Employment Type - Permanent Part Time
Hours per fortnight - 40
Job Category - Other Professionals - Pharmacy
Req Id - 9318
- Enjoy a medication safety role that will be varied, challenging and rewarding, with high levels of responsibility
- Promote a culture of medication safety across Barwon Health through multidisciplinary collaboration, monitoring, education, research, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Ongoing part time | 40 hours a fortnight | Salary Packaging
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and promote a culture of medication safety across Barwon Health. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you will drive medication safety governance, quality use of medicines (QUM), education and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure safe, effective and evidence-based medication practices across all campuses.
In this role, you will provide expert leadership in monitoring medication safety performance, responding to incidents and alerts, supporting accreditation requirements, and implementing system improvements aligned with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. You will also play a key role in staff education, policy development, research and service innovation, helping to strengthen patient safety outcomes and support excellence in pharmacy practice across the organisation
The Pharmacy Department is staffed by 120 EFT staff across the acute site (University Hospital Geelong), the rehabilitation and aged care site (McKellar Centre). The staffing consists of 76 EFT pharmacists, 6 pre-registration pharmacists and support staff. The Department provides clinical pharmacy services, aseptic and oncology preparation, HITH and outpatient services. A high degree of specialisation exists in clinical pharmacy roles, clinical trials, medication safety, medicines information, antimicrobial stewardship and radiopharmacy. Service expansion has included @home pharmacy services.
The Pharmacy Department is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy education and in the medical course at Deakin University. Pharmacy practice research is a focus with local and collaborative projects with universities, particularly Monash University and other healthcare facilities. Staff are supported for continuing education and postgraduate studies. The AdPha residency program is offered.
The Pharmacy is innovative in its approach to practice with electronic discharge prescribing and a robotic dispensing and inventory system and pharmacy @home program expanding. Quality use of medicines and medication safety activities are led by pharmacy across campuses. Pharmacy technicians support clinical pharmacists and undertake sterile and oncology preparation. The Beth Allerton Family Oncology Pharmacy provides a dedicated facility for chemotherapy preparation, clinical trials, outpatient dispensing and patient counselling within the Cancer Centre.
Key Responsibilities
- Working in a job share position alongside another Medication Safety Pharmacist to ensure monitoring, compliance and ongoing improvement is achieved towards the actions required in NSQHS Standard 4.
- Monitoring, disseminating, developing and implementing action plans in response to medication errors, safety alerts, legislative changes and new or updated jurisdictional guidelines.
- Undertaking audit, writing reports, developing and reviewing policies and procedures and providing staff education.
- Participating in medication safety and quality use of medicine initiatives from Safer Care Victoria, the Vic TAG QUM group, AdPha and other relevant bodies.
- Performing the functions of the Medication Safety Committee.
- Ensure appropriate drug utilization through implementation of hospital policy and formulary guidelines/restrictions, and through liaison with medical and nursing staff.
- Participate in appropriate ward rounds and planning meetings.
- Participate in the intern and student programs.
- Initiate and participate in clinical pharmacy research projects and present at professional conferences, where appropriate.
- Ensure all work is complete accurately on time and in accordance with Barwon Health policies and procedures
What we’re looking for
Essential;
- Registered as a pharmacist with AHPRA
- Hospital pharmacy experience with clinical or project experience
- Experience or special interest in Medication Safety or Quality Use of Medicines
Desirable;
- Skills in change management, building sustainable change and human factors engineering
- Familiar with relevant state and national policies and tools that facilitate medication safety and QUM
- Relevant Masters postgraduate qualification are completed or are being pursued with commitment
Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.
Barwon Health staff benefits
Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
Extensive professional development opportunities
Attractive salary packaging benefits
Living expenses capped at $9,010
Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
For more information about working at Barwon Health, please click Here
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]
All appointments are subject to:
Satisfactory Police Record Check
Immunisation Status Clearance
Working with Children Check (if applicable)
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description. Please note: We do not accept resumes via email.
Contact person: Claire Jones
Email: [email protected]
Application closing date: 3 September 2026
Internal applicants:
If you are currently employed at Barwon Health, please ensure you sign in via the employee login on the external careers page or access the careers page through One Point (intranet) before applying.
Shortlisting may commence prior to the closing date - early applications are encouraged.
Barwon Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Candidates must apply directly through the official recruitment portal.
