Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR838-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester and Ipswich
- Town
- Colchester and Ipswich
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
General Manager - Pharmacy
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Pharmacy for a new General Manager to join the team.
We are looking for you to have a unique set of skills that can operationally drive income generation, new business opportunities for the pharmacy manufacturing unit, transforming clinical services and opportunities for consolidation across ESNEFT.
You will report up through the Trusts operational structure and will join the silver on call rota exposing you to wider operational challenges across the organisation. You will work collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and senior pharmacy team in the delivery of day to day operational business as well as delivering the annual business plan and long term vision.
If you have a passion for seeking out new business opportunities, leading services through transformation and visible leadership this could be the post for you.
This post will require you to be present at both the Ipswich and Colchester site throughout the working week.
Main duties of the job
You will have responsibility for managing all aspects of the operational delivery within Pharmacy but will work collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and Heads of Service to agreed quality standards and within the resources and income base available, to support the Trust development of a clinically led organisation.
You will lead on the development, implementation, establishment and review of performance management systems within the relevant clinical speciality, It is critical this is done collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and other clinical teams within the Division and across other Division.
Working for our organisation
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 that Time Matters to 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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience at post graduate level
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Further relevant training
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience working in a management/leadership role
- Proven experience of working across the acute/community sector or public/private sectors to implement significant changes in service delivery
- Experience of managing and motivating a large team or teams
- Leading changes in practice in a complex environment to improve performance/services
- Leading complex projects
- Responsible for a significant budget and budget setting
- Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
- Business case development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Financial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience of designing and delivering CIP plans and related efficiencies
- Business planning/annual planning/long term planning.
- In depth understanding of change management.
- In depth understanding of the current NHS agenda and health policy including transformation and workforce
- Understanding of the relationship between providers and commissioning organisations
- Demonstrable knowledge of service improvements and project management
- Risk management and governance
Desirable criteria
- NHS IT systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hanne Ness
- Job title
- Divisional Operations Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07938520830
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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