Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Pharmacy
Job title Deputy Director Pharmacy Operations Designation Senior Professional Officer 1
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $132,408 - $147,919 Location Alice Springs
Position number 38867 RTF 353243 Closing 11/08/2026
Contact officer Stephanie Giles, Director of Pharmacy ASH on 08 8951 7571 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=353243
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.

Primary objective
Develop, manage, and lead pharmacy service operations at Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) and Tennant Creek Hospital (TCH) to ensure the
delivery of a high quality, culturally appropriate and effective hospital pharmacy and medicines distribution service.

Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide leadership, induction, guidance, mentoring, support and expert advice to staff to ensure the effective delivery of a pharmacy

and medicines distribution service to ASH and TCH and other NT Health sites
2. Lead and develop the pharmacy technician team across ASH,



including development and evaluation of expanded technician roles
3. Provide expert advice to the Senior Pharmacist – Medicines Contracts to support effective management and oversight and ensure

best value in purchasing medicines across NT Health
4. Co-ordinate the ordering, purchasing, receipt, recall, and storage of all medicines in accordance with legislation and departmental

policies
5. Co-ordinate the management of the pharmacy dispensing and stock control system including training of staff, development of

workflows and standard operating procedures, maintenance of data, and provision of reports. Liaise with vendors and department
business analysts to ensure business continuity

6. Maintain a commitment to ensuring contemporary knowledge, leadership practices, and professional development, and cover clinical
areas as required

7. Assist the Director with the administration of the department, including human resource and financial management, and
improvements in medication management within the Health Service and across the NT

8. Evaluation of systems and processes within the pharmacy department to drive quality improvement in operational areas
9. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour
10. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces





Selection criteria
Essential
1. A degree or relevant qualification in Pharmacy and unconditional registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
2. Extensive contemporary experience in hospital pharmacy, preferably in a hospital setting, with proven capacity to coordinate and

manage pharmacy services.
3. Experience and proficiency in stock control and inventory management as it relates to hospital pharmacy, including an understanding

of legislative requirements, and sound knowledge of pharmacy computer systems and their interface with hospital IT systems.
4. Demonstrated leadership, communication, negotiation, and change management skills including the ability to develop and maintain

trust, establish transparent goals and exercise fair and objective judgement.
5. Extensive experience in line-management, supervision, mentoring and continuing education of staff.
6. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in researching, analysing, coordinating information and providing concise, relevant and

timely advice, briefings and written reports for a variety of audiences.
7. Willingness and ability to travel by light plane or 4 wheel drives, and reside in, remote communities for up to a week.

Desirable
1. Experience in financial resource management.
2. Postgraduate qualifications or research experience in hospital pharmacy or management.

Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and
criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. More
information on pre-employment checks specific to this role can be sourced through the vacancy contact.

📌 Deputy Director Pharmacy Operations (Alice Springs)
🏢 Department Of Health
📍 Alice Springs