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- Multiple fixed-term, full-time or part-time opportunities available
- Up to 38 hours per week (+ ADO)

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Pharmacy department

The Pharmacy Department sits within the Division of the Chief Medical Officer and provides comprehensive, high-quality care to Austin Health patients, supporting other members of the healthcare team in all aspects of medicines management. The department consists of a skilled team of pharmacists, technicians and support staff working across all three campuses of Austin Health to ensure patients receive excellent care.

About the role

This role delivers comprehensive, high-quality pharmaceutical care to Austin Health patients, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centred medicines management. The position supports the broader healthcare team through expert clinical input and collaboration across all aspects of medication use. As a rotational role, the position supports service continuity, develops broad clinical expertise, and ensures consistent delivery of best-practice pharmacy care across clinical and operational areas.

A regular day will see you:

- Provide comprehensive and accountable clinical pharmacy services to inpatients/ambulatory/home-based patients according to Advanced Pharmacy Australia Clinical Pharmacy (AdPha) Standards on a rotational basis.




- Provide pharmaceutical care to patients attending the dispensary service area or inpatients, dispense prescriptions, and provide drug distribution support.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of sterile and non-sterile manufacturing service. This includes but is not limited to: Verifying prescription orders, preparing and compounding pharmaceutical aseptic and non-aseptic products, final check and release of the product and clinical decision-making
- Participate in supervision and workplace-based assessment (e.g., ClinCAT, MiniCEX, MiniPAT)
- Participate in quality assurance/improvement projects tied to patient-centred outcomes, efficiency and/or cost effectiveness.

About you

You will have excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You'll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skill set.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

- Well-developed written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team workplace.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude, initiative and innovation.
- Registered as a pharmacist with AHPRA and with no restrictions.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you,



including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Tim Tran, Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Clinical) at ••••@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Thursday 26th November 2026

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