CLINICAL PHARMACIST POSITION

Wimmera Region – Code: PHVIC87

About the Location:

This city is nestled in the heart of the Wimmera Region, serving as a significant hub for livestock trading in an irrigated area teeming with fruits, vegetables, and cereals. It’s ideally situated just 30 minutes’ drive from the picturesque Grampians National Park, a mere 2.5-hour journey from Bendigo, and a comfortable 3.5-hour drive from Melbourne.

Salary and Benefits:

• Salary Packaging: Enjoy salary packaging with rural area housing benefits, which allows you to boost your take-home pay.
• Relocation Assistance: If you’re considering a move, relocation allowances are available, along with an accommodation incentive allowance for the first 12 months.
• Patient-Centered Care: Join an organization that highly values patient-centered care, providing you with a rewarding work environment.
• Accrued Day Off: (Full-time employees only)
• Career Progression: Explore opportunities for career advancement within the organization.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access resources to support your well-being.
• Free Parking: Work close to home with the convenience of free parking.

About The Role:

This role presents an exciting opportunity to further cultivate your skills as part of a healthcare group dedicated to delivering a diverse range of services, including acute, sub-acute, residential aged care, allied health, primary care, emergency, and critical care services to the community. This healthcare group is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of its community.

As a Clinical Pharmacist in this position (Grade 1, Years 3-6), you will undertake various responsibilities, including:

• Medication reconciliation
• Clinical ward pharmacy
• Dispensing
• Provision of medication-related advice to clinical staff and patients
• Commitment to providing a high-quality, safe, efficient, and effective pharmacy service ensuring a continuum of patient care

The accountabilities for the position are the next ones:

• Provision of a clinical pharmacy service to wards on a rotational basis
• Carry out medication reconciliation
• Provision of an appropriate, timely, and adequate supply of medications to inpatients, discharge patients, and outpatients.
• Provision of education to other health care professionals
• Promotion and provision of medication information and education to patients
• Maintains a level of competency required for the position and Continuing
• Education hours as per AHPRA guidelines

Roster: Monday to Friday, with participation in an on-call roster and occasional Saturday morning shifts.
Trading hours: Open 24 hours 7 days a week

To Be Successful In This Role:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree
• Current registration with AHPRA
• Commitment to improving patient outcomes through medication management
• Membership to an appropriate professional body – Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia or Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
• Hospital Pharmacy experience
• Experience in using iSOFT software – Desirable
• Commitment to Continuing Education – Desirable
• Excellent time management, organizational, communication, and team-building skills – Desirable