Your new role:
As a senior pharmacy support professional, you'll play an important role in delivering safe, efficient and patient-centred medicines management services across the hospital. Working across dispensary, distribution and ward settings, you'll use your expertise to support quality outcomes while helping lead and develop others.
Provide advanced pharmacy support across dispensary, distribution and ward environments, including inpatient, outpatient and discharge services.
Support the safe operation of electronic medication management and automated dispensing systems, including undertaking medicines accuracy checking following competency assessment.
Lead and contribute to quality and service improvement initiatives, including reviewing work instructions, processes and practices.
Provide education, supervision and mentoring to less experienced staff, students and support staff while collaborating with pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
About you:
You're an experienced pharmacy support professional who brings strong technical knowledge, sound judgement and a commitment to safe, high-quality medicines management. You'll be confident supporting others, working across a complex hospital environment and contributing to continuous improvement.
Advanced knowledge and skills in contemporary dispensary services and automated dispensing cabinets, with an understanding of relevant legislation and procedures.
Demonstrated ability to supervise, train and support less experienced staff and students.
A proactive approach to service improvement, with the ability to identify opportunities, implement change and evaluate outcomes.
Strong organisation and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a complex clinical environment.
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What we can offer you:
We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
As a clinical support service within a tertiary level hospital, the PAH Pharmacy Department delivers excellence in person-centred care, education and research in most major adult specialties. It is staffed with pharmacist and clinical support staff members who have a range of experience and who are well respected and regarded in the organisation. Clinical pharmacy services are delivered across inpatient and ambulatory settings in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. The dispensary is equipped with advanced technology which facilitates robotic dispensing, distribution and inventory management activities. The department actively participates in practice-based research and medicine utilisation evaluation studies, quality improvement activities across Metro South Health Service, ensuring delivery of contemporary medication management and clinical pharmacy services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
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