Dispensary Manager

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced and motivated Dispensary Manager to join our Pharmacy team at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).

As Dispensary Manager, you will lead the day-to-day operational delivery of the dispensary service, ensuring safe, efficient and patient-focused pharmacy services. You will manage and develop the dispensary team, oversee workload and staffing, support training and professional development, and drive improvements that enhance safety, efficiency and patient experience.

We are looking for a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with substantial hospital dispensary experience. You will bring strong leadership, organisational and communication skills, together with experience managing teams and implementing service improvements.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a busy pharmacy service while contributing to King’s commitment to outstanding care, innovation, inclusion and teamwork.

Main Duties Of The Job

• To be responsible for proposing and implementing policies in relation to the dispensary service that has an impact both within Patient Services and across the Trust.
• To be responsible for the regular review of operational policies and procedures specific to the provision of the dispensary services.
• To support Patient Services, in the strategic developmental and planning of the dispensary services provision to the Trust.
• To deliver a customer-focused service to all patients who attend the Dispensary.
• To manage the Dispensary Service and all the staff who work in the dispensary.
• To be line manager for the Dispensary Services staff and take responsibility for all the following, according to the Trust procedures:
  • Be responsible for dispensary stock control
  • Be responsible for the return and recycling or safe disposal (as appropriate) of the drugs from wards and departments in liaison with the Distribution Manager and according to the agreed departmental policies and procedures.