements, waste reduction and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Support the operational management of the Trust’s medicines distribution and pharmacy stores service.
• Supervise pharmacy stores staff to ensure a safe, timely and efficient medicines supply across Trust sites.
• Act as a visible point of contact for day‑to‑day operational issues, supporting problem‑solving and service continuity.
• Deliver and support training for users of automated medicines distribution systems, including Omnicell.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and contribute to service performance reports and improvement plans.
• Support effective stock management, including reviewing ward stock levels to reduce medicines waste.
• Provide advice on medicines storage, stock rotation and inventory management in line with Good Distribution Practice.
• Support staff rotas, day‑to‑day supervision and staff development, including competency assessment and revalidation.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy, procurement, IT and clinical teams to support an effective medicines supply chain.
• Support medicines receipt, picking and distribution, learning from errors to drive improvement.
• Assist with product recalls and support development and review of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Support governance requirements, including Wholesale Dealer Authorisation (Human).
• Participate in the Pharmacy IT on‑call rota, providing out‑of‑hours technical support for automated systems.

Job description

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior leader to head the pharmacy stores service, ensuring safe, timely medicines distribution across the Trust. You will be the visible face of the service, collaborating with pharmacy, ward and corporate teams.

The role offers opportunities to develop expertise in automated systems (Omnicell and robotic dispensing) and to drive stock management improvements, waste reduction and staff development.