Professional 3 (Remuneration Package $130,039 - $145,437) Katherine Hospital Pharmacy Fixed vacancy from 01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025 Katherine Joining the Allied Health team at Katherine Hospital and the Big Rivers Region as the Pharmacy Services Manager, offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a real impact on patients' lives, particularly within Indigenous communities. You will manage, lead, and develop the pharmacy services to ensure high-quality, culturally appropriate, and effective pharmacy advisory and medicines distribution services. This role also involves providing professional leadership, supervision, mentorship, and consultancy services across the Katherine region, ensuring best practices in pharmacy care. This role also allows for professional growth and participation in innovative regional health initiatives. In a complex region like BRR, innovation is key, which means ideas and expertise are valued and implemented at all levels. AHS-BRR is an open-door service, walking with and empowering both its consumers and employees. The Top End of the Northern Territory offers diverse and exciting medicine, with presentations such as tropical medicine conditions not seen 'down south'. The town of Katherine has a population of approximately 11,000 and services the Big Rivers Region, which has a population of around 22,000 and covers a geographical area larger than Victoria. Most people in the region outside of Katherine reside either in small remote communities, or on cattle stations. There is a large proportion of Indigenous patients, with Katherine town being at the junction of the Jawoyn, Wardaman, and Dagoman groups. Katherine also has a busy tourist season, and sees many travellers in the hospital throughout the Dry Season. The Katherine region offers a multitude of outdoor, camping, fishing, four-wheel driving, hiking, and mountain biking activities. It is close to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, Katherine Gorge, and in relatively close proximity to other places such as the Kimberley, Gregory National Park, Mataranka hot springs, the Red Centre, and countless other bush camping sites. While offering these natural wonders, it is also only a 3 hour drive up the fully-sealed Stuart highway to the city of Darwin, which provides ample shopping and restaurant opportunities. The town has a young population, also being the service centre for the Tindal Airforce base – there are lots of cafes, playgrounds, a large pool, a library, multiple primary schools, and a two high schools. There is opportunity to be able to make a huge difference to healthcare outcomes for patients in rural and remote areas. Our patients have a high burden of chronic disease with complex comorbidities, and this makes for challenging and rewarding medicine. Want to know more? Call 08 8973 9020 now and speak to one of our Clinical Employment Team. Or visit Health Jobs.nt.gov.au and choose Katherine as the location to see all our current opportunities. Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications. The key focus of the Department of Health is to achieve the best health and wellbeing for all Territorians through the development, management and performance of the public health system. The Department of Health is responsible for strategic leadership and funding; system-wide policy development and planning; and system governance, performance and accountability. The Chief Executive Officer of the department is the accountable officer with Territory-wide responsibility. Source: This is an extract from the company's own website. The key focus of the Department of Health is to achieve the best health and wellbeing for all Territorians through the development, management and performance of the public health system. The Department of Health is responsible for strategic leadership and funding; system-wide policy development and planning; and system governance, performance and accountability. The Chief Executive Officer of the department is the accountable officer with Territory-wide responsibility. Source: This is an extract from the company's own website. To help fast track investigation, please include here any other relevant details that prompted you to report this job ad as fraudulent / misleading / discriminatory. #J-18808-Ljbffr