Key Points
- Casual position at Slade Pharmacy Pimlico, located on the ground floor of Mater Hospital Townsville, Pimlico Campus.
- Kick-start your pharmacy career with Australia’s largest integrated cancer care provider
- Gain valuable clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting
- 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
Imagine working at a place where you can gain valuable clinical experience while living just minutes away from world-renowned beaches, including Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef. At Slade Pharmacy, Townsville, you’ll enjoy the best of both worlds—a fulfilling hospital pharmacy role and the chance to explore some of Australia’s most breathtaking natural wonders.
- Build Your Future in Clinical Pharmacy - This is your chance to gain valuable hospital pharmacy experience and develop essential clinical skills, positioning you for a rewarding career in clinical pharmacy.
- Experience the Beauty of North Queensland - With stunning beaches a stone’s throw away, you can enjoy the Great Barrier Reef, go snorkelling on Magnetic Island, or relax on the beach after work.
- Fast-Track Your Career with Us - Position yourself for future Internship Pharmacist opportunities within our expansive hospital pharmacy network across Australia. Build a strong foundation for your pharmacy career and open doors to exciting possibilities in clinical and hospital pharmacy.
About the Role
This is a casual position, ideal for a Pharmacy Student looking to apply knowledge gained in lectures into real-world scenarios in hospital pharmacy. The casual employment arrangement allows you the flexibility to work afternoons/evenings whilst juggling your studies.
As a Hospital Student Pharmacist, your duties will include:
- Dispense and supply medication and pharmacy products
- Delivery of medications to hospital wards
- Inventory control and management
- Process sales transactions and assist with account queries
- Ensure patients and nursing staff receive the correct medication
- Support patients, carers, hospital staff and associated employees
Hours include a regular weekend shift, and potential for weekday shifts if the need arises.
Slade Pharmacy Pimlico Opening hours are 9am -5pm Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm on Saturday and 9am – 12pm on Sunday.
About You
Essential Requirements
- Current 1st – 3rd year Pharmacy Student, enrolled at a recognised Australian University
- Be able to address client needs with confidentiality, sensitivity and professionalism
- The ability to work autonomously and in a team environment
Preferred Requirements
- Dispensing experience in an Australian based hospital or community pharmacy
About Us
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
- 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
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 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.