A temporary full-time opportunity for six months to play a key role in shaping medicines strategy within a digitally enabled hospital, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and efficient services.

Job details

About the role

As the Advanced Pharmacist, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to deliver safe, effective and value-based pharmacy services at the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS). You will lead the Medicines Strategy and Outpatients team, driving service improvement initiatives, standardising workflows, and enhancing medicines governance across the continuum of care. The role also involves overseeing outpatient pharmacy operations, managing team performance, workforce planning and education, and contributing to organisational strategy.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Demonstrate expert clinical leadership for the development of governance and organisational plans for addressing key medication safety issues in line with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards in collaboration with key stakeholders across STARS including those streams within Medicine Services, DMN Clinical Informatics and Safety and Quality.
• Facilitate a patient safety ethos with all employees within STARS to achieve an organisational culture in which patient safety and clinical risk management is an integral part of core business.
• Work collaboratively and initiate and sustain engagement with key stakeholders and clinicians across various disciplines to deliver successful outcomes through effective consultation, negotiation, issues resolution and change influence.
• Provide regular reporting to the relevant medicines and therapeutics committees within STARS and Metro North as required to enhance medicines management service delivery, quality outcomes and/or patient services.
• Participation in relevant pharmacy management groups and other committees where applicable and providing high level clinical and medicine policy advice to senior managers/executives. Contribution to or oversight of the development of guidelines, work instructions, policies and procedures

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Further information

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

Documents

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

• Application Support (PDF)
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF)
  
  STR683153 - Role Description (PDF)