Develop your career with Sunshine Coast Health in southeast Queensland which extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Job details

We're excited to welcome a Pharmacist Senior - (Portfolio Holder) Women's & Children's to our Pharmacy Department.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

The common objective of the Pharmacy Service is that patients derive maximum benefit from medications whilst being exposed to minimum risk. This purpose will be achieved by the deployment of a skilled and caring pharmacy workforce. The position will provide high level pharmaceutical services to the patients of Sunshine Coast Health Service in accordance with their needs and the policies and priorities of the health service.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Demonstrate a high level of clinical knowledge and skills in paediatric, neonatal and maternity services.
• Apply a broad understanding of the provision of continuous multidisciplinary health care by supervising and undertaking liaison with community health care providers and carers to ensure continuity of care between the hospital and the community after discharge.
• To professionally support a team of Women's and Children's pharmacists and/or clinical assistants, providing clinical pharmacy advice and dispensing services to inpatients, discharge patients and to outpatients from the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and other Queensland public sector hospitals.
• Provide supervision and leadership in the professional and technical development of pharmacists and clinical assistants working within the team, facilitating training and assisting in their performance management.
• An expectation of this position is to work collaboratively with the other Portfolio Holders, Team Leaders and the Assistant Directors of Pharmacy (Clinical and Operational) in all Medication Management initiatives and to assist in the development of continuous quality improvement activities to ensure optimum patient medication safety.

Remuneration based pro rata on equivalent full time value up to $157 359 p.a., comprising salary rates: $64.64 - $69.55 p.h., employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HP4) (Fixed term temporary part time position available for 12 months, 60.8hrs p.f.). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

Check out the latest updates here:

https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/

Further information

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

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Documents

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• Applicant Information (PDF)
  
  SC680866_RD (PDF)