Pharmacy Manager

Macclesfield
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Pharmacy Manager/Pharmacy Lead | Pharmacy | Full time or Part time - Minimum 3 days a week | Macclesfield | Secondment/Fixed term 12 months
Spire Regency based in Macclesfield, South Cheshire are now recruiting a Pharmacy Manager to join us on a fixed term basis for 12 months, full or part time - 3 days a week minimum.
The Spire Regency Hospital in Macclesfield, Cheshire opened in 1991 and has a full multi-disciplinary medical team onsite. We practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures across a range of specialist fields like orthopaedics, cosmetics and general surgery -all delivered through our expert and caring clinical teams.
Situated off the A537 just outside Macclesfield town centre, we're a first choice hospital for patients in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester.
Duties and responsibilities:

  • To provide an exemplary pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, accepted professional and ethical standards and clinical requirements.
  • Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing a small pharmacy team by providing excellent clinical and managerial leadership.
  • To provide advice and support to consultants, other clinicians and patients ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines.
  • To advise the hospital and its departments on the safe management of medicines, ensuring compliance with current legislation and professional standards.
  • To promote a multidisciplinary, patient focused approach to the delivery of an efficient, high quality healthcare service.
    Who we're looking for:
  • Degree (BSc/MSc Hons)
  • Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements.
  • Worked in a Hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of working in partnership with consultants and across clinical teams.
  • Analysing clinical and management problems and coming up with viable solutions
  • Working as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient cases
  • Challenging consultants to influence evidence based practice
  • Competence across a range of pharmaceutical subjects supported by professional and clinical knowledge
    Benefits
    We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Colleague recognition - Inspire people awards
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Spire Share Save scheme
  • Subsidized canteen
  • Uniform/clogs provided
    We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
    Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
    For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker at or call (phone number removed)
    For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
    Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

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