Senior Pharmacist (Team Leader): Surgical Services (Ballarat)

Senior Pharmacist (Team Leader): Surgical Services (Ballarat) Grade 3

Grampians Health Ballarat

Permanent, Full time  ** applications for part time welcome, please indicate preference in cover letter**

Hours: 80 hrs/fortnight (with ADO if full time)

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

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, innovative and dedicated clinical pharmacists with hospital experience for this permanent Senior Pharmacist (Team Lead) role for Surgical Services. This position is a permanent position allocated to the acute site at Grampians Health (GH) Ballarat. 

The position is primarily responsible for delivery of care, leadership, coordination, day-to-day management and provision of oversight to all functions relating to the provision of clinical pharmacy services by the Surgical Services Clinical Pharmacy Team at Grampians Health Ballarat. In addition, this role will be responsible for planning, implementation and ongoing evaluation of a clinical pharmacy service to the Perioperative and Day Procedure Unit (PDPU) and Surgical Preadmission Clinics (PAC).

Professional development is supported through regular in-service education including journal club meetings and support for seminar/conference attendance is available. 

Remuneration will be award-based according to experience. 

Key responsibilities include active contribution to:

• Operational management and leadership for the Surgical Services Clinical Pharmacy team including leadership within Pharmacy Services as a key member of the Clinical Pharmacy Team
• Provision of advanced assessment, intervention, and consultative clinical pharmacy services to inpatients and/or ambulatory care patients (e.g. PAC) for the Surgical Services clinical stream at Grampians Health Ballarat with the aim of improving patient outcomes and preventing medication misadventure
• Effective patient flow principles
• Mentoring and clinical supervision of Surgical Services Clinical Pharmacy team staff including rotational pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy education program learners and other Grampians Health staff
• Pharmacy and multidisciplinary team education programs

Skills and experience

• Currently hold or be eligible for general registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
• Experience in the provision of hospital clinical pharmacy services
• Preferably a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or advanced practice/ANZCAP credentialing or Board Certification

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 4*** 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+.