Key Points
- 12-month contracted full-time position (76-hour fortnight) available at Slade Pharmacy
- Located at St. Andrew’s Private War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill, Brisbane.
- Gain valuable experience working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Join a growing organisation with great benefits, structured career progression under our National Careers Pathway initiative, and endless opportunities to grow and progress your career.
The Opportunity
We currently looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join us on a contracted 12-month full-time position. Joining our pharmacy team based at St. Andrews’s Private War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill, you will work with allied health professionals and doctors to deliver optimum patient-centred pharmaceutical care.
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is a 250-bed facility and has been providing healthcare to patients since 1958. It is the first private hospital in Queensland to have a cardiac surgical unit, and provides core services which include: Cardiac, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, and Rehabilitation.
About the Role
Some of the duties and responsibilities you will undertake in this role include
- Deliver high level pharmacy services to the hospital staff, patients and customers
- Dispense and supply medications for hospital and cancer patients
- Assist with imprest and pharmacy inventory management
- Undertake delivery and collection of medications to hospital wards
- Complete data entry of patient specific information into database
- Assist with patient account enquiries
- Liaise with hospital staff and associated employees
- Assist the pharmacy teams with any general administration
The pharmacy operates 7 days a week, with varying start/finish times during those times.
About You
This role is the perfect opportunity if you are keen on making the transition from community/retail pharmacy into the exciting world of hospital pharmacy.
We only require that you -
- Be adaptable, with a strong attention to detail and ability to prioritise your workload
- Be a strong communicator and be able to work autonomously and within diverse team structures
- Have a compassionate and team-oriented attitude
- Be highly driven to achieve the best possible care through your high attention to detail
- Be driven by the desire to have a positive impact on another person’s life
- Embrace change and commit to learning
Preferred Requirements:
- Dispensing experience in an Australian based hospital or community pharmacy
- Certificate in pharmacy (community or hospital) or equivalent
About Us
Slade Pharmacy delivers pharmacy management and best practice clinical service through a hospital and oncology pharmacy governance framework. As part of Icon Group, Slade Pharmacy employs more than 1,100 pharmacists, technicians and support staff. Slade is dedicated to patient care and has longstanding partnerships with large private hospital groups.
For more information visit https://sladepharmacy.com.au/
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
- 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
- Access to novated lease (salary packaging) 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
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.
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.
COVID-19 Health Requirement
Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) including COVID-19. Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.