Elevate Your Pharmacy Career at Epworth Private Hospital, Richmond!
The Opportunity:
Are you currently working for a high volume, discount chemist retailer and looking for your chance to further diversify your career into a hospital or specialist pharmacy?
We currently have a 6-month max term part-time contract available for a pharmacist to work within our team at Slade Pharmacy in Epworth Private Hospital, Richmond. We employ on a regular basis, so please submit your expression of interest if you'd like to be considered for a position with our Richmond team.
The roster for this part-time position is from 5:00pm – 10:00pm Monday to Friday, 5 nights per week, with the occasional Saturday or Sunday shift when necessary.
This is an amazing opportunity to get your foot in the door and upskill by working in specialised areas such as clinical pharmacy, oncology, IVF and both sterile and non-sterile compounding, and you’ll be supported by a leader who is deeply committed to creating learning pathways and development opportunities for all individuals within the team.
Community and hospital pharmacists are encouraged to apply. We will provide you with hands-on training to assist in your professional development and transition to hospital pharmacy.
In this role, you’ll:
- Dispense and supply medication and pharmacy products
- Create and provide medication profiles to patients on discharge
- Counsel hospital patients on discharge medications
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders to ensure excellent customer service to clients and patients
- Support patients, carers, and hospital staff through the patient journey
- Educate and advise staff and patients on health promotion, disease prevention, drug selection and the proper use of medicines
Epworth Richmond is a leading private hospital in Richmond, Victoria, and part of the Epworth HealthCare group, the largest not-for-profit private hospital group in the state. Established in 1920, the hospital has expanded to offer a wide range of acute medical, surgical, and rehabilitation services. It is known for its advanced facilities, including the busiest private hospital emergency department in Victoria, as well as specialized units for intensive care, oncology, and cardiac care. Located at 89 Bridge Road, Richmond, it has undergone major redevelopments and is now Australia’s largest private hospital at a single site.
About Icon Group:
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.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a passionate and motivated pharmacist who is eager to further develop their career by delivering exceptional pharmacy services to our patients.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Be a pharmacist with current AHPRA general registration.
- Have previous experience working as a pharmacist in an Australian or New Zealand based pharmacy.
- Have availability evenings from 5:00pm until 10:00pm Monday to Friday with a willingness to be flexible with rostering requirements and work the occasional Saturday or Sunday evening.
- Be flexible and adaptable to work within diverse teams.
- Possess strong knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
- Be able to demonstrate strong time management, communication and teamwork skills.
- Be ready to embrace change and commit to lifelong learning.
- Value attention to detail and able to work autonomously.
At Icon, it’s our people who shape our impact. Find a career that matters to you, with Icon. So, Apply Now because At Icon, You Can.
Here are just a few of the benefits available at Icon Group:
- Elevate your pharmacy career with hands-on training in hospital pharmacy - ideal for community pharmacists
- Competitive remuneration and structured professional development through our National Career Pathway
- Incredible discounts and cashback on hundreds of brands through our internal Ignite app
- Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ
- Resources and tools to help support and balance psychological and physical health
- Exciting internal opportunities as part of Icon’s expansion
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.