Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Operations Manager

The closing date is 04 May 2026

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Pharmacy Operational Manager to provide senior leadership across NHFT pharmacy services, with a key focus on secure and specialist care. This strategic role is responsible for the operational management, governance, workforce leadership and continuous improvement of pharmacy services across multiple sites.

Working closely with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Specialist and Secured and the Governance and Assurance Pharmacist, you will act as the professional and operational lead for pharmacy technicians, ensuring services are safe, compliant, efficient and responsive to patient and service needs.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic and operational leadership for pharmacy services
Lead medicines governance, risk management, audits and compliance
Manage pharmacy workforce planning, recruitment, performance and development
Oversee medicines distribution, stock control and Controlled Drugs governance
Support service redesign, transformation and Quality Improvement initiatives
Monitor medicines usage and expenditure, identifying efficiencies
Represent pharmacy services at Trust-wide and external forums

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TH038-SEC

Job locations

Brightfield Business Hub (TBC)

Cambridgeshire

PE2 6XU

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Pharmacy Technician (GPhC)
Post-registration leadership development
Formal management training or equivalent experience

Desirable

Advanced technical/ACT qualification (Desirable)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Operational leadership across services/sites
Workforce & rota planning
Medicines governance & SOP oversight
Budget & cost improvement involvement
QI methodologies application

Behaviours & Values

Essential

Strategic-to-operational leadership
Senior staff leadership & motivation
Conflict & performance management
Values-based leadership

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Pharmacy Technician (GPhC)
Post-registration leadership development
Formal management training or equivalent experience

Desirable

Advanced technical/ACT qualification (Desirable)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Operational leadership across services/sites
Workforce & rota planning
Medicines governance & SOP oversight
Budget & cost improvement involvement
QI methodologies application

Behaviours & Values

Essential

Strategic-to-operational leadership
Senior staff leadership & motivation
Conflict & performance management
Values-based leadership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.