Join a Team Committed to Patient Care in Princess Alexandra Hospital

Support the delivery of safe, high-quality pharmacy services by working alongside experienced Pharmacists in a busy hospital environment. This is an excellent opportunity to build your pharmacy support career while contributing to outstanding patient care and medicines management.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Pharmacy Assistant, you'll play an important role in ensuring patients receive safe and timely access to medicines. Working under the supervision of qualified Pharmacists, you'll contribute to dispensing, stock management and quality processes that support the delivery of exceptional healthcare.

• Assist with the preparation, dispensing and supply of medicines under Pharmacist supervision.
• Support medicines inventory management, including ordering, stock rotation and automated dispensing systems.
• Maintain accurate pharmacy records and update patient and medicines information systems.
• Assist with controlled drug management, clinical trials, repackaging activities and environmental monitoring.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives while maintaining safe work practices and professional standards.
• Support a collaborative team environment by assisting with the training of pharmacy support staff.

About you:

You're a motivated and organised pharmacy support professional who enjoys working as part of a collaborative healthcare team. You take pride in accuracy, understand the importance of patient safety and are committed to delivering high-quality service.

• Demonstrate knowledge of medicines, pharmacy terminology, dispensing processes and inventory management.
• Have excellent organisational, communication and teamwork skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Can prioritise tasks, manage competing workloads and work effectively within your scope of practice.
• Are confident using pharmacy information systems and are willing to learn new technologies.
• Have a commitment to quality improvement, workplace safety and delivering excellent patient-focused service.

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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:

As a clinical support service within a tertiary level hospital, the PAH Pharmacy Department delivers excellence in person-centred care, education and research in most major adult specialties.  It is staffed with pharmacist and clinical support staff members who have a range of experience and who are well respected and regarded in the organisation.  Clinical pharmacy services are delivered across inpatient and ambulatory settings in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.  The dispensary is equipped with advanced technology which facilitates robotic dispensing, distribution and inventory management activities. The department actively participates in practice-based research and medicine utilisation evaluation studies, quality improvement activities across Metro South Health Service, ensuring delivery of contemporary medication management and clinical pharmacy services.

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.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS08688449 (PDF)