Key Details

• Employment type: 12 months maximum term, full-time.
• Location: Epic Pharmacy Northern Beaches located inside Northern Beaches Hospital.
• Who we’re looking for: Clinical Pharmacists with at least 3-years practice experience in hospital pharmacy or 1 year in a level 4 or above emergency department.

The Opportunity
Join our Epic Pharmacy team at Northern Beaches Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacist in Emergency Medicine. This 12-month, full-time role offers the chance to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services in a fast-paced emergency department, supporting the safe and effective use of medicines for acutely unwell patients.

You’ll work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in a progressive environment that values innovation, growth, and improved patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver timely and efficient clinical pharmacy services to emergency department patients, supporting safe and effective medication use
• Conduct medication history interviews, reconciliation, and clinical medication reviews, prioritising high-risk patients, high-risk medicines, and complex presentations
• Identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems at the point of care, including dosing, interactions, contraindications, adverse effects, and monitoring requirements
• Provide evidence-based medication advice to medical and nursing staff to support early clinical decision-making in the emergency setting
• Perform therapeutic drug monitoring and manage adverse drug reactions
• Collaborate with the emergency team to support safe transitions of care, ensuring accurate medication information at admission, transfer, and discharge
• Provide medication counselling and education to patients, particularly for high-risk medicines and new therapies initiated in the emergency department
• Work effectively within multidisciplinary teams, offering expert medication advice to optimise patient care
• Identify, document, and report medication incidents and near misses, contributing to medication safety and quality improvement initiatives
• Contribute to staff education and training across pharmacy, nursing, medical, and allied health teams
• Support quality use of medicines through audits, projects, committee participation, and contribution to emergency medicine–related guidelines, protocols, and policies
• Contribute to weekend and on-call rosters

About the Site
Northern Beaches Hospital is a 488-bed hospital providing care to both public and private patients. The hospital has a 50 bed Emergency Department, 14 operating theatres, 2 cardiac catheter labs, 4 procedural rooms and provides a comprehensive range of surgical services, critical care and intensive care services. The hospital also has Maternity, Paediatric, Renal, Cancer Care, Mental Health and Antimicrobial Stewardship services.

The Epic team at Northern Beaches is situated in the foyer of the hospital and has 39.5 full-time-equivalent staff, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Our team is split between the dispensary and the wards with pharmacists providing a full clinical service to all inpatient wards of the hospital. 

About You
Essential requirements:

• General registration with AHPRA (no restrictions)
• Minimum 3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting
• Permanent Australian working rights
• Strong clinical knowledge and ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent problem-solving, time management, communication, and teamwork skills
• Flexible, adaptable, and committed to continuous learning
• High attention to detail and ability to work autonomously

Desirable skills & experience:

• Clinical pharmacy experience in an emergency department

Benefits We Provide

• Access to Novated Lease Options: Pay for your car, rego, insurance, fuel, and servicing with pre-tax earnings.
• Rewards Portal: Discounts and cash-back on experiences, travel, dining & shopping.
• Fitness Passport Program: Gain unlimited access and great value across an extensive choice of fitness facilities.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access confidential external counselling and support services. Talk about work, money, family and everything in between with extensively trained professionals.
• Development Pathways: We love hearing how we can help you thrive in your career! Set individual goals with leaders across the business and we’ll help you grow with us.
• Paid Parental Leave and Purchasable Annual Leave: Supporting you both personally and professionally.

At Icon, You Can

• Purpose, at Pace: We know that as a pharmacist, you’ll want to improve the quality of life for as many people as you can – and you’ll achieve that here.
• Impact, at Scale: Through your attention to detail and ability to individualise customer service and care, you’ll help countless people in your local community and beyond.
• Connection, at Heart: You’ll be working alongside a dedicated team who are committed to improving patient outcomes. Structured training and support will be provided for you to succeed.
• Opportunity, at Hand: Whether it’s professional development, a promotion, or a move to a whole new area, there are so many chances to grow. Just put up your hand.

  
Slade Pharmacy and Epic Pharmacy are part of Icon Group, and what we do matters to more people every day. Every role here contributes meaningfully to the care, and when you choose a career with Icon, you help change lives for the better.
  
Visit https://icongroup.global/en/careers/our-people/stories/ to read the stories of our incredible people.
  
To Apply
Please attach a resume and cover letter showing us why you’d love to join us, and what makes you a great fit for the role.

Pre-employment Health Requirement
Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.