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Form of workLocation: Western Region | Ballarat
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Grampians Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 16990
Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader: Medical Specialties and Ambulatory Care - Grade 3 (part time) + OPTIONAL Cardiology Advanced Training Residency*
- This role includes the option to undertake a concurrent Advanced Training Residency (ATR) - Cardiology Pathway (full time - 2 year program) with the balance of hours from the team lead role at Grade 2 classification
Part time, fixed term Grade 3 until 5 September 2025. Option to increase to full time, permanent with balance of hours at Grade 2 classification if undertaking Cardiology ATR.
Hours: 48 hrs/fortnight. Option to apply for 80 hrs/fortnight if undertaking Cardiology ATR.
**PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PREFERENCE FOR CARDIOLOGY ATR AND FULL TIME OR PART TIME HOURS IN YOUR COVER LETTER WHEN APPLYING**
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.
This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.
A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.
Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.
About the role
The Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader: Medical Specialties and Ambulatory Care role has become available in a job share capacity for a fixed term period due to the existing team leader commencing PhD studies. As a clinical pharmacy team leader, you will be responsible for delivery of care, coordination, leadership and provision of oversight to all functions relating to the medical specialties and ambulatory care clinical pharmacy team. This team provides unit based clinical pharmacy services to the following inpatient bed cards: cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology and oncology. Current ambulatory care pharmacist clinics include: cardiac failure, interventional cardiology and atrial fibrillation.
Additionally, you will support senior pharmacy department leaders and managers to enhance team building and excellence within the department and throughout the organisation. You will actively participate in pharmacy education programs including mentoring and supervision of undergraduate students, interns, rotational pharmacists and foundation residents, and provide education to staff from other disciplines.
This role also includes the unique opportunity to undertake a concurrent Advanced Training Residency - Cardiology Pathway in a full time, 2 year formalised training program with the balance of hours at Grade 2 classification. The opportunity for ongoing full time or part time employment is available.
As an advanced training resident (cardiology) at GH-Ballarat, you will receive direct mentorship from Adam Livori, the current chair of the SHPA Cardiology Leadership Committee, for the entirety of the program. You will provide clinical pharmacy services to the inpatient cardiology unit bed card and ambulatory care cardiology clinics on a rostered basis. You will engage in cardiologist led ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings, and other clinical leadership meetings including the monthly morbidity and mortality and heart failure advisory group meetings. A breadth rotation in either the Coronary Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Department will complement your training in addition to multiple opportunities to engage with and undertake line management responsibilities for staff in the team.
Professional development is supported through regular in-service education including journal club meetings and support for seminar/conference attendance is available. In addition, professional support is provided through team-based structures and mentoring programs.
Being part of a team that values leadership and excellence in healthcare, you will work in first class facilities that maximise care, compassion, individual choice and quality outcomes for all clients and patients.
Key responsibilities include active contribution to:
Provision of high quality, comprehensive clinical pharmacy services (assessment, intervention, advocacy and consultation)
Effective patient flow principles
Mentoring, clinical supervision and line management of pharmacy students, interns, foundation residents and other Grampians Health staff
Pharmacy and multidisciplinary team education programs
Skills and experience
Prior hospital pharmacy experience
Currently hold or be eligible for general registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
Grampians Health Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
Discounted on-site parking
Access to discounted health club membership
Staff rewards and recognition programs
Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. Ballarat is home to some of the finest primary and secondary schools in Australia, as well as high-quality tertiary educational institutions. It has country town charm and space with all the conveniences of modern city life.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Renee Dimond, Deputy Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services, on 03 5320 4356 for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
