Hospital Pharmacist - St. Vincent's Private Hospital, East Melbourne (Grey St)

Part-time 3-month contract | Slade Pharmacy, St Vincent's Private Hospital, East Melbourne (Grey Street) | Take your pharmacy career to the next level in private hospital

Key Points

• Hospital Pharmacist position at Slade Pharmacy located in St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, East Melbourne (Grey St).
• Permanent part-time position.
• Training provided; hospital pharmacy experience preferred; however, consideration will be given to applicants that have strong clinical knowledge and can be quickly upskilled.
• Join a growing organisation with great benefits, dedicated training courses, structured career progression under our National Careers Pathway initiative, and endless opportunities to grow and progress your career.

The Opportunity
We are looking for a Hospital Pharmacist to join our pharmacy team based at the St Vincent’s Private Hospital in East Melbourne (Grey St). You will provide clinical pharmacy services to inpatients and assist in our dispensary, ensuring that all pharmacy activities are completed to a high standard while supporting the quality use of medicines.

This is an exciting opportunity to further enhance your career in an ever-evolving multidisciplinary team environment. We are a forward-thinking team, seizing opportunities for change, growth and improvement in patient outcomes.  This role would suit either someone with previous hospital experience wanting to use their existing clinical skills or someone looking to break into hospital pharmacy. 

St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, East Melbourne is a 164-bed facility. Their core specialties include Orthopaedics, ENT/ Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Paediatrics, Oncology, General surgery, Ophthalmology, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Rehabilitation, Urology and Breast Cancer Surgery.

About the Role
In this role you will rotate through wards and dispensary. Your responsibilities will include:

• Efficiently and effectively dispensing and distributing medication.
• Conducting medication history interviews, performing medication reconciliations (Medication Management Plans), and preparing discharge summaries during transitions of care.
• Offering medication counselling and education to patients.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to provide advice on patient care.
• Contributing to training and educational sessions for pharmacy staff, nursing staff, medical personnel, and allied health professionals.
• Assisting in overseeing imprest services and ensuring the continuity of medication supply.
• Considering the financial implications of medication use both within the hospital and for patients obtaining medicines in the community.

Rostered Hours:
9am – 7pm Fridays
About You
Whether you’re an experienced Hospital Pharmacist or an aspiring Community Pharmacist looking for your first role in a hospital setting, we welcome you to apply. You will possess:

• General Pharmacist registration with AHPRA
• Relevant Australian pharmacy experience
• Ability to manage your own workload with good communication skills to effectively liaise with a wide range of health professionals
• Passion for building on your clinical skills and knowledge

About Us
Slade Pharmacy has more than 30 years’ experience in hospital pharmacy and oncology services and is committed to delivering exceptional and quality pharmacy care for hospital patients. As part of Icon Group, Slade Pharmacy delivers pharmacy management and best practice clinical services through a hospital and oncology pharmacy governance framework. Slade has multiple pharmacy locations across Australia.

For more information visit https://www.sladepharmacy.com.au/

Our Values

• Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.
• Impact, at Scale: We’re Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.
• Connection, at Heart: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.
• Opportunity, at Hand: We’re continually innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.

Put simply, At Icon. You Can.

Here are some of the benefits of working with Icon Group

• Hands-on training to further your knowledge and ease your transition into hospital pharmacy
• Competitive remuneration and structured professional development through our National Career Pathway
• Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ
• Access to paid parental leave for permanent employees
• Resources and tools to help support and balance psychological and physical health
• Exciting internal opportunities as part of Icon’s expansion

To Apply
Please attach a resume and cover letter showing us why you’d love to join us, and what makes you a great fit for the role.

Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds. Visit https://icongroup.global/en/careers/our-people/stories/ to read the stories of our incredible people.

Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.