Make a Real Difference—Join Our Pharmacy Team as a Student!

Are you a Pharmacy student looking for hands-on experience in a supportive hospital environment? Join Metro South Health in a flexible, casual role where you’ll contribute to real patient care, develop your clinical skills, and work alongside experienced professionals—all while studying!

Job details

Your new role:

As a Pharmacy Student at Metro South Hospital and Health Service, you'll gain valuable experience while contributing to the safe and effective delivery of medication and pharmacy support services. Working under the supervision of experienced Pharmacists, this casual role is designed to complement your studies while developing practical skills in a hospital environment.

You'll be part of a collaborative, patient-focused team where your contributions make a real difference. We're looking for compassionate, motivated students who are eager to learn, grow, and deliver safe, respectful care. In this role, you will:

• Support medication supply processes such as dispensing and imprest distribution.
• Assist with delegated patient care activities under the supervision of a Pharmacist.
• Communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team to support patient outcomes.
• Participate in training, development, and professional meetings.

About you:

We're looking for Pharmacy students who are passionate about health care, eager to learn, and committed to making a positive impact on patient wellbeing. You're a team player, an effective communicator, and take pride in your professionalism and accountability.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Current enrolment in a recognised Pharmacy tertiary program.
• A strong understanding of medication safety, basic pharmacology, and PBS.
• Ability to accurately prepare and dispense medications under supervision.
• A patient-centred approach, respecting diversity and cultural differences.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine.

We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027.

QEII Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career!

 INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MS10665031 (PDF, 242KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants