Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Hume - Wangaratta
Reference: QMDBJ
At NHW we value courage, excellence, fairness, integrity, kindness and respect. Our vision is to deliver exceptional care for the community we serve.
We currently have a rare opportunity for a communicative, efficient, action-focused and results-driven pharmacist to join us part-time (48hrs/fortnight) for 12 months, job-sharing with our incumbent Medication Safety and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist.
As the successful candidate you'll act as a pharmacy department representative and subject matter expert on relevant working groups and committee/s, commensurate with your experience, expertise and development goals.
You will also provide education to colleagues, other health professionals and patients, supervise intern pharmacists and pharmacy students, monitor and report on organisation-wide medication safety and antimicrobial stewardship risks and performance, and participate in quality improvement activities and research. Weekend and on call roster participation is expected but not mandatory, and your generalist clinical pharmacist experience and knowledge will provide a solid foundation upon which to build (or apply your existing) specialist skillset in in quality use of medicines, leadership & education, via this organisation-wide role.
The successful candidate will be well supported by the Pharmacy Leadership Team, pharmacist colleagues and pharmacy technicians, as well as interdisciplinary staff and leaders. You will work closely with the incumbent to support the ongoing management and implementation of our medication safety program and antimicrobial stewardship programs. Consistent with the requirements under Standard 4 – Medication Safety and Standard 3 – Infection Prevention standards from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, the successful candidate will ensure compliance with the above standards by overseeing audit, measurement, response to reported incidents via Riskman and education for NHW staff.
About our health service:
Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is the major public health/hospital provider in the Central Hume region, with an extensive range of acute, sub-acute, aged care and community services.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay respect to the history, culture, diversity and value of all Aboriginal Peoples. We respect and celebrate all forms of diversity, and welcome people from all walks of life to join our team.
About our Pharmacy Department:
Our team comprises 23 pharmacists, 3 pharmacy interns, 8 pharmacy technicians, 2 summer pharmacy students, and an administrative assistant.
Our clinical pharmacists are currently rostered to rotations of varying duration in:
Our 3 pharmacy interns take responsibility (under pharmacist supervision) for services delivered to Day Surgery, Maternity/Special Care Nursery & Dialysis Units, and all 3 are supported by an AHPRA-approved Pharmacist Preceptor and early career pharmacist mentors.
The clinical pharmacy team and Pharmacy Leadership Team are supported by the full-time Medication Safety & Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist (which you'll take on part of for a 12-month period) and 1 day/week by our Education & Research Unit's Pharmacist.
Our Regional Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services & Informatics maintains CHARM, our Oncology/Haematology EMR, enabling cancer services delivered at both Northeast Health Wangaratta and Albury Wodonga Health's Regional Cancer Centre.
We currently provide a limited weekend service, with 2 pharmacists on a short shift each Saturday and Sunday, 2 pharmacists and a technician on public holidays, and on-call (shared by 10 pharmacists as rostered) outside business hours. As the successful candidate you will be expected to participate in the weekend/public holiday/on call roster after a suitable period of orientation & training. Depending on your availability and skillset, there may be opportunity to work additional above-contract shifts during the weekdays, to support frontline pharmacy service delivery in the setting of staffing shortfalls.
All our overnight inpatient areas have Omnicell Automated Medication Cabinets in place for medication inventory management, and we enjoy collaborative working relationships with our community and hospital-based pharmacy colleagues across the region as we routinely transition patients into & out of our care.
We are a team dedicated to lifelong learning, and personal & professional growth. As the first health service in Australia to offer the ANZCAP Pharmacist Registrar Training Program in Rural Health - Generalism, with two of our pharmacists commencing this training program in March 2026, our newly accredited ANZCAP Pharmacist Resident Training Program commenced our first Pharmacist Resident candidate mid-year. We are also supporting several pharmacists as they navigate the Independent ANZCAP Pathway towards Consultant, Registrar and Resident level recognition at their own pace. Our Deputy Director of Pharmacy also manages our workforce programs, as our Site Lead for ANZCAP-accredited training programs.
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