Classification: Pharmacist Level 2/3
Salary: $99,336 - $128,816 up to $135,130 on achieving a personal upgrade plus superannuation
Position No: 71235 - 02QSE
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 16 June 2026
Contact Officer: Andrew Sobey on [email protected] or (02) 5124 2118
What can we offer you:
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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Visa Sponsorship available for eligible candidates.
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Access to Employee Assistance Program.
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Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
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Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
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Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role: Are you an experienced hospital pharmacist with an interest in aseptic compounding, manufacturing excellence, and medication safety? Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking a skilled and motivated pharmacist to join our Aseptic and Production Services team at The Canberra Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a progressive, high-performing pharmacy department that supports the safe, efficient, and compliant manufacture of medicines. You will play a vital role in delivering critical services—including cytotoxic compounding, parenteral nutrition, clinical trials manufacturing, and sterile and non-sterile production—while contributing to innovation, governance, and continuous improvement.
Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise in aseptic services or broaden your operational and leadership capabilities, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on patient care behind the scenes.
Why Join Us?
Expanded Cutting-edge Facilities: The ACT Government has expanded the Canberra Hospital to deliver more emergency, surgical and critical care capacity for the ACT and surrounding region. As part of this growth, pharmacy services are continuously evolving to support increased demand for complex medicines manufacturing and supply.
Work within a service that delivers a comprehensive range of production activities, including cytotoxic and non-cytotoxic aseptic compounding, parenteral nutrition, clinical trials, and prepacking. Be part of a team committed to strong governance frameworks, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance, and high-quality production standards.
Join a department that leads the way in workforce development and service innovation, including credentialed roles, digital health integration, and emerging scope of practice models. Collaborate closely with clinical teams including oncology, ICU, and nutrition support to ensure safe and timely access to compounded medicines.
CHS supports a strong education and training culture, including residency and registrar training programs, helping you build advanced practice capability and leadership skills.
What You’ll Gain
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Opportunities to lead, innovate, and contribute to the future of aseptic and production pharmacy services
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Experience in a highly specialised area including cytotoxic compounding, parenteral nutrition, and clinical trials manufacturing
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A strong governance and quality-focused environment with involvement in audits, accreditation, and continuous improvement activities
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Development of leadership skills through supervision of technicians and junior pharmacists, and coordination of production workflow
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A collaborative team culture that values safety, efficiency, and excellence
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Genuine job satisfaction through ensuring safe, timely access to high-risk and complex medicines
The position is offered to work on site at The Canberra Hospital and includes participation in weekend, public holiday and after-hours rosters, including on-call. Applicants must be able to work these shifts. Flexible working arrangements, including part time applications, may be considered in line with the ACT Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement (please outline any requirements in your application).
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy
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Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.
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