Overview
Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary:
$106,907 - $106,907
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 7803
Why Join RMH?
- Access to leading pharmacy and research networks.
- Exposure to a diverse and expanding clinical trials portfolio.
- Join a supportive and collaborative team environment.
About the role
As a Clinical Trials Pharmacist, you will provide advanced clinical trials pharmacy services in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) requirements, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) standards, and RMH policies and procedures.
You will be responsible for the coordination and management of investigational products throughout the clinical trial lifecycle, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide advanced clinical trials pharmacy services in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) requirements, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) standards, and RMH policies and procedures.
- Manage investigational medicines across their lifecycle, including ordering, receipt, storage, preparation, dispensing, accountability, destruction and sterile manufacturing where required.
- Provide expert pharmacy services to clinical trial participants, ensuring the safe and effective use of investigational medicines according to protocol and regulatory requirements
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive drug accountability records and trial documentation.
- Coordinate clinical trial pharmacy activities, including trial start-up, protocol review and implementation, amendments, close-out, electronic medication management and liaison with investigators, sponsors and multidisciplinary teams.
- Participate in site initiation visits, routine monitoring visits, audits and inspections.
- Contribute to education, supervision, research, quality improvement, service development, policy and procedure development, and maintain contemporary clinical trial knowledge through ongoing professional development.
- Participate in the clinical trials on-call roster and support associated operational and financial processes to ensure safe, high-quality and efficient clinical trial pharmacy services.
About You
- Registered as a pharmacist with AHPRA, with at least 2 years' hospital pharmacy experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice, including Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) practice standards and Good Manufacturing Practice.
- Highly developed communication, interpersonal and staff supervision skills, with a commitment to customer-focused care.
- Ability to prioritise workload, perform effectively under pressure and participate in a roster providing direct patient care.
- Commitment to continuous quality improvement, ongoing professional development and maintaining contemporary pharmacy practice.
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification
- Demonstrated commitment to development of the profession through involvement in relevant pharmacy organisations. (e.g. AdPha, PSA, ACPP, AHP) or participation in relevant groups
Benefits of Working at RMH
- Join a values-based organisation offering great opportunities for career diversity and professional development, including training and research opportunities, as well as access to mentorship and leadership programs.
- Access to comprehensive health and wellbeing programs, including Employee Assistance and Fitness Passport.
- Up to $12,000 tax free earnings with salary packaging options.
- Generous leave entitlements – five weeks annual leave per year (pro-rata for part time), additional monthly paid day off for full time staff.
- Central Parkville location – onsite car parking options, easily accessible via public transport.
Interested?
Click Apply to review the full job description and to submit your application, please include a cover letter and resume.
Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards (https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards).As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.