Job description
Location: Bath
Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Permanent
Salary: £65,000 per annum (Possible increase for the right candidate)
A leading independent healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Clinical Services Manager – Pharmacy to lead a hospital pharmacy service in Bath.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for a qualified Pharmacist with strong hospital experience and demonstrated leadership capability, either as an established manager or a senior/lead pharmacist ready to step into their first management role.
The Role
As Clinical Services Manager, you will provide day-to-day leadership and strategic direction for the pharmacy department, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality medicines management across both outpatient and inpatient services, including oncology.
This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week across 5 days, with:
- Saturday working approximately 1 in 3
- On-call responsibility (around 8 days per month, rarely called out)
Opening hours:
- Monday to Friday: 8am – 6pm
- Saturday: 9am – 1pm
Key responsibilities (Clinical Services Manager) include:
- Leading and managing the pharmacy service, ensuring excellent clinical and operational performance
- Line management of pharmacists, technicians and pharmacy support staff
- Workforce planning and rota management
- Monitoring departmental performance against KPIs, quality standards and regulatory requirements
- Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and regulatory bodies (GPhC, MHRA, CQC)
- Developing, implementing and reviewing pharmacy policies and SOPs
- Overseeing medicines governance, including incident reporting, investigations and root cause analysis
- Driving audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development
- Supporting and developing electronic prescribing as a key focus area
The pharmacy team includes pharmacists, technicians and assistants, with access to specialist oncology pharmacy support.
About You
To be considered (Clinical Services Manager), you will have:
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
- Hospital pharmacy experience (essential)
- Significant post-registration experience
- Demonstrated leadership experience (this may include senior/lead roles with management responsibility)
- Strong knowledge of medicines legislation, governance frameworks and clinical standards
- Understanding of GPhC professional standards and CQC requirements
- Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills
- Experience leading audits, investigations and service improvements
Salary & Benefits
- Salary from £65,000 per annum, with flexibility for strong candidates
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
- Performance-related management bonus scheme
- Private pension scheme
- Private healthcare (including pre-existing conditions)
- Life assurance
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Employee discounts and rewards platform
- Wellbeing support and employee recognition schemes
- Excellent training and professional development opportunities
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious pharmacy professional to lead a hospital service and play a key role in its future development. To apply, contact Lochlan Dolman on 07537 162494 or email l.dolman@linqrecruitment.co.uk
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Transport links
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- Bath
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 05-03-2026
- Profession type
- Health / Medical
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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