Career Opportunities: Grade 3 Senior Pharmacist - Transitions of Care (47026)Requisition ID 47026 - Posted - On Going Period (L) - On Going Full Time (FT) Reference Number: 47026: Grade 3 Senior Pharmacist - Transitions of Care
Employment Type: On Going Full Time (FT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)
About Northern Health: Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north. Services are provided through our five main campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.
About the Pharmacy Department: The Pharmacy Department operates across five campuses and has a strong vision to deliver exceptional, evidenced-based care to our patients – with a clear focus on research, medication safety and clinical excellence. Meeting the immediate and longer-term health care needs of our community requires a transformation in how we provide health care services, and Northern Health has embarked on the journey to transform into a High Reliability Healthcare Organisation.
The department comprises over 100 pharmacists and 30 technicians to provide clinical, operational, quality and informatics services with a strong focus on workforce culture and commitment to professional development. We are currently undergoing a period of expansion which provides unique opportunities for specialisation appealing to those applicants wishing to challenge themselves and advance practice including pharmacist and technician advanced-scope roles, collaborative multidisciplinary programs and services, medicine stewardship programs (e.g. analgesics, anticoagulants and antimicrobials) and virtual care (including Heart Failure Virtual Ward and Victorian Virtual Emergency Department).
About the Role: A new opportunity exists for a Grade 3 Senior Pharmacist - Transitions of Care (ToC) to join the team at Northern Health. This role will require work over 10 days (80 hours) per fortnight - Monday to Friday at the Northern Hospital with potential to work at other sites of Northern Health as required.
This new position has responsibility for the provision of clinical pharmacy services to Northern Health's Better at Home Program and will have a key role in promoting and optimising medicine management practices at transitions of care to align with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's (ACSQHC) upcoming Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework.
The Senior Pharmacist – Transitions of Care will work closely with the Senior Pharmacist - Hospital In The Home to ensure excellence in patient care, evidence-based practice, and service improvement and risk management to the Hospital Without Walls Division. This role has governance responsibilities for the service including ensuring the competency, credentialing, supervision and professional development of their pharmacy team.
Northern Health's Hospital without Walls Division provides a broad range of programs to support the transition from hospital to home, prevent the need for hospital presentations and helps manage acute and chronic conditions that require specialist care. These include Hospital in the Home, Residential In Reach, Post-Acute Care and HARP.
To be successful in this role you will have: Comprehensive experience as a hospital pharmacist, with minimum 5 years hospital experienceClinical experience in surgical or peri-operative servicesExperience which includes leadership responsibility for teams or servicesExperience in supervision and development of staffDemonstrated good interpersonal and communication skills.Well-developed self-management skills including the ability to meet timelines and prioritise competing demands.Next Steps: If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:
Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' programFlexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and supportAn inclusive and culturally safe spaceState of the art facilities and campus partnershipsA commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online libraryFor a glimpse of life at NH, click here.
Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged. All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.
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