Pharmacy Operations Manager - Procurement Stores and Distribution
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L8 7SS |
| Company: | Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7263556/159-LWH-148-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.
Great things are happening in our Hospital Pharmacy Services across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). UHLG is one of largest and most complex NHS organisations in the UK, serving a large, diverse and deprived population.
Following the successful business case to expand the Pharmacy service on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital site we are excited to introduce several new roles to support our dedicated Pharmacy teams across UHLG.
We’re recruiting an exceptional Pharmacy Operations Manager to lead our Procurement, Stores, and Distribution teams across all UHLG sites. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an inspiring professional ready to drive innovation, efficiency, and patient-centred care.
You’ll be a role model for excellence, with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for collaborative improvement. Your leadership will ensure the right medicines reach the right patients at the right time, while fostering a culture of continuous development. If you’re ready to shape the future of pharmacy services in a progressive NHS environment, we’d love to hear from you.
As the most senior Pharmacy Technician in medicines procurement and distribution, you will:
• Lead operational delivery and performance for pharmacy procurement, stores, and distribution across UHLG sites (Liverpool Women’s, Royal Liverpool, Aintree University, and Broadgreen Hospitals).
• Act as the Deputy Responsible Person (RP) for the wholesale dealer’s license, ensuring compliance and best practice.
• Develop cost-effective, innovative services that meet patient and multidisciplinary team needs.
• Line manage the Technical Services Manager and collaborate with the Pharmacy Leadership Team to achieve group-wide objectives.
• Drive service improvements, ensuring seamless medicine supply and operational resilience.
This role operates across UHLG sites, offering a unique opportunity to influence system-wide pharmacy excellence.
Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part ofNHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG)in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
The post holder is the most senior Pharmacy Technician responsible for medicines procurement, stores and distribution areas across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG) and will take the operational lead for all related technical services across sites. UHLG is one of largest and most complex NHS organisations in the UK, serving a large, diverse and deprived population.
As part of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, the post holder will work closely with other Lead Pharmacy Managers to deliver Group wide objectives and service developments.
They will take responsibility for all technical aspects of Procurement, stores and distribution area Operations which will involve providing timely and effective management support, ensuring that services are responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible standards.
The post holder will work alongside other members of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team to manage the day to day provision of medicines to all sites.
They will line manage the Technical Services Manager for Procurement, Stores and Distribution and be responsible for operational management. They will extend theroles of technical staff and ensure staff have the necessary training and competence to deliver the extended roles.
They will be responsible to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist – Medicines Value and Transformation for the delivery of operational activity and performance objectives.
See attached JD for further details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025
Great things are happening in our Hospital Pharmacy Services across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). UHLG is one of largest and most complex NHS organisations in the UK, serving a large, diverse and deprived population.
Following the successful business case to expand the Pharmacy service on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital site we are excited to introduce several new roles to support our dedicated Pharmacy teams across UHLG.
We’re recruiting an exceptional Pharmacy Operations Manager to lead our Procurement, Stores, and Distribution teams across all UHLG sites. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an inspiring professional ready to drive innovation, efficiency, and patient-centred care.
You’ll be a role model for excellence, with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for collaborative improvement. Your leadership will ensure the right medicines reach the right patients at the right time, while fostering a culture of continuous development. If you’re ready to shape the future of pharmacy services in a progressive NHS environment, we’d love to hear from you.
As the most senior Pharmacy Technician in medicines procurement and distribution, you will:
• Lead operational delivery and performance for pharmacy procurement, stores, and distribution across UHLG sites (Liverpool Women’s, Royal Liverpool, Aintree University, and Broadgreen Hospitals).
• Act as the Deputy Responsible Person (RP) for the wholesale dealer’s license, ensuring compliance and best practice.
• Develop cost-effective, innovative services that meet patient and multidisciplinary team needs.
• Line manage the Technical Services Manager and collaborate with the Pharmacy Leadership Team to achieve group-wide objectives.
• Drive service improvements, ensuring seamless medicine supply and operational resilience.
This role operates across UHLG sites, offering a unique opportunity to influence system-wide pharmacy excellence.
Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part ofNHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG)in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
The post holder is the most senior Pharmacy Technician responsible for medicines procurement, stores and distribution areas across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG) and will take the operational lead for all related technical services across sites. UHLG is one of largest and most complex NHS organisations in the UK, serving a large, diverse and deprived population.
As part of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, the post holder will work closely with other Lead Pharmacy Managers to deliver Group wide objectives and service developments.
They will take responsibility for all technical aspects of Procurement, stores and distribution area Operations which will involve providing timely and effective management support, ensuring that services are responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible standards.
The post holder will work alongside other members of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team to manage the day to day provision of medicines to all sites.
They will line manage the Technical Services Manager for Procurement, Stores and Distribution and be responsible for operational management. They will extend theroles of technical staff and ensure staff have the necessary training and competence to deliver the extended roles.
They will be responsible to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist – Medicines Value and Transformation for the delivery of operational activity and performance objectives.
See attached JD for further details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025