Job overview

• The Pharmacy Distribution Manager leads the team ensuring the safe, accurate, and efficient receipt, storage, and distribution of medicines throughout the hospital.
• The role supports high-quality patient care by maintaining optimal stock levels across wards and departments.
• Key responsibilities include managing daily pharmacy store operations, ensuring compliance with Good Distribution Practice and the Trust’s Wholesale Dealer Licence, and maintaining accurate stock control using EPIC.
• The post-holder provides leadership, recruitment, training, and performance management for pharmacy stores staff.
• They coordinate replenishment processes, manage emergency supplies, and oversee responses to drug recalls.
• The manager drives continuous improvement, promoting safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, while supporting digital innovation and automation to deliver a resilient, compliant, and future-ready medicines distribution service.

Main duties of the job

•    Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Pharmacy Stores,             ensuring efficient, safe, and accurate receipt, storage, and distribution        of pharmaceutical stock.
•    Prepare staff rotas, delegate daily tasks, and coordinate training to                maintain a skilled and effective team.
•    Ensure accurate stock control by managing receipt of goods,                               investigating discrepancies, and maintaining the pharmacy stock                    database (EPIC).
•    Oversee the replenishment of ward stock and the safe transportation           of medicines, including emergency supplies and temperature-sensitive         items.
•    Manage drug recalls promptly and in line with regulatory                                        requirements.
•    Provide professional leadership and line management to pharmacy                 stores staff, including recruitment, appraisal, performance                                     management, and development.
•    Ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as Good                                 Distribution Practice and the Trust’s Wholesale Dealer Licence.
•    Contribute to continuous service improvement, including                                     implementation of automation and digital solutions.
•    Maintain health and safety standards, including risk assessments, safe         storage, and emergency response preparedness.
•    Support the dispensing service by ensuring accuracy and safety in                   labelling and handling of prescriptions where required.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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