Key Points:

• Hospital Clinical Pharmacist role - Slade Pharmacy Warragul, West Gippsland Hospital
• Permanent full-time position, 76 hours per fortnight.
• Grow and progress your career into hospital pharmacy and use your clinical skills to improve patient health outcomes
• Work for a growing company with career opportunities and great employee benefits.  

The opportunity:
We have an opportunity for a pharmacist to join our Slade Pharmacy Warragul team, based on site at the West Gippsland Hospital.  This is an exciting opportunity to further enhance your career in an ever-evolving multidisciplinary team environment. We are a forward-thinking team, seizing opportunities for change, growth and improvement in patient outcomes.

Work with an expert team of local staff and doctors to provide clinical pharmacy services across a variety of settings, including General Medical, General Surgical, Maternity/Paediatric, Geriatric Evaluation and Management and Oncology within the public hospital.

Warragul is approximately 60 minutes’ drive to many recreational activities ranging from the Melbourne CBD, Victorian snowfields and Victoria’s beaches.

Key responsibilities: 

• Prepare Best Possible Medication History lists for hospital inpatients
• 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

Who are we looking for?
We are seeking a highly driven and team-oriented pharmacist who can deliver a high standard of customer service with sensitivity, compassion, and professionalism. You will have high attention to detail and strong time management and prioritisation skills. 

Are you finishing your intern training in 2024? We’re willing to consider the right person for this job. Please apply! We’ll discuss how you can join our team upon completion of your training.

You’ll:

• Be a current AHPRA registered pharmacist with previous experience in an Australian based pharmacy
• We’re willing to consider provisionally registered pharmacists (completing intern training in 2024) – please discuss with us if this is you!
• Have time management, communication, and teamwork skills
• Be flexible and adaptable working with a diverse team
• Embrace change and commit to learning
• Value attention to detail and able to work autonomously

Eligibility Requirements:

• Previous dispensing/clinical experience in an Australian based community or hospital pharmacy

Who are we?
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

Here’s why our people choose us

• 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 constantly innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.

Here are a few of the amazing benefits of working with Icon Group:  

• Dedicated career-enhancing and industry-recognised pharmacy training courses
• Competitive remuneration and structured professional development through our National Career Pathway
• 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 

Excited to join us?  
At Icon Group, we are so proud of our passionate, dedicated people and the amazing work they do. Apply Now to join us and help change lives. Because you belong with a team that genuinely cares.  

Visit https://icongroup.global/en/careers/our-people/stories/ to read the stories of our incredible people. 

Interested in other exciting positions with us? Learn more about our regional pharmacy roles https://icongroup.global/en/regional-pharmacy-roles/

Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.  

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.