Senior Pharmacist Geriatric Outreach Service

$112,139 - $120,284 + Super + Salary Sacrifice

- Salary: AHP3 - $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro-rata) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- Location: Repat Health Precinct, Daw Park
- Part Time, ongoing role.

About the role

As a Senior Pharmacist, you’ll play a key role in establishing a new position in the SALHN GOS, supporting services reaching into Residential Aged Care Facilities, in both metro and country locations. GOS aims to deliver specialist geriatric services to support older people who have dementia/progressive cognitive decline and are experiencing behaviours due to their dementia to:

- Transition from hospital into residential aged care.
- Prevent avoidable admissions into hospital from residential aged care.

You will be working with nursing, medical and allied health staff as part of a multidisciplinary team. Experience with telehealth is desirable to support the rural in reach services. In addition, you will bring your expertise and professional judgement to provide independent, autonomous pharmacy services, medicines information and therapeutic advice to patients, medical and nursing staff, and other health professionals. Working within hospital and divisional policies, procedures and professional standards, you’ll be a trusted and valued member of the healthcare team.

You’ll also make a meaningful difference to patient care by driving the best possible quality use of medicines. Through your clinical expertise, leadership and collaborative approach, you’ll implement strategies that optimise patient outcomes while ensuring medicines are used safely, effectively and cost-effectively. This is an opportunity to contribute your experience, influence service improvement and help shape high-quality pharmacy practice across the hospital.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated pharmacy professional who brings strong clinical expertise, leadership capability and a genuine commitment to delivering safe, high-quality patient care. You’ll ideally demonstrate:

- Qualified and registered:



Bachelor of Pharmacy (or equivalent), with registration or eligibility for registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia.
- Experienced and knowledgeable: Extensive hospital pharmacy experience, with strong technical and qualified knowledge of relevant pharmacy standards and codes of practice.
- A confident leader: Proven leadership, supervisory or management experience, with the ability to educate, train and support professional and non-professional staff.
- A collaborative problem-solver: Excellent communication, organisation and analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to work autonomously, meet deadlines, undertake research, solve problems and contribute effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

- Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options , including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses..
- Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
- Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.




- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

Diversity and inclusion

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.

Job ref: 948296

Enquiries to:

Winifred Greenshields Position: Associate Director, SA Pharmacy SALHN

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Source: This is an extract from the company's own website

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📌 Senior Pharmacist Geriatric Outreach Service (Adelaide)
🏢 SA Health - Statewide Clinical Support Services
📍 Adelaide