Help Deliver Safe Patient Care as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant

Join Metro South Health as a Permanent Part-Time Senior Pharmacy Assistant supporting pharmacy services across Logan and Beaudesert Hospitals, where you'll play an important role in delivering safe, efficient medicines management and outstanding patient care.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Senior Pharmacy Assistant, you'll support pharmacists in delivering high-quality medicines management services across Logan and Beaudesert Hospitals while contributing to safe, efficient and patient-centred care by:

• Preparing, dispensing and supplying medicines under pharmacist supervision.
• Assisting with controlled drug management, inventory control and stock rotation.
• Supporting the storage, distribution and timely delivery of pharmaceutical items across hospital sites.
• Repacking and labelling medicines in accordance with quality and legislative requirements.
• Contributing to quality improvement activities, data collection and pharmacy service development.
• Assisting with staff training, mentoring and maintaining high professional standards.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team while ensuring safe and effective pharmacy services.

About you:

You are a motivated and reliable pharmacy professional who enjoys working in a collaborative healthcare environment with:

• Demonstrated knowledge of hospital pharmacy practices, medicines legislation and pharmaceutical terminology.
• Experience supporting pharmacy operations, including inventory and imprest management.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships.
• A commitment to delivering accurate, high-quality work and continuously improving services.
• The ability to work independently once trained while contributing positively to a team environment.
• Relevant Certificate III qualifications (or willingness to complete mandatory requirements where applicable).

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What we can offer you:

• Permanent part-time employment offering long-term career stability.
• Work across a diverse hospital pharmacy service with opportunities to broaden your experience.
• Be part of a supportive, collaborative and highly experienced multidisciplinary team.
• Access ongoing learning, development and career progression opportunities.
• Make a genuine difference by supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care every day.
• Enjoy a workplace that values inclusion, respect, innovation and work-life balance.
• 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.

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)
  
  MS08689334_Role Description (PDF)