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SalaryTownsville Hospital and Health Service is the public healthcare provider for more than 250,000 people across a geographic area of 150,000km2, delivering a comprehensive range of services across 21 facilities, from primary care in regional locations to highly specialised care at the main hospital.Townsville University Hospital, located adjacent to one of Queensland’s leading tertiary institutions, James Cook University, is the largest tertiary hospital in northern Australia, providing specialist referral services for 700,000 people living from Mackay, to the Torres Strait, to the Northern Territory border.We are planning and innovating for the future, advancing healthcare through impactful research, training tomorrow’s health sector workforce.Job details Position status Casual
Position type Flexible
Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
Classification HP4
Workplace Location Townsville region
Job ad reference QLD/TV564943
Closing date 29-May-2024
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Job duration Casual
Contact person Claire Hession
Contact details 07 4433 4151
Access theThe Townsville Hospital and Health Service vision is world-class healthcare for northern Queensland.Our purpose is `great care every day'.About your opportunity:Casual positions x 3 available | Locations: Ayr, Charters Towers, Ingham and/or Palm Island.The Senior Pharmacist will:
- Provide a high level of professional, client focused pharmacy service within an evidence-based, quality and multidisciplinary health care environment.
- Promote and exhibit positive leadership for clinical pharmacy services on a casual basis, at Ingham Hospital and/ or Ayr Hospital and/or Charters Towers Hospital and/or Joyce Palmer Health Service. Additionally, this position may deliver services to Home Hill, Magnetic Island, Hughenden and Richmond health facilities.
- High level of knowledge, expertise and skill in Clinical Pharmacy.
- An ability to provide general clinical advice to professional and operational supervisors, regarding service delivery and improvement opportunities.
- An ability to work collaboratively and effectively within a multidisciplinary team and with patients / clients / carers to support the continuum of care
- An ability to adapt, be flexible and apply independent judgement, time management and prioritisation skills in a dynamic clinical setting.
- An ability to provide Clinical Pharmacy services of a complex nature, where established principles, procedures and methods require some expansion, adaptation or modification.
- An ability to initiate, plan and evaluate local service improvement initiatives and provide clinical supervision to Pharmacy
- Proof of qualification (Bachelor of Pharmacy) and registration or membership (if applicable) with the appropriate registration authority or association.
- This is a Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) risk role: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, and Pertussis.
- Travel by light aircraft and or road within the Townsville Hospital and Health Service may be necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role.
- Possession of class C drivers' licence.
- Probation period may apply.
- Pre-employment checks will be conducted.
