About the Company

Northern Health is a major public health service in Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer north, delivering acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based care across six main campuses. Our values are Safe, Kind and Together.

About the Role

Join the Pharmacy Department as Team Leader for a new state of the art compounding suite opening in early 2027. Partner with the Senior Pharmacist – Compounding Services to build workflows, lead technicians and deliver safe, compliant aseptic production across Northern Health.

Duties

- Lead day-to-day compounding suite operations and technician workflow.

- Develop SOPs, local guidelines and quality controls.

- Supervise, train and assess pharmacy staff competency.

- Monitor cleanroom environments, PPE and aseptic practice.

- Drive audits, KPIs and continuous service improvement.

Skills & Experience

- Certificate IV in Health (Hospital Pharmacy Technician) or equivalent.

- Qualified technician with 5+ years’ experience, including 3+ years aseptic production.

- Experience supervising, training and developing pharmacy technicians.

- Knowledge of PIC/S GMP, USP compounding and cleanroom testing.

- Flexible for after-hours,



on-call and multi-campus work.

Culture

People enjoy working at Northern Health because they are part of a safe, kind and collaborative public health service. Shape a new service, improve patient care and mentor the next generation of pharmacy technicians.

Advantages

- Permanent full-time role, 80 hours per fortnight

- Monthly accrued day off (ADO)

- Five weeks annual leave

- TH14 Pharmacy Technician Grade 4 + 10% Seniors Allowance

- Salary packaging upto $12,000 tax saving on your annual pay

- Help build a new compounding service from the ground up

- Lead workflow, training and quality improvements

- Work alongside the Senior Pharmacist – Compounding Services

How to Apply

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For role details, contact Jier Nguyen, Deputy Director of Pharmacy – Operations, on 03 •••• •663 or [email protected]; or Angela Given, Lead Pharmacist – Workforce and Clinical Services, on 03 •••• •474 or [email protected]. Alternatively, you can refer to the Position Description.

Applications close 13 November 2026

Shortlisting starts immediately and may close early.

📌 Senior Pharmacy Technician Team Leader – Compounding (Epping)
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