Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-7697577-CORP
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Farnham Road Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/02/2026 17:00
Employer heading
Dispensary Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Ready to take the next step in your pharmacy career? Reporting to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, this pivotal role is central to our Pharmacy Management Team. You’ll lead a small, dedicated team, driving innovation as we introduce EPMA and enhance medicines optimisation across the Trust.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of mental health, learning disability, and community services in the South East. We’re proud of our reputation for high-quality, compassionate care and for being a forward-thinking organisation that values collaboration. Based at Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford, you’ll work in a vibrant town with excellent transport links and beautiful countryside.
As Dispensary Manager, you’ll provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of our dispensary service, ensuring compliance, quality, and continuous improvement. You’ll inspire and motivate your team, act as a role model, and help shape the future of pharmacy services.
We’re seeking an organised, flexible leader with strong communication skills and a passion for service improvement. You’ll bring hospital pharmacy experience, staff management expertise, and a commitment to patient safety. In return, you’ll join a supportive environment where your ideas and leadership make a real difference.
If you’re ready to take us forward and be part of a high-performing team committed to innovation and excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative and as part of the team. The role will require this person to:
- Provide strategic leadership and operational management of the dispensary service, ensuring compliance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- To lead and coordinate all dispensary activities related to clinical trials and research, acting as the primary liaison with the Trust’s R&D team.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- GPhC-accredited or recognised pharmacy technician course or qualification that is delivered at a minimum of level 3 in the Regulated Qualifications Framework
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
- Management training course or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Educational / Practice supervisor training or equivalent
- Accreditation as a NVQ assessor / verifier
- Accreditation in Medicines Management or local equivalent if AIMM not achieved
- Membership of APTUK
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an acute and/or mental health hospital setting
- Experience of supervising other staff
- Experience of line management
- Experience of demonstrating leadership behaviours
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Karen Shuker
- Job title
- Interim Deputy Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 443741
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