Pharmacist Grade 1 or 2, Part-time, Fixed-Term

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Operational Pharmacist Grade 1 and 2 - Part-time, fixed-term (12 months)

About the Role

This is fixed-term part-time position at 32 hours per fortnight on Mondays and Tuesdays each week within the Pharmacy Department.

You will be responsible for the provision of a high-quality Pharmacy Services within the Outpatient and sterile unit at The Royals Children's Hospital.

What you'll achieve:

• Develop and maintain expertise in specialist paediatric pharmacy.
• Be trained to perform sterile manufacturing.
• Assist with supervising and training pharmacy interns and students.

Classification for these positions will range from SW5-SX5 depending on qualification and experience.

Your skills and experience:

• Registered to practice as a pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & your name will appear on the register.
• Experience in Hospital Pharmacy (significant for Grade 2)
• Active participation with professional bodies (Grade 2)
• Experience with undertaking audits or developing guidelines (Grade 2)

About The Pharmacy Department:

We are a team of around 70 staff including pharmacists, technicians, and administrators. Our supportive and collaborative teams include Outpatients, Children's Cancer Centre, Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical trials, and Medicines Information, HiTH and Sterile Services and the Pharmacy Business Unit.

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!

• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Staff Wellbeing Hub
• Staff immunisation
• Early Learning Centre childcare
• Parkville location and close to public transport
• Discounted on-site car parking
• Retail and food outlets, including a convenience store

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

To view the position description please click here.

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!