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Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 73,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for the Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensary Manager. Based at Colchester Hospital, you will spend significant time in our dispensaries, supporting the clinical pharmacy service and the Medicines Optimisation agenda.

As a lead within the department, you will supervise all grades of staff, work with the multidisciplinary team, and ensure a patient‑centred medicines governance framework.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensary at Colchester site and act as lead for the department.
• Supervise all grades of staff working in these dispensaries and provide a robust pharmacy service to Trust Outpatients and virtual clinics.
• Work within the department to support the clinical pharmacy service and the Medicines Optimisation agenda.
• Integrate within the wider hospital clinical environment to ensure patient-centred medicines management and governance.

Job description

Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensary Manager | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Have you got the enthusiasm and passion to take up the challenge of this vital Pharmacy position?

An opportunity has arisen for you to contribute to our team in providing high qualityand respected clinical pharmacy services as the Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensary Manager.

You will be based at Colchester Hospital, spending a significant proportion of time working within our dispensaries, supporting the clinicalpharmacy service and the wider Pharmacy Medicines Optimisation agenda.

Being a key member of the multidisciplinary team you will be expected to fully integrate within the wider hospital clinical environment providing apatient centred approach to medicines management and governance.

Responsible for assisting the department in providing a comprehensive and efficient pharmacy service to patients within East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

Management of the Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensary at Colchester site and act as lead for the department, liaising closely with the Chief Pharmacy Technician and the Inpatient Dispensary Manager.

Supervision of all grades of staff working in these dispensaries and will provide a robust pharmacy service to Trust Outpatients and virtual clinics held across Colchester Hospital.

In the absence of the Inpatient Dispensary Manager, the post holder will assume responsibility in all aspects of the day to day organization of all three dispensaries within Colchester Hospital.

Work at dispensary level; although it is an expectation that you will also support other clinical colleagues within the department as the holistic service requires

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Sunday 13 Sep 2026

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust