Superintendent Pharmacist
Apply Locations: CityWest
Time Type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: JR-0000004214
Uniphar – Who we are
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.
Culture at Uniphar
Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.
Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us.
The Role
The Superintendent Pharmacist offers Senior Pharmacy Leadership to the business. You are a respected pharmacy leader internally and externally for the company. You build constructive relationships with pharmacy stakeholders. Internally, you ensure an ethos of health & professionalism permeates our pharmacy business and ensure we have competent knowledgeable pharmacists and pharmacy teams. You ensure that there is clear delegation, accountability, and escalation processes in place for patient safety and pharmacy governance. You ensure the patient is at the centre of all decisions and that we are compliant with all legislation, code of conducts and guidance for pharmacy and protect our brand. As Superintendent, you will ensure your team meets the specific statutory responsibilities. You control the management and administration of pharmacy services and the sale and supply of medicines from the pharmacy/pharmacies, and you have overall control of the professional and clinical policy management.
Core Responsibilities:
Governance & Compliance:
Maintain oversight of pharmacy systems to ensure they are safe, compliant, and patient-centric.
Supervise pharmacy services, including the sale and supply of medicines.
Provide guidance on professional and clinical policy management.
Meet statutory responsibilities per the PSI guidance across the four principles:
Safe Systems: Patient-focused and regulatory compliance.
Leadership: Accountability and effective delegation.
Risk Management: Promote continuous improvement.
Competent Teams: Build teams that act with honesty and integrity.
Financial:
Support Territory managers in achieving targets and creation of dispensary growth plans.
Work with the Operations team to seek and implement operational efficiencies.
Work with Claims team to minimise rejects and unclaimable items.
Support day-to-day operations, including stock management, workflow optimization, and resource allocation, ensuring efficient and consistent service across all retail locations.
People:
Support the Director of Pharmacy in the development and implementation of new initiatives.
Assist the Operations team with performance management issues.
Work collaboratively with Departments on the training and development of dispensary teams.
Stakeholder Management:
Foster productive relationships with pharmacy stakeholders.
Represent Uniphar professionally in external engagements.
Work with internal and external teams to develop a culture of patient-focused care.
Promote safe and reliable use of medicines.
Continuous Improvement:
Champion a culture of risk management and innovation, guiding the company towards the “Pharmacy of the Future.”
Influence and advise the senior management team on pharmacy-related matters.
Key Deliverables & Outcomes
Embed a health-focused, professional ethos across the business.
Implement safe, compliant systems and clear escalation processes.
Drive a culture of ongoing improvement and risk awareness.
Ensure pharmacy teams are competent, ethical, and meet expectations.
Strengthen relationships internally and externally.
Attract great talent and retain our great pharmacy teams.
Create an efficient, friendly & helpful environment for our customers.
Key Skills & Experiences
Pharmacy degree and post grad and at least 6 years post registration experience.
A minimum of 4 years working in Superintendent Role or Department essential.
Managing multi-site is essential.
Proven ability to inspire and lead teams to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs).
A pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to prioritize key objectives.
Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment with effective delegation.
Ability to manage complexity and focus on key priorities.
Ability to build strong relationships with the pharmacy team and other stakeholders.
Alignment with Uniphar's values and culture.
How we’d like to work together
This role will be based out of our Support Office in Citywest, Dublin. There will be an element of hybrid working available, but this role will also involve travel to our pharmacy sites across Ireland. It is important to note that we do not expect this job to be a ‘9 to 5’ type position. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how intertwined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.
About Us Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the
#1 Top Workplace in the area.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Apply Locations: CityWest
Time Type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: JR-0000004214
Uniphar – Who we are
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.
Culture at Uniphar
Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.
Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us.
The Role
The Superintendent Pharmacist offers Senior Pharmacy Leadership to the business. You are a respected pharmacy leader internally and externally for the company. You build constructive relationships with pharmacy stakeholders. Internally, you ensure an ethos of health & professionalism permeates our pharmacy business and ensure we have competent knowledgeable pharmacists and pharmacy teams. You ensure that there is clear delegation, accountability, and escalation processes in place for patient safety and pharmacy governance. You ensure the patient is at the centre of all decisions and that we are compliant with all legislation, code of conducts and guidance for pharmacy and protect our brand. As Superintendent, you will ensure your team meets the specific statutory responsibilities. You control the management and administration of pharmacy services and the sale and supply of medicines from the pharmacy/pharmacies, and you have overall control of the professional and clinical policy management.
Core Responsibilities:
Governance & Compliance:
Maintain oversight of pharmacy systems to ensure they are safe, compliant, and patient-centric.
Supervise pharmacy services, including the sale and supply of medicines.
Provide guidance on professional and clinical policy management.
Meet statutory responsibilities per the PSI guidance across the four principles:
Safe Systems: Patient-focused and regulatory compliance.
Leadership: Accountability and effective delegation.
Risk Management: Promote continuous improvement.
Competent Teams: Build teams that act with honesty and integrity.
Financial:
Support Territory managers in achieving targets and creation of dispensary growth plans.
Work with the Operations team to seek and implement operational efficiencies.
Work with Claims team to minimise rejects and unclaimable items.
Support day-to-day operations, including stock management, workflow optimization, and resource allocation, ensuring efficient and consistent service across all retail locations.
People:
Support the Director of Pharmacy in the development and implementation of new initiatives.
Assist the Operations team with performance management issues.
Work collaboratively with Departments on the training and development of dispensary teams.
Stakeholder Management:
Foster productive relationships with pharmacy stakeholders.
Represent Uniphar professionally in external engagements.
Work with internal and external teams to develop a culture of patient-focused care.
Promote safe and reliable use of medicines.
Continuous Improvement:
Champion a culture of risk management and innovation, guiding the company towards the “Pharmacy of the Future.”
Influence and advise the senior management team on pharmacy-related matters.
Key Deliverables & Outcomes
Embed a health-focused, professional ethos across the business.
Implement safe, compliant systems and clear escalation processes.
Drive a culture of ongoing improvement and risk awareness.
Ensure pharmacy teams are competent, ethical, and meet expectations.
Strengthen relationships internally and externally.
Attract great talent and retain our great pharmacy teams.
Create an efficient, friendly & helpful environment for our customers.
Key Skills & Experiences
Pharmacy degree and post grad and at least 6 years post registration experience.
A minimum of 4 years working in Superintendent Role or Department essential.
Managing multi-site is essential.
Proven ability to inspire and lead teams to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs).
A pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to prioritize key objectives.
Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment with effective delegation.
Ability to manage complexity and focus on key priorities.
Ability to build strong relationships with the pharmacy team and other stakeholders.
Alignment with Uniphar's values and culture.
How we’d like to work together
This role will be based out of our Support Office in Citywest, Dublin. There will be an element of hybrid working available, but this role will also involve travel to our pharmacy sites across Ireland. It is important to note that we do not expect this job to be a ‘9 to 5’ type position. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how intertwined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.
About Us Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the
#1 Top Workplace in the area.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
