Pharmacy Lead

Job description

Terms and Benefits

• Salary: £45,000–£65,000 per annum depending on experience

• Contract: Permanent, full time

• Annual leave: 31 days inclusive of bank holidays

• Additional leave: half a day per year of service, up to two additional days

• Birthday leave: one additional day off on your birthday

• Location: on-site, Walton Summit, Bamber Bridge, Preston

• Probation: 6 months

• Profit share scheme and equity options scheme in development

This is a senior hire into a business at an inflection point. We are small enough that you will have real ownership and real visibility, and growing fast enough that what you build now will matter fo

ryears. The person who joins this role will not be a number. They will be a foundational part of how we build and run one of the UK’s most significant pharmacy operations

.You will report directly to our Head of Operations — a highly experienced clinical pharmacist — who will work closely with you on governance, quality, and operational strategy. This is a role fo

rsomeone ready to lead, not be led

.Beyond this role, as the business continues to grow — and it is growing fast — leads become heads, and heads become directors. We are building a leadership team for the long term, and we want people who want to grow with the business, not pass through it

.
The Ro

le
You will own the pharmacy operation end to end — dispensing, checking, and fulfilment — alongside accountability for the governance, compliance, and people infrastructure that underpins it. This is a hands-on operational leadership role. You will be on the floor, running the day-to-day, and ensuring the operation performs to the highest standard. Stepping back from the detail is something you will earn over time by building the right team and systems around you — it is not a given from day o

ne.You will be working within a modern, technology-first environment. We run our own propriet

aryorder management and prescribing systems, with deep API integrations across our client base. You will need to get to grips with our systems quickly and be comfortable operating in a digital-first w

ay.
This is not a role for someone who thinks in terms of traditional pharmacy workfl

ows.
This role requires significant experience at scale. We are ideally looking for candidates who

haveoperated in high-volume, technology-enabled pharmacy environments — but we are op

en tocandidates from community pharmacy backgrounds where they can clearly demonstrat

e thevolume, leadership capability, and digital mindset this role demands. What we are not looking for is someone whose experience is limited to managing a small community branch at low vo

lume.
Relevant backgrounds in

clude:• Hub and spoke pharmacy oper

ations• Distance selling ph

armacy• High-volume online or digital ph

armacy• Centralised dispensing or fulfilment-led oper

ations
Ess

ential:• Proven experience leading or operating within a high-volume dispensary and ful

filmentoperation — 20,000+ items per month

minimum• Strong people leadership — building, managing, and developing a team under su

stainedp

ressure• Operational instinct — throughput management, bottleneck resolution, capacity p

lanning• Modern, digital-first mindset — comfortable with technology, proprietary systems, and fas

tmovingoperational envir

onments• Governance and compliance awareness — able to support regulatory standards, con

tributeto incident management, and help represent the operation to auditors and reg

ulatorsalongside senior clinical lea

dership• Professional documentation capability — SOPs, incident logs, regulatory-grade

recordswritten to a high s

tandard• Data-literate — tracking KPIs, interpreting performance data, using it to drive de

cisions• High personal st

andards
Professional bac

kground:• Registered pharmacist or Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT) — GPhC register

ed whereap

plicable• Candidates from other backgrounds will be considered where direct, relevant high-volume operational and leadership experience is clearly demo

nstrated

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Preston

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-07-2026

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