Experience

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

  • Oct 2019 - Present



Morrisons

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pharmacy Manager

  • Feb 2016 - Oct 2019

  • Supervise day-to-day dispensary operations; ensuring standard operating procedures are followed and company targets are met through compliance with ethical, professional and legal standards. • Managing a busy pharmacy department; leading a team of eight across various shifts. • Planning work schedules to match the pharmacy needs and avoid extra staffing expenses. • Implement and maintain fully functional pharmacy operations which reduces payroll spending by 30%. • Train counter assistants to become Healthcare Assistants, Dispensers and Pharmacy Technicians. • Organise weekly meetings with dispensary team to assign individual tasks and completion times. • Working closely with the District Nurses and General Practitioners to ensure effective supply and management of palliative care medication. • Providing medicine optimisation to deliver high quality care to patients alongside encouraging NHS cost savings.



Boots UK

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pharmacist

  • Jul 2010 - Nov 2015

  • Led pharmacy team and supervised day-to-day dispensary operations; liaised with doctors to confirm prescriptions • Maintained an accurate register of controlled drugs to meet legal requirements and for use in stock control • Met company targets for provision of customer health check services, such as blood pressure checks and the measuring and fitting of compression hosiery • Secured a reported 19% increase in customer satisfaction ratings by providing a responsive and patient focused service, quickly identifying issues and resolving customer complaints • Increased sales revenue by 7% through active involvement in marketing of seasonal healthcare promotions, such as winter flu jabs, and sales of related high margin own branded products