East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
General Manager - Pharmacy
The closing date is 11 November 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Pharmacy for a new General Manager to join the team.
We are looking for you to have a unique set of skills that can operationally drive income generation, new business opportunities for the pharmacy manufacturing unit, transforming clinical services and opportunities for consolidation across ESNEFT.
You will report up through the Trusts operational structure and will join the silver on call rota exposing you to wider operational challenges across the organisation. You will work collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and senior pharmacy team in the delivery of day to day operational business as well as delivering the annual business plan and long term vision.
If you have a passion for seeking out new business opportunities, leading services through transformation and visible leadership this could be the post for you.
This post will require you to be present at both the Ipswich and Colchester site throughout the working week.
Main duties of the job
You will have responsibility for managing all aspects of the operational delivery within Pharmacy but will work collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and Heads of Service to agreed quality standards and within the resources and income base available, to support the Trust development of a clinically led organisation.
You will lead on the development, implementation, establishment and review of performance management systems within the relevant clinical speciality, It is critical this is done collaboratively with the Chief Pharmacist and other clinical teams within the Division and across other Division.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience at post graduate level
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Further relevant training
* Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
Experience
* Proven experience working in a management/leadership role
* Proven experience of working across the acute/community sector or public/private sectors to implement significant changes in service delivery
* Experience of managing and motivating a large team or teams
* Leading changes in practice in a complex environment to improve performance/services
* Leading complex projects
* Responsible for a significant budget and budget setting
* Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
Knowledge
* Financial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
* Experience of designing and delivering CIP plans and related efficiencies
* Business planning/annual planning/long term planning.
* In depth understanding of change management.
* In depth understanding of the current NHS agenda and health policy including transformation and workforce
* Understanding of the relationship between providers and commissioning organisations
* Demonstrable knowledge of service improvements and project management
* Risk management and governance
* NHS IT systems
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.
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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