Join Community and Oral Health as a Senior Pharmacist, delivering advanced clinical pharmacy services across rehabilitation, virtual healthcare and Hospital in the Home programs while leading medication safety initiatives and improving patient outcomes through multidisciplinary, patient-centred care.

Job details

About the role

The Senior Pharmacist (Including Virtual Ward) delivers high-level clinical pharmacy services across Community and Oral Health facilities, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred medication management across the continuum of care. Working within multidisciplinary teams, the role supports a diverse range of services including inpatient rehabilitation, Hospital in the Home, Virtual Ward, community-based care, transitional care programs and residential care settings.

The successful candidate will manage complex clinical caseloads, provide expert medication reviews and pharmaceutical care plans, participate in care planning and discharge processes, and contribute to medication safety initiatives. The role also supports service improvement, education, clinical governance activities and research while helping drive innovative pharmacy practices in community and virtual healthcare environments.

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:

• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy services, including medication reviews, pharmaceutical care planning and medication safety interventions across community and virtual healthcare settings.
• Deliver expert clinical advice and medicines information to patients, carers and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Participate in care planning, case conferences, discharge counselling and continuity of care activities to support seamless transitions between hospital and community care.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, medication usage evaluations and service development activities.
• Provide education, supervision and professional support to pharmacy students, interns and pharmacists while promoting evidence-based practice.

Benefits when working for us

• 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
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

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.

• COH694505 - Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application Support (PDF)
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF)