About the Role
Lead the day-to-day operations of the Pharmacy Support function, building a high-performing team that delivers timely, compassionate, and exceptional support. Improve patient communication and processes throughout their prescription journey, working cross-functionally to address challenges and ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the Pharmacy Support team, fostering a patient-focused culture.
- Manage day-to-day operations, including resource planning and workload management.
- Recruit, onboard, and develop new team members.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure patients receive a seamless, professional, and compassionate experience.
- Oversee the timely handling of pharmacy inquiries, prescription rewrites, delivery queries, stock issues, and patient escalations.
- Drive improvements in patient communication to reduce avoidable contacts and enhance satisfaction.
- Monitor customer feedback and complaints, identifying trends and implementing improvements.
- Monitor KPIs such as response times, quality, productivity, backlog management, and patient satisfaction.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable improvements for efficiency.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across pharmacy operations.
- Ensure consistent adherence to robust processes, SOPs, and quality standards.
- Collaborate with the Operations team to enhance patient journey workflows.
- Conduct regular quality audits, including ticket reviews, call monitoring, and process compliance.
- Support investigations into complaints, incidents, and significant events, implementing preventative actions.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, company policies, and governance frameworks.
- Identify training needs and implement development plans to improve quality and consistency.
Requirements
- Experience leading high-volume customer service or operational support teams.
- Strong leadership skills with experience coaching and developing people.
- Proven experience managing KPIs and driving operational performance.
- Experience implementing process improvements and managing change.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using operational data to drive decisions.
- Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience within healthcare, pharmacy, or another regulated industry (desirable).
- Experience using Zendesk or similar CRM platforms (desirable).
- Knowledge of pharmacy operations or prescription management (desirable).
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including technology and product (desirable).
Skills
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Team Development
- Operational Management
- Resource Planning
- Workload Management
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Performance Management
- Customer Service
- Patient Experience
- Communication
- Process Improvement
- Change Management
- KPI Management
- Operational Performance
- Analytical Skills
- Data Analysis
- Organization
- Attention to Detail
- Quality Assurance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Zendesk (desirable)
- CRM Platforms (desirable)
- Pharmacy Operations (desirable)
- Prescription Management (desirable)
Location
- Work-from-home options
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experience leading high-volume customer service or operational support teams
- Experience coaching and developing people
- Experience managing KPIs and driving operational performance
- Experience implementing process improvements and managing change
- Experience within healthcare, pharmacy or another regulated industry (desirable)
- Experience using Zendesk or similar CRM platforms (desirable)
- Knowledge of pharmacy operations or prescription management (desirable)
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including technology and product (desirable)
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (rising to 27 after year one and 30 after year three)
- Usual bank holidays
- Up to 5% employer matching contributions for pension
- Work-from-home options
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Private healthcare
- Support to grow skills and impact
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
About the Company
- Montu UK is a leading digital health company specialising in cannabis-based medicines (CBPM), dedicated to improving patient access to safe and effective treatments.
- Our mission is to transform lives by combining innovative technology with high-quality clinical care, ensuring patients receive the support they need at every step of their journey.
- As a fast-growing organisation, we offer a collaborative and supportive environment where talented people can develop their careers while contributing to meaningful change in healthcare.
- At Montu UK, your work has a direct impact on improving patients’ lives and expanding access to modern medical treatments.
