Key Points
- Permanent full-time position with Epic Pharmacy located in Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW.
- Pharmacists with hospital pharmacy experience are encouraged to apply.
- At Epic Pharmacy Northern Beaches, we offer comprehensive clinical services tailored to the needs of Northern Beaches Hospital, employing our pharmacy expertise to enhance patient outcomes by ensuring quality use of medicines.
- Join a growing organisation with great benefits, dedicated training courses, structured career progression under our National Careers Pathway initiative, and endless opportunities to grow and progress your career.
The Opportunity
We have a permanent position available for a hospital pharmacist to join our dynamic team at Northern Beaches Hospital, located in Frenchs Forest, Sydney. You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of pharmacy services to outpatients and inpatients to ensure the quality use of medicines within the hospital setting. This includes dispensing, drug distribution, manufacturing, clinical pharmacy services, outpatient services, drug information, education and research.
This is an exciting opportunity to further enhance your career in an ever-evolving multidisciplinary team environment. We are a forward-thinking Pharmacy Department, seizing opportunities for change, growth and improvement in patient outcomes.
About the Role
In this role you will
- Provide efficient clinical pharmacy services to inpatients or outpatients as part of the rotational roster
- Conduct pharmaceutical admission and discharge reconciliations, monitor medication outcomes such, as therapeutic drug monitoring, to ensure quality use of medicine is upheld
- Work cooperatively and effectively within a multidisciplinary team and provide advice regarding patient care
- Mentoring and clinical supervision of pharmacy students, interns, SHPA/ANZAC foundational residents and other pharmacy team members
- Contribute and participate in training and educational sessions for pharmacy, nursing, medical staff and allied health professionals
- Support the quality use of medicines by participating in projects, audits, working groups or committees as required
- Contribute to our 7-day roster, including flexible hours, on-call service and reduced weekend and public holiday services
About You
While we value and support the transition of community Pharmacists into hospital pharmacy, this role is exclusively open to experienced Hospital Pharmacists.
Essential Criteria
- General registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia (AHPRA), with no restrictions on practice.
- Minimum 1 year Pharmacist experience in an Australian-based Hospital.
- Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident with ability to work in Australia.
- Personal Indemnity insurance
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical drug knowledge, ensuring safe and efficient patient care delivery.
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills, both written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Proven capability to work collaboratively within a team, while also being able to function independently with minimal supervision to accomplish team objectives.
- Exhibited skills and experience in managing complex workloads, problem-solving, and initiating and implementing innovative solutions.
- Demonstrated skills in information technology: using computer applications including dispensing, database management, accessing medicine information and electronic medication charts (eMeds) and electronic health records (EMR).
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous professional development and ongoing education in the field of pharmacy.
About the Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital is a 488-bed hospital providing care to both public and private patients. The hospital has a 50-bed Emergency Department, 20-bed ICU, 14 operating theatres, 2 cardiac catheter labs, and 4 procedural rooms and provides a comprehensive range of surgical services, critical care and intensive care services. The hospital also has Maternity, Paediatric, General medicine, and Geriatrics, Cardiology, Respiratory, Haematology, Oncology, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Mental Health and Infectious disease services.
About the Team
The offices and main dispensary for Epic Pharmacy Northern Beaches are situated in the foyer of the hospital and employ a team of more than 50, including pharmacists, interns, residents and technicians. Our team is split between operational (dispensary, oncology) and clinical services to ensure our patients receive exceptional clinical service across all wards of the hospital. You will report to one of the Clinical Team Leaders (Medical, Surgical or Critical Care), Deputy Director and Director of Pharmacy.
Icon Pharmacy Services
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
- Valued rewards and recognition program
- Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ
- Formal induction and training provided
- Professional development program linked to the Icon National Career Pathway
- Access to paid parental leave
- Access to a range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Discounted on-site parking
- Staff rewards and recognition programs (Ignite)
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.
Pre-Employment Vaccination 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.