Key Points
- Contract 12-month, full-time Hospital Pharmacist position with Slade Pharmacy based at Maitland Private Hospital.
- Experience working in diverse hospital pharmacy settings, and gain invaluable opportunities to further develop your skills in both clinical and oncology pharmacy services
- Training provided; community and newly registered pharmacists are encouraged to apply!
Are you currently working for a high-volume, discount chemist retailer and seeking an opportunity to advance your career into hospital pharmacy?
We are looking for a full-time Pharmacist to join our team at Slade Pharmacy for a period of 12-months, with the potential for extension for the right candidate. You will work Monday-Friday, with no weekend or public holiday work. You will be working on-site with our specialty hospital and clinical teams at the highly regarded Maitland Private Hospital.
Maitland Private is the only private hospital in the Hunter Valley region, featuring 154 beds, 6 modern operating theatres, a 10-bed ICU, and a dedicated day surgery unit. It offers a wide range of services including orthopaedics, cancer care, mental health, rehabilitation, and hydrotherapy.
About the Role
- Conduct medication chart reviews and medication reconciliation
- Dispense and supply medication and pharmacy products
- Coordinate patient medication requirements for inpatient stay, day infusions and discharge
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders to ensure excellent customer service to clients and patients
- Support patients, carers, hospital staff and associated employees
- Educate and advise staff and customers on health promotion, disease prevention, drug selection and the proper use of medicines
You are an adaptable Pharmacist who possess strong communication, interpersonal skills, the ability to work autonomously and prioritise workload to deliver the best possible care to patients.
Community pharmacists, newly registered pharmacists are encouraged to apply, full training will be provided for the successful applicants!
Requirements:
- Be a current AHPRA registered pharmacist or a Pharmacy intern awaiting general registration from AHPRA.
- Dispensing experience in an Australian based hospital or community pharmacy
- Strong knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
- Value attention to detail and able to work autonomously.
Icon Group provides a complete suite of services to support the operation of more than 75 pharmacies across Australia. Icon Group supports Slade and Epic pharmacies specialising in hospital and oncology pharmacy services. This includes regional and metropolitan sites in both public and private hospitals that range from 31 to 900 beds.
The national pharmacy network offers partner hospitals best-practice medication supply and clinical pharmacy services, combined with extensive experience and knowledge of pharmacy governance and quality management practices.
For more information visit https://icongroup.global/en/our-services/pharmacy-services
Our Values
- Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.
- Impact, at Scale: We’re Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.
- Connection, at Heart: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.
- Opportunity, at Hand: We’re continually innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.
Amazing Benefits at Icon Group
- In addition to our competitive base remuneration and set allowances, Relievers are provided with set allowances including meal and travel mileage on top of our competitive base remuneration.
- Flights and accommodation are provided for travel outside the greater Newcastle area
- Fantastic opportunity to gain experience in a variety of different hospitals and multi-disciplinary areas
- Make meaningful connections with staff across our pharmacy network
- Dedicated career-enhancing and industry-recognised pharmacy training courses
- Endless opportunities to grow and progress your career within our organisation.
- Valued rewards and recognition program
- Incredible discounts and cashback on hundreds of brands through our internal Ignite app
- Flexible work arrangements (where applicable), including hybrid work environment, compressed work weeks, varying start-finish times and so much more!
- Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ
- Access to paid parental leave for permanent employees
- Resources and tools to help support and balance psychological and physical health
- Exciting international opportunities as part of Icon’s expansion
- Opportunity to apply for our internal Middleton Scholarship program, which is focused on empowering continued professional development
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.
Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds. Visit https://icongroup.global/en/careers/our-people/stories/ to read the stories of our incredible people.
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.