Make the move. Make a difference.

Prescribe yourself a little sunshine. This is more than a leadership position – it’s a chance to shape the future of healthcare in Far North Queensland. In your role as The Pharmacist Team Leader, this is your prospect to drive innovation, support high-performing teams, and make a real difference in a region that values strong, community-focused leadership. In your new role you are to provide operational management, clinical practice supervision and strategic leadership for a team of pharmacists, clinical assistants and administrative officers.

Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
Classification HP5
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH692835
Closing date 13-Oct-2026
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Salary Other
Job duration Permanent Full Time
Contact person Jason Black
Contact details 07 4226 6212
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About us:

The Pharmacy Department at Cairns Hospital provides a pharmacy service to the clinical areas of the hospital. Current services provided include outpatient pharmacy services, clinical pharmacy services to inpatient areas of Cairns Hospital, an extensive imprest service, clinical trials, and some educational services.

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will…

- Provide strategic leadership and change management to support local implementation of innovate models of care by engaging stakeholders,



developing appropriate educational support materials and resources and effectively communicating new developments and outcomes for Medication Safety.
- Actively contribute to workforce planning and resource management to meet service requirements.
- Produce high quality written clinical reports, documents, service reports and oral presentations as required and facilitate the completion of accurate and timely patient specific documentation, ensuring that medico-legal requirements are met.
- Apply advanced level independent professional judgment regarding the assessment and development of medication safety and quality systems for the treatment of complex patients and services.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

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📌 Pharmacist - Advanced (Quality and Safety) - Cairns
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