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Pharmacy Manager At The African Medical Centre Of Excellence (amce)

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE)·Abuja, nigeria·Full Time·Internship
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Job role

  • The Pharmacy Manager will provide senior operational leadership and day-to-day management for AMCE's pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient, and specialised care areas.
  • The role holder will coordinate clinical, operational, and supply chain pharmacy activities, strengthen medication safety and regulatory compliance, and support service growth as the department expands in scope and complexity.
  • This role will also serve as a key link between pharmacy leadership and frontline operational teams to ensure efficient, high-quality, and patient-centred pharmacy service delivery.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Operational Management and Service Delivery:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operational management of pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient, and specialised clinical areas.
  • Coordinate pharmacy workflows, workforce deployment, shift coverage, and service priorities to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
  • Monitor service performance, identify operational bottlenecks, and implement improvements to strengthen patient experience and departmental productivity.

Medication Safety, Clinical Governance and Quality:

  • Promote safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred medication use across all pharmacy service areas.
  • Drive compliance with medication safety protocols, formulary controls, antimicrobial stewardship practices, incident reporting, and corrective action implementation.
  • Lead quality improvement initiatives that enhance safety, dispensing accuracy, documentation standards, turnaround time, and regulatory readiness.

Inventory, Procurement and Supply Chain Oversight:

  • Provide operational oversight for inventory management, stock availability, controlled medicines, cold-chain products, and medication storage standards.
  • Work with procurement, stores, finance, and clinical stakeholders to support timely sourcing, replenishment, and rational use of medicines and consumables.
  • Monitor stock movement, expiries, wastage, shortages, and usage trends, recommending actions to improve cost control and supply reliability.

People Management, Mentorship and Succession Support:

  • Provide direct supervision, coaching, and mentorship to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, interns, and support staff.
  • Support workforce planning, competency development, roster management, performance feedback, and professional development for pharmacy team members.
  • Contribute to succession planning and strengthening accountability within the pharmacy team.

Strategic Support and Stakeholder Collaboration:

  • Support pharmacy leadership in implementing strategic initiatives, service expansion plans, and operational transformation priorities.
  • Serve as a key operational link between the Head of Pharmacy and frontline pharmacy teams, ensuring alignment, communication, and execution.
  • Collaborate with clinical departments, nursing, procurement, finance, quality, and operations teams to improve pharmacy service integration.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), or equivalent pharmacy qualification from a recognised institution.
  • Current registration and licence to practise as a Pharmacist with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria or other applicable professional regulatory body.
  • Postgraduate qualification or professional certification in Clinical Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmacy Management, Healthcare Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline is highly desirable.
  • Training or certification in medication safety, quality improvement, antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacovigilance, or healthcare risk management is desirable.
  • Strong knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice, medication governance, inventory control, controlled medicines management, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Experience:

  • Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive pharmacy experience, with significant exposure to hospital pharmacy operations and leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience managing pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient, and specialised care environments.
  • Proven experience supervising and developing pharmacy teams, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, interns, and support staff.
  • Strong track record in medication safety, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, inventory management, and pharmacy service optimisation.
  • Experience working in a tertiary, specialist, or international hospital environment is highly desirable.
  • Proficiency in electronic medical records (EMR), pharmacy information systems, inventory management systems, and standard Microsoft Office tools.

Must have skills:

  • Operational Management and Service Delivery.

Good to have skills:

  • People Management, Mentorship and Succession Support.

Key skills

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At a glance

Company

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE)

Location

Abuja, nigeria

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

September 29, 2026

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