Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Pharmacy
Job title Senior Pharmacist Antimicrobial Designation Professional 3

Stewardship Clinical Decision Support
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $117,625 - $131,735 Location Darwin or Alice Springs
Position number 50162 RTF 361853 Closing 03/12/2026
Contact Bhavini Patel on (08) 89448028 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply Online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=361853

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity
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.

Primary objective
Provide clinical pharmacy expertise and leadership in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of an electronic clinical
decision support system (eCDSS) to support antimicrobial stewardship across NT Health as part of the project team.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Lead the development and maintenance of antimicrobial clinical decision support content, within the eCDSS, ensuring alignment

with current evidence and local NT clinical requirements
2. Collaborate with clinical/ICT stakeholders to ensure accurate translation into safe, practical and effective functionality..
3. Develop evaluation frameworks, audit tools, educational resources to ensure the eCDSS meets relevant National Safety and Quality

Health Service (NSQHS) Standards,



particularly those relating to Medication Safety and Antimicrobial Stewardship.
4. Lead multidisciplinary working group to support the design, clinical testing, validation and implementation of the eCDSS, ensuring

clinical functionality, usability and patient safety requirements are met.
5. Undertake the role of clinical pharmacy champion and subject matter expert for the eCDSS, providing clinical leadership and

expertise throughout the design, development, implementation, optimisation and ongoing maintenance of the system.
6. Provide education, training and support to medical, pharmacy, nursing and other clinical staff regarding the use of the eCDSS,
7. Prepare meeting papers, briefings, project and evaluation reports to ensure ongoing optimisation of the antimicrobial eCDSS.
8. Actively contribute to the senior pharmacy team and relevant multidisciplinary governance committees.
9. Provide clinical pharmacy services in accordance with departmental guidelines and policies to nominated clinical areas, including

contributing the weekend, on-call and after-hours roster as required.
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.
11. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1.



A degree or equivalent in Pharmacy and registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
2. Extensive clinical pharmacy experience (pref in Infectious Diseases) and ability to maintain currency of clinical knowledge
3. Experience in translating clinical guidelines into structured clinical protocols, prescribing pathways and decision-support rules
4. Experience in implementing quality improvement activities and managing change in a complex clinical workplace.
5. Excellent negotiation and communication skills (both written and oral) and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
6. Sound understanding of the NSQHS standards and the national accreditation scheme for health service organisations.
7. Extensive experience in the provision of continuing education and support to healthcare staff and patient groups
8. High level planning, time management and project implantation skills including the demonstrated ability to prioritise and complete

tasks within expected timeframes
9. Extensive experience with the use of electronic medication management systems in acute care settings.
10. An understanding of Indigenous culture and an ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures.
Desirable
1. Postgraduate qualifications relevant to research, or safety and quality.
2. Project management experience.
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. For
immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or
body substances), check with contact person for requirements.

📌 Senior Pharmacist Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Decision Support (Alice Springs)
🏢 Department Of Health
📍 Alice Springs