Superintendent Pharmacist - Dispensary and Procurement

Integrated Care System; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care provider in Liverpool seeks a Superintendent Pharmacist to lead a dynamic team. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, supported by a Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy and GPhC registration. This role focuses on delivering high-quality patient-centered services and strategic pharmacy developments. Salary ranges from £79,210 to £89,458 annually for a full-time fixed-term position.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership experience in service development and governance.
• Understanding NHS strategy and policy.
• Experience in community or hospital pharmacy is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead pharmacy technicians and assistants in various operations.
• Ensure optimal arrangements with clinical pharmacy services.
• Contribute to strategic pharmacy service developments.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Leadership

Education

Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy

Registered with GPhC

Post grad leadership qualification

Job description

Go back PharmaC (The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Ltd)

Superintendent Pharmacist - Dispensary and Procurement

The closing date is 17 August 2025

The PharmaC team at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has an exciting opportunity for passionate and dedicated individuals who are looking for a new challenge, the next step in their career.

You will be joining a diverse and professional team, who take pride in providing a high quality and efficient medicines supply service to the Trust, to ensure that patients receive the best care.

The PharmaC team is looking for an inspirational, dynamic leader, passionate about the development of safe, patient centred care to become the Superintendent Pharmacist in our multi-site service. The main base for the role is the new build, state of the art Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) in Liverpool city centre with time spent at the CCC Wirral site and at our Liverpool University Hospital sites at The Royal Liverpool and Aintree.

Our friendly pharmacy team takes pride in the provision of excellent care to patients across the North West (including North Wales and the Isle of Man).

The ideal candidate will have;

Outstanding communication and organisational skills,

The ability to prioritise in changing environment,

Excellent leadership abilities, being able to motivate and enthuse the team.

Pharmacy experience in either hospital or community pharmacy is desirable, but full training will be given to successful candidates, as well as plenty of opportunities for development.

Main duties of the job

This role would suit a registered pharmacist with the drive, passion and leadership qualities to deliver innovative, patient centred services, working collaboratively with the team but able to make decision in a fast paced environment. They must have extensive senior leadership experience of service development, governance, medicines safety and quality improvement alongside a good understanding of NHS strategy and policy. This is an exciting time to join the team as we look to embed recent changes and further transform our ways of working.

This will be a rewarding role which will include participation in a wide variety of projects and groups making it an ideal career opportunity to further develop both operational and management skills in a supportive and welcoming environment.

The successful candidate will be supported by the Head of Pharmacy Operations to shape the future direction of the service and to implement the agreed strategy.

About us

Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited (as subsidiary of CCC) are here to deliver excellent cancer care to the people we serve and are looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) are one of the UK's leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust takes an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard Children, young people and Adults, supporting the national and local agenda around safeguarding, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check before employment can commence.

PharmaC strives to provide excellent service with happy staff that are positive, friendly and go the extra mile. Patient feedback consistently shows that our patients are satisfied/'very' satisfied with PharmaC staff & services, we look to continue to improve our service to satisfy our patients.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be a role model, inspiring and giving direction to our pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants that deliver a range of pharmacy operations including procurement, dispensary and ward-based services. Working with the departments senior management team, you will optimise arrangements at the interface with the Trusts clinical pharmacy services and contribute to the medicines management agenda. Our collective aims with our partnering NHS Trusts are to promote a collaborative culture within pharmacy and with colleagues across the Trust, playing a significant part in ensuring pharmacy services develop strategically in line with the Trusts objectives, including cost improvements and budgetary management.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification

Registration with GPhC is essential.

Person Specification

Education & Quals

• Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy
• Registered with GPhC
• post grad leadership qualification

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of changing NHS environment and government initiatives
• Experience in implementation of NHS policy and guidance
• Specialist clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective procurement and use of medicines
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and their influence on current practice
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Experience of delivering a high quality pharmacy service

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.

PharmaC (The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Ltd)

Address

PharmaC @ The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool

£79,210 to £89,458 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

158-25-135-PHAC-A

Job locations

PharmaC @ The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool