Pharmacy Manager
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The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) Abuja is hiring a Pharmacy Manager to provide senior operational leadership for pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient, and specialised care areas. The role focuses on medication safety, clinical governance, supply chain coordination, and quality improvement in a 500-bed specialty hospital setting.
- Senior operational leadership role managing pharmacy services across multiple clinical areas
- Focus on medication safety, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement
- Full-time onsite position at a 500-bed specialty hospital in Abuja
- Opportunity to work at a world-class medical centre developed by Afreximbank
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Pharmacy Manager at African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE)
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Sep 29, 2026, 8:15 AM
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The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) Abuja is a 500-bed specialty hospital offering world-class comprehensive diagnostics and treatment in oncology, cardiovascular, and haematological care, and general medical and surgical services, along with top notch research and education. The AMCE will provide exceptional care to people on the African continent, regardless of their financial means. Developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in clinical partnership with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust., AMCE Abuja is the first of five centres planned for development in Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Pharmacy Manager
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Workplace Type: Onsite
Job role
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.
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.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Operational Management and Service Delivery:
Monitor service performance, identify operational bottlenecks, and implement improvements to strengthen patient experience and departmental productivity.
Coordinate pharmacy workflows, workforce deployment, shift coverage, and service priorities to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
Oversee the day-to-day operational management of pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient, and specialised clinical areas.
Medication Safety, Clinical Governance and Quality:
Lead quality improvement initiatives that enhance safety, dispensing accuracy, documentation standards, turnaround time, and regulatory readiness.
Drive compliance with medication safety protocols, formulary controls, antimicrobial stewardship practices, incident reporting, and corrective action implementation.
Promote safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred medication use across all pharmacy service areas.
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:
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.
Support pharmacy leadership in implementing strategic initiatives, service expansion plans, and operational transformation priorities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), or equivalent pharmacy qualification from a recognised institution.
- 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.
- Postgraduate qualification or professional certification in Clinical Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmacy Management, Healthcare Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline is highly desirable.
- Current registration and licence to practise as a Pharmacist with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria or other applicable professional regulatory body.
Experience
8-10 years of progressive pharmacy experience, with significant exposure to hospital pharmacy operations and leadership.
Experience working in a tertiary, specialist, or international hospital environment is highly desirable.
Strong track record in medication safety, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, inventory management, and pharmacy service optimisation.
Proficiency in electronic medical records (EMR), pharmacy information systems, inventory management systems, and standard Microsoft Office tools.
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.
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